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Acting advice and critiques wanted!! by Coltie2 • last post Aug 2nd
I spent a few weeks working on this monologue to perform and it quickly got to a point where my director would stop giving me any critiques and just say that it looks great, and while that feels great to hear, as an actor I’m aware that a performance is never perfect and there is always something to work on that can be utilized in future performances, so I’ve decided to come to this amazing subreddit to ask for some feedback! Feel free to give as much or as little critiques as you’d like, and I hope you enjoy it as well!
What would you do if you were financially safe for a year? by techdot17 • last post Aug 2nd
Hi everyone! I’m a British Actor who is currently travelling in Australia, currently in Perth. I’m in a very fortunate position where I can be without a job for a year and still have some money left over after that. I’ve been doing acting for just over a year and have managed to get a professionally recorded showreel in that time. I then left my job of 5 years to come and see Australia as I’ve always wanted to go, and thought I could also pursue acting over here too. At this moment in time, I’m not 100% sure if pursuing acting in Australia is a great choice, however they do have some great training options here. With the job I had, I managed to save really well and I am comfortable and can be for a year. If you were in my position, what would you do with the time you have to help with your acting career? Would you find as many workshops as you can in Australia and learn as much as you can or return to the UK, live with parents and save money while also doing workshops there. There is also a year long course at WAAPA which I’d be happy to do. Essentially, I want to know what options I may not know about but also know what your opinion would be on this? Happy to listen too all suggestions, even try a different country if there is a market for it
Am I being realistic about my acting career over the next few years? by Ancient_Bathroom_172 • last post Aug 2nd
I'm 17 and a professional actor based in Toronto. I'm represented by an agent and have booked a TV co-star before, along with a few commercials. This fall I'm starting the Core Foundation program at Armstrong Acting Studios, then I'll be doing Intermediate, Advanced, and eventually I'd love to train at Berg Studios in LA. My dream is to build a career in film and television. I love grounded, character-driven projects, and one day I'd love to work on an A24 film or a major streaming series. My question is for working actors or people who have been in the industry for a while: Based on this path, does it seem realistic that over the next few years I could continue building toward more TV co-stars, then eventually start auditioning for guest stars and supporting film roles? I'm not asking if anyone can predict my career—I know nobody can. I'm more wondering if this training progression, combined with continuing to audition and gain experience, is a solid path for someone at my stage. I'd really appreciate honest advice from people who've gone through something similar. What helped you make the jump from your first professional credit to consistently booking TV and film?
I don’t I’ll be applying to student films anymore.. by Several-Kick3210 • last post Aug 2nd
Just wanted to vent my irritation for the night on this subreddit I guess. I told myself this year that I would try to build my acting resume. So I’ve been able to snag a few roles for student films. I’m 23 so I recently graduated and maybe it’s not my place but I find the directors of these projects just not…. professional. Granted we’re all young adults but I guess I’m pissed that I traveled from Philly to Brooklyn to make it to call time on time, just for it to be made aware to me by AD that I was the only background that showed 5 hours into this night shoot so they cut me. I turned around to tell her that she should tell her director she should’ve communicated that with the actors she casted because now I’m trying to catch the last Nj transit train out Penn station before they close into the next morning. I don’t have time or the funds to be stranded.. Then I still have no reel footage because some just don’t send at all (I know they take forever). I just want to come off as taking my craft serious. Needless to say, I’m just going to get into acting classes in hopes that beefs me up professionally so that I can be comfortable to apply for bigger roles. I’ve been trying, but it just gets frustrating always being in situations where things get cut. But I won’t give up though. Just thought I’d place my irritation somewhere and hope I relate.
Bow Academy or Gaiety? (Ireland) by HungryLavishness7143 • last post Aug 2nd
Hello lads! I am a 24 year old aspiring actor from Greece. Having logically chosen Ireland , as an EU student, am thinking of applying to Gaiety and Bow academy . (Lir as well , but the chances are not in my favor.) What are your opinions on those two ? Bow offers a 9 month programme. You think it is enough? Which school increases one's chance to get into the industry? Thank you for your time!
