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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Posted in An Actors Life at 10:15 pm by admin
As an actor you could be called upon to play a variety of roles,if you give yourself a unique haircut you’ll cut your chances a lot.
If you are known as the guy with the bright green mohawk then maybe you’ll hit that role as a circus performer for this weeks TV Commercial, but how many times do you think you will be hired after that? If they need you with a bright green mohawk for a decent role then they will do your hair for you.
To be prepared as much as possible for whatever role appears many actors let their hair grow and have a short beard, this way they can cut back to whatever is required of the next role.
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04.03.07
Posted in An Actors Life at 5:13 am by admin
When my friends ask how much I earned for a 1 day TV commercial (TVC) they stare in astonishment at the high payments for a single days work. Yes acting is high pay on an hourly basis but there is very good reason…. the down time between jobs.
Professional actors are hard to come by, it is a major struggle through initial low payments, irregular work, delayed payments, bad agents and terrible working conditions and long hours. Not to mention all the outlays as you get experience acting for free and paying for lessons.
The problem I see time and time again from inexperienced actors is to get a job earning good money and then instantly adjust their spending to match their income. The go from a subsistance lifestyle to a movie star lifestyle as soon as first pay day hits.
The money is good because it is supposed to hold you until the next job, whenever that might come along. It is supposed to be for additional training and practise you undertook for this role.
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04.02.07
Posted in Auditions/Castings at 11:11 am by admin
You have gotten your first audition, what do you need to do to prepare for the casting?
Many people have different theories on how to get past the audition successfully, and there are other methods, for example, knowing the producer certainly helps, but then if you know him well enough you won’t even need to go to an audition. The only problem is that the most common way to get to know movie producers/directors is to pass an audition in the first place and work with them.
So back we go to the start, nobody gets ‘lucky’ in this industry, everybody works hard to make their own luck.
As such here is a list of the top 10 things you should ALWAYS do at a casting to make sure you give yourself the best chance.
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03.15.07
Posted in An Actors Life at 9:31 pm by admin
Being a Movie Star is everyone’s dream life. Money, fame, girls (or boys) everyone likes you and wants to know you. You are interesting and your life is full of adventures…. or is it?
To get to be a Movie Star you first need to climb the ladder. Like the NBA Star you also need to play little league, local then state, then national amateur then fainally you MIGHT be accepted into a second stream division.
As a beginning actor you are going to have to do lots of amateur practise first, you are going to have to work for free and fork out your own money for lessons, travel, getting costumes and paying for photos and for shooting your own showreels.
You are going to have to study and work for free.
Then when you finally make it into your first ‘big break’ and you get to serve coffee to the lead actors at a coffee shop while they discuss the plan - then you find out what acting is really all about.
“We don’t get paid to act, we do that for free because we like it, we get paid to wait around” - Attributed to John Candy
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