Hi all, I'm hoping to come to America for pilot season next year, and it my first time. What would you recommend I have in place before I travel over, and where would you say I travel to in the hope to arrange as many meetings as possible. Are there any particular workshops or seminars I should be focusing my attention and attending to make the most of my time there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks to all.
Acting : First time at Pilot Season advice, please. by Alex Walton
First time at Pilot Season advice, please.
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You really should have an excellent, connected agent before you can get auditions during this busy, crazy time. CD's are swamped and not usually open to seeing unrepped actors. To be honest you should be in L.A. now to get the lay of the land and spend one, full year taking workshops and seminars with CD's and agents in order to be ready for the 2015 pilot season.
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Come to Los Angeles. You should have a great headshot, an agent and it would be helpful to have a reel. Register with sites like lacasting.com and actorsaccess.com and castingfrontier.com. Your agent will really be the one that will help most as those sites don't have too many great opportunities and are over saturated with a ton of applicants. I'd suggest taking a workshop on theatrical auditions as well as as many acting workshops you can attend. You can never take too many workshops! Haha
Thanks guys, would you recommend an LA agent over one in the UK who has connections in the LA circuit already? Chara, the sites you mention, like LA casting, would they be more helpful if I am already in LA? It seems quite localised, and making the move first might be the way to go? Are there any agents you can recommend I send my detail and reels to, or a site where I can find a list of LA agents, similar to "Contacts" that we have in the UK?
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There is a book called "the Right Agent" book. I believe you can download a copy for $8.95 at www.sagagent.com - this has a comprehensive list of SAG-AFTRA agencies in LA. My suggestion would be to submit to many of these agencies; the more places you submit to, the greater the chances of you getting a response. There is no need to sign up for LAcasting.com until you are in LA; or a few days prior to coming to LA.
Thanks Chara, will get the ball rolling and see what I can get together by next year. All eyes post tour on the states now!!! Maybe paths will cross on the circuit when I come over, thanks for all the advice.
Casting is way to busy to see new people. Agencies are very hectic, there are working to get thier clients booked.