Breakdown Service/Actors Access has been the 800lb gorilla in the audition submission space for decades. What do you all think about the merits of the claims made against them? I don't think the claim that they are blocking a...
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Breakdown Service/Actors Access has been the 800lb gorilla in the audition submission space for decades. What do you all think about the merits of the claims made against them? I don't think the claim that they are blocking a...
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I am looking for headshot photographer in NYC who is highly quality oriented and very experienced to help me get high end auditions and top agency/manager.
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“The skills that make up a classical mime’s bag of tricks can be of tremendous use to any actor who may be called upon in a play to tell a story through gestures, to trick an audience into “seeing” something that isn’t there.
Imagine you are in a play, and your character has to come onstage as if wal...
Expand postThis is great advice @tammyhunt. I've had to act as if many a time and I don't think in any acting class has pantomime ever been something we've done. It seems to only come up in rehearsal.
Funny enough, the first commercial I was ever cast in required silent acting. I had never done it before, but I was good enough to get offered an additional role by the director the day of shooting.
Maybe this is a little silly of me to tell a memory. Lol! Anyway...I was performing at a theatre in Reus, Spain in 2004 during an Art festival and Marcel Marceau, the great Master was there. His group...
Expand commentWhat I love about your tips is that it also involves commitment to action which is absolutely needed even when an actor is working with an actual object and/or doing a physical action. It's the clarit...
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Becoming a voice actor is similar to pursuing a career as a film, TV or stage actor (or most other performing arts careers, really). You start with nothing, train yourself and look for voice acting jobs you can book. You’ll need just two things: 1-Your voice demo reel; 2-Membership on a casting webs...
Expand postGreat advice, Tammy Hunt! Should a voice over demo reel be a video or audio file?
Actors Absolutely Need This In All Emails
Do you have any suggestions or information
that needs to be in the signature of an actor’s
email?
If so, share them here and on the channel so we can learn from each other....
Expand postGreat advice and idea to add a walk-through in the video, Aaron Marcus!
You're welcome, Aaron Marcus.
In the below video, internationally recognized acting coach, movement director, and specialist in the application of the Alexander Technique, Jean-Louis Rodrigue discusses how actors can encompass the physical movement of their character in a film or stage play, including studying the screenplay and...
Expand postIncredible share, Ashley Renee Smith! It's helpful for screenwriters to know how successful actors analyze a screenplay. I added this to my Screenwriting Videos list to go back and watch again. Thanks...
Expand commentYes that's what I've been taught to do. Write a backstory based on the information in the script . what are your objectives, how is it this cave to be the most important moments in your life? If there...
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Yes Ashley Renee Smith I do.
I posted another interview in this series a couple weeks ago. Actors are finding these videos to be invaluable. Walking in a crew member's shoes gives a whole new perspective to being on set, and how we as actors can collaborate in new ways to make EVERYONE's job easier!
Here's our 4th and latest vid...
Expand postGetting advice and insight from people who've done it is invaluable, Matthew Cornwell! These videos will save actors, writers, directors, etc. time, money, headaches, and so on because they're learnin...
Expand commentThanks for the comment, Maurice Vaughan! We have 2 more interviews coming. Next up: Costumes. Then a chat with a 1st A.D.
You're welcome, Matthew Cornwell. I'll keep an eye out for those videos. I'm subscribed to the channel and have the notifications turned on.
I love this Matthew Cornwell I have always wanted to know what the duties of 1st AD, 2nd AD, DP are. How they work with the Director. It's nice to know what is happening on set when you are just "wait...
Expand commentit’s fair game for them to ask and to highlight their contributions IMO. Given their deal was with Artisan and they are now asking Lionsgate for retroactive participation may be tough legally. Will be...
Expand commentThe "Wicked Little Letters" star explained why she thinks actors need direct interaction with casting directors: "I wouldn't have gotten where I am if I'd had to do self-tapes." https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/olivia-colman-self-tape-auditions-disrespectful-to-actors-1234971762/
Actors, would LOVE to hear your opinion on this...
For big movies, would hope the studios aren't calling for more self tapes, as they actually have the resources to do a proper casting process. But for indies and smaller films, self tapes are actually...
Expand commentI've definitely been asked to do rereads with notes during in-person auditions. While I've had to do self tape auditions multiple times, I don't prefer them, as I've never been asked to retape with no...
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Some fantastic points, Pat Alexander, as per.
I'll go first - I watched KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ***spoiler alert**** and I love the scene at the end when Leonardo DiCaprio is talking with his wife and fighting with his feelings on poisoning her. I couldn't believe the range of emotions he let run through his face in that moment, and the way he delivered his lines still haunts me.
I just recently watched All The Light We Cannot See on Netflix and I thought that Aria Mia Loberti's performance was incredible! She was truly captivating. In a cast with heavy-hitters like Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo, she was the obvious standout.
“The Morning show” on Apple TV season one. Not a movie but such a strong performance. A scene with Jennifer Aniston talking with her daughter about getting divorced with the husband, the father of the...
Expand commentI'm curious to learn if anyone has noticed any changes to acting auditions post strike?
Great question, Amanda Toney!
I've been working in this area for past 3 years and I realize there isn't a whole lot of opportunity to reflect/discuss issues that actors have when building a character that may be particularly challenging for them emotionally/psychologically.
Unless you have a therapist, or a really great friend...
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This was really good Alan Powell and important to share. Thanks for sharing this!
You're welcome Leonardo. I'm curious to know if you have your own experience(s) that resonate with what I said? That is from a screenwriting writing perspective? I suppose I could ask the same of Maurice...?
Yes, Alan Powell but in it lies in the general waiting part. I wasn't always grounded in who I am so waiting to hear back on opportunities was always super tough. And then when/if I did hear back and...
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