Actors with Colorful dyed hair… by Electronic_Word8308 • last post Aug 2nd
Do you submit your headshots with newly refreshed hair (no roots showing, at its brightness) or when your hair has been more lived in (roots showing, more faded)? I’m getting new headshots and not sure which would feel more truthful for CDs to see. I could see a fix being getting headshots of both depending on what my hair looks like in that moment when submitting for an audition, but that can get pricey. Curious what your experience has been like and if it actually matters?
How I fell back in love with acting and with life by tanksandthefunkybun • last post Aug 2nd
I first stepped on stage when I was 8. The way my mom tells it she burst into tears when I did because she knew I was home. From then on it has been a life with a singular purpose - to become a working actor. Summer camps, school plays, attending a performance arts high school, pre college summer courses at NYU, BFA from a top program, more summer programs in Grotowski methodology, devising my own work, founding a physical theatre company in college, the list goes on. After college I do some theatre, get my commercial and theatrical agent that way, book my first commercial, book a supporting role in a film, join SAG, then book a play with a Tony winning company with a month run in LA and a week run in Tokyo. Opening night for the show: March 13th 2020. By March 15th the city had shuttered. The next five years were spent banging my head against a brick wall. All momentum had vanished, I couldn’t make anything work. I LOATHED self tapes. Every audition that came in was accompanied by a pang of anxiety and an endless stream of me grumbling about how bad, or stupid, or pointless the material was. So. I quit. Last August. No more reps, no more submitting myself, no more workshops, or classes, no more fucking self tapes. Started a LinkedIn to get myself a job in tech sales. Followed that path till the thought of hocking tech set my soul on fire, so I switched to throwing myself whole heartedly into hospitality. I’ve always been a good server but I dedicated myself to become a great one. I got into therapy. At the beginning of this year I looked around and realized I was miserable in every aspect of my life. And in every aspect I was miserable I had a list a mile long of why I was so unhappy in it and why it was all due to forces beyond my control. If only I was taking a run at things in the 90’s. Id be a very comfortable working actor then. So I decided to take full control over the one aspect of my life that was totally, 100% under my control. I decided to get fit. Like really fit. Since January 12th of this year till today I have weight trained in the gym 6 days a week without missing a single day. Sometimes I’d to cardio on the 7th day. I dropped 30 lbs, gained a lot of muscle, got *lean* and most importantly I taught myself that I can achieve difficult goals, and that I am in more control over my own destiny than I thought. As the physical transformation was happening a mental one took shape as well. I found a slow, easy entry point back into the world of acting. One that was heavily research and spreadsheet based. Rode that out until my creativity was banging on the back of my eyeballs begging to be released. So I started submitting myself again. And I fell head over heels in love with self tapes. I realized that my entire background was in devised theatre work, taking existing text and finding interesting new ways of telling the story. And that self tapes were just a continuation of that work. I took full creative control over them. My actor friends who were working cautioned my at first but all I could say is “you don’t see the vision”. The first tape I’d done with this mentality went to a 4th round chemistry read for the lead of a feature, the next led to 3rd round callbacks for another feature, I booked a recurring role on the third season of a sag web series, and most recently I booked a play at a large regional house being directed by a Tony winning director. I’m getting new headshots in a week, have a strong library of self tapes, and once the show opens I’ll be strongly positioned to hustle my way into finding representation again. I have fallen in love with acting again, but more importantly, I’ve fallen in love with life. I don’t know what the future holds, but I no longer believe my happiness or security rests in my ability to “make it” as an actor. I had to change how I interacted with the world for the world to change how it operated with me. If you’ve taken the time to read all of this - thank you. I’ll leave you with the quote that’s been seared into my head for months “we don’t attract what we want. We attract what we are”.
