05.24.07
Posted in Acting Agents at 8:43 am by admin
When sending your bio/resume/photos/showreel to a prospective acting agent, casting director or anyone else, you should always include a cover letter.
It tells them why you’re sending the package and it allows you to sell yourself quickly before the whole lot goes into the trash. You should make it a hard hitting sales letter with the only aim to get them to view your photos/showreel/bio.
Much like a job resume, a cover letter will vary between one acting agent and another. Customise it for the peron you are sending it to.
Here are some ideas when writting a cover letter to an acting agent / casting director.
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05.23.07
Posted in Acting Agents at 7:46 am by admin
What Is An Acting Agent?
An acting agent in the carries out activities on behalf of you, the performer in return for payment, usually a percentage of what they make for you. The main role of an acting agent is to negotiate with employers about possible acting jobs on your behalf. An acting agent is responsible for getting acting auditions and jobs and fixing the terms and conditions for those acting jobs.
How Do I Get An Acting Agent?
If you’ve graduated from a good acting school, then there should have been acting agents invited to see your performance in the final year production to showcase yourself and other graduates.
You should contact acting agents upon graduation at the latest, I would recommend being on the books of some lower tier agents well before that to get some additional experience and pay.
Your local Actors Union can provide a list of acting agents in your area, if you have completed a recognised course with a reputable school this should be enough to get membership, otherwise you’ll have to get some work by working the lower tiers (extras / TVC’s, etc)
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05.21.07
Posted in Acting Agents at 10:18 am by admin
It’s your first meeting (called a Go See) with a new actors agent. You spoke to them on the phone already and you got yourself an appointment to meet and discuss the possibility that the actors agent will take you on
When you go to ‘go sees‘, the actors agents will be looking to meet you in order to see what you have to offer with regards to casting suitability for acting roles in movies, television, theatre, etc.
They want to see if you have the ability to act and make the grade if they send you out to an acting audition, because if you do, they’ll keep asking you in to audition.
Take along your showreel and a printed copy of your Bio and some profesional photographs. I always include one montage of photos of the work I have already done as photographic support for my Bio. The actors agent might look at your showreel then (or they might not, leave it with them either way) with you and discuss the work.
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04.06.07
Posted in Acting Agents at 10:28 pm by admin
This is one of the most difficult things for a beginning actor/actress – finding the right acting agent. Which agent can you trust? Which agent is the best? Which agent will work with you?
First point, if an agent want to charge you a fee to list you then listen to the details, decline and walk out. These ‘agencies’ live by the money young hopefuls pay them for ‘representation’, good agencies will make enough money finding you work to survive without charging you a joining fee.
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