Guys and Dolls - Gulfshore by foodiefirst • last post Aug 1st
Play that Goes Wrong Off Bway by Josh • last post Aug 1st
Ragtime- Rubicon by singingmama81 • last post Aug 1st
Producer removed me from film project after I told her I was “a little bit in love with her” — did I cross a professional boundary? by TwoInternational4031 • last post Aug 1st
I was cast as an actor in an independent film project. During the process, I told the producer that I was “a little bit in love with her.” I understand that this may have crossed a professional boundary. Afterwards, she removed me from the group chat. I sent her a message apologising and said I was sorry if I made her uncomfortable, that I would drop it, and that I wanted to remain professional. Before this, she had actually asked me to continue being involved in the project as the sound recordist after my acting scenes were completed. I agreed and was helping with sound duties. After my apology, she replied saying that my involvement with the project was officially ended effective immediately. She said my acting scenes were complete, that remaining sound recording and behind-the-scenes duties would be handled internally, and that our working relationship was concluded. She also said I would still receive credit for my acting role and sound recordist work. I feel conflicted because I apologised and my intention was not to make her uncomfortable. At the same time, I understand she may have felt the need to create professional distance as the producer. I’m looking for outside perspectives: was this a reasonable professional boundary, or was ending my involvement an overreaction after an apology?
co-actor distracting on sets by Think_Travel5752 • last post Aug 1st
this has happened to me often acting on sets, when i get script i memorise lines and be prepared and dont talk with any one or even start a conversation with anyone. But my co-star starts to talk in friendly manner conversations about outside topic of my life and his/her life which distracts me and even showing a bit attitude(to make him cut of and focus on scene)to co-star for disturbing me so that my performance can be ruined. 1.this also means that he knows that if he distracts me purposely off topic on sets which ruins my performance (yes i had this bad experience before) 2. or just his/her natural personality is like that. I am an ambivert only starts talking being friendly with others(without disturbing)when my scenes are completely finished. Also in past they complained about me for not talking or being friendly and considered arrogant which was a misunderstanding and also i have experienced some actors on set being upset at me for not recognizing them through their acting career they talk to me slightly rudely in way that they are asking for attention and respect indirectly which seems weird.
Question: Would performers feel offended or get mad if an Engineer adjusted timing in your performance? by carithecoder • last post Aug 1st
Context: I am an Audio Engineer and I primarily work on Audiobooks (in the LitRPG space). I love my job and the fact that I get to listen to fantastical stories (some better than others but they can't all be DCC). When I first started I was focused on the wrong things - like eliminating or reducing breaths, but also pacing. The raw files I would get would vary wildly, sometimes the narrator is going at a snails pace in the story, somtimes there are no pauses to distinguish between a paragraph , page break or sentence (as expressed in the manuscript). I used to make it a point to adjust the pacing when it was egregious to me in the context of "If I was listening to this on my commute, would I enjoy this performance or would it distract me from the content?" (Software Engineering is my day job so I would listen to audiobooks recreationally for 2.5 hrs a day in traffic, come home and work on audiobooks I was assigned). I was admonished (in retrospect, rightfully so) for doing too much - I was told the actors/actresses we commissioned would be pissed that the integrity of their work wasn't upheld. I was always curious about that, because in music there's a mutual understanding that the mix engineer will impart at least some color on the final product by way of process (at the very least). SO - to all the lovely VAs out there, is pacing something that you're doing intentionally and would like to see preserved 1 to 1? are you open to adjustments? etc. I'm only curious as a student of the arts.
Client pretending to be ME! by bifchcola • last post Aug 1st
So I’m a voice actor and am mainly getting jobs that have to do with voice overs for minecraft server promotions! Basically they send a script with payment and then I send it back so they can post the video on their server accounts! I usually keep a tight leash on my clients to make sure they aren’t violating any of our agreements but one slipped under the rug…. Turns out that made a fake account that has an ai pfp of a girl while they don’t exactly say “this is me in the videos” they are borderline pretending to be me (against my terms) I messaged the person multiple times on different platforms and reported the account and videos but still nothing. Any ideas on what to do? Both yt and TikTok
How long a demo should go by The_Nina_Beans88 • last post Aug 1st
I’ve heard long ago that when making a demo you record yourself reading a line at least 5 times. I’m starting thing that not it I’ve also thought about reading off famous movie quotes in different ranges and tones of what I could do with my only working vocal cord. But one project I’ve wanted to try is reading a classic fairy tale while doing some funny voices to each character to show off what I can a can do. I don’t know. I’m probably think of ways for audiences to get use to what a person with vocal paralysis could do while trying to voice act. Is vocal paralysis considered a disability? Can some one with that be able to be a voice actor?
Seiphur’s Auditions - Safira by PacoPacato • last post Aug 1st
Hey! It’s basically what’s in the images. I don’t know yet how much the rate will be, but it will be at least $8/line taking in consideration my current possibilities. It will be for a short indie snippet episode. I want to eventually produce a full pilot, but that’s not certain yet! Hope I’m doing everything right here! Cheers! Edit: I’m completely against AI in creative industries, so the contract will explicitly project voice actors from it.
Thoughts on male actors doing monologues traditionally for female actors? by KissLand000 • last post Aug 1st
I'm trying to improve some aspects of my acting and I have found that Isobel's final monologue in "Bull" by Mike Bartlett really hits that for me. I think that the first half of that monologue can be genderless and that's the bit I want to work on for auditions. As I'm quite new to auditioning, is it frowned upon when a male actor does a traditionally female monologue? And vice versa? Thank you everyone! ?
Canadians with American Reps by leopardlimo • last post Aug 1st
Hi! I’m reaching out to see if there are any Canadians with American representation, whether that’s an agent and/or manager and what your experience getting them & working with them has been like. The Canadian actors I know that do have American representation have mixed opinions; some love their reps and the opportunities they get to audition for, but others say they receive 2-3 auditions a year and that it feel like the American reps are trying to make money off their Canadian bookings. I’ve been going back and forth on whether this is the next step for me, I have a few bookings but nothing that would make an American rep leap at the opportunity to sign me. Thanks!
does anybody else get annoyed at being squeezed for money on these casting websites? by MushuWithEggroll • last post Aug 1st
i’ve just gotten some new headshots done, and i am going onto all of the various websites to update my materials, and i’m starting to get upset. i remember when actor’s access felt like the worst offender, because they charge $10 per photo. but somehow they are now better than the others. casting networks got on a lot of people’s nerves. so casting.com was created to compete with it. but now my commercial auditions are split between the two and i have to pay for both. casting.com charges $25 to upload a single photo. and you can only change your free photo once per year. the issue is that the site hasn’t even been out for a year, so because my account was grandfathered in February, i can’t swap my “free” photo. scummy. first swap on the account should be free and then set the timer for the year change. and on casting networks, you don’t even have the option to swap your “free” photo unless you pay for at least one month of premium at $30. how does this make sense? i haven’t updated my primary photo in nearly 2 years. so basically, in order to have an updated headshot on both of these sites, i have to drop $60. i’ve gotten 5 auditions from my agent on casting.com this year and 6 on casting networks. they are both scummy and pretty much the exact same thing imo. i guess this is a rant more than anything. wondering if anybody else feels similarly disillusioned.
Union Vouchers for Extra Work... should you accept if youre busy with NU work? by notanother_username0 • last post Aug 1st
Hi all, I have what might be a unique scenario and wanted to see if anyone had personal insight. I am a non union commercial model and dabble in commercial acting with no desire to do any theatrical. For fun, I will occasionally do TV/Film background work for experience on a big set. I was offered a background role for next week but was told I would get a Union voucher for it... I stay pretty booked and busy being non-union and I hear horror stories of commercial actors getting into Union and no longer being able to book consistent work. My agency has suggested I stay non union as long as possible. This opp sounds like a fun set and a great project but I don't know if I want to risk getting myself to a "must join" situation in the future and wasting it on a background role. For reference, I am F, Caucasian, 30s Edit: I don't want to ask my agent this question because they don't like when I apply to things without them and I certainly am not giving them 20% of a background rate.