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how do you get an audition?
i want to be an actress but i can never find any auditions. any advice?
i live in the LA area and i am still in high school. i plan/want to go to an acting college in london. i hear people talking about all these agencies in LA but can never find any. help?
3 Answers
- TruthTeller59Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Here are THE ONLY LEGIT online sites that you can get work from:
In LA:
-Actorsaccess.com
-LACasting.com
-NowCasting.com
-Backstage.com (they have a weekly newspaper that you can get at stores that lists castings)
In NY:
-Actorsaccess.com
-NYCASTING.COM
-NYCASTINGS.COM
-Backstage.com (they have a weekly newspaper that you can get at stores that lists castings)
Other markets:
-ActorsAccess.com
-Backstage
Free but proceed with Caution:
-Craigslist
-Mandy.com
AVOID:
-ExploreTalent.com
-ONESOURCETALENT.COM
-Talenthunter
-Instantcast.com
-Talentjug.com
-TALENT6.COM
-Talentwatchers.com
Know that you're ONLY going to see at most 30% of the work out there. ONLY agents have access to the serious jobs or the other 70%.
To get an agent, you need to get GREAT headshots, a good resume, and training from the best. These are enough to get you a commercial agent at least. Getting a GOOD theatrical agent (Film/tv) takes longer. Most good theatrical agents won’t see you unless you’re SAG, have a polished resume, and a demo reel. Commercial agents are more lenient about that. What the best Commercial agents want to see on your resume are good commercial classes, improv, and cold reading.
You can get an agent multiple ways. Here are a few common ways:
-Mail in an unsealed manilla envelope with a CONCISE coverletter and headshot with the resume stapled on the back. If you have a demoreel include that too.
-Attend a showcase and impress them. By showcase I do not mean scammy conventions like IMTA, IPOP, Proscout, or Best New Talent. I mean legit ones like at Actor Connection, Reel pros, Network Studios, etc.
-Get a referral from a friend who is with the agency that you’re interested in
DON’T
-Email them unless they tell you to. IT’S UNPROFESSIONAL!
-Call unless they tell you to. ALSO UNPROFESSIONAL!
-Walk in and ask for a meeting. UNPROFESSIONAL THREE!
-Sign with them if they ask for upfront money, make you take new photos with THEIR photographer, or take THEIR classes. Agent’s ONLY make money when you do. Agents usually make 10% on film/tv and commercials and 20% on commercial print.
Look up LEGIT agencies here:
http://www.agentassociation.com/
http://www.sag.org/content/find-agent
Sample Resume:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59...
Avoiding BAD Headshots:
Source(s): LA actor, Acting Scambuster, and respected contributor to http://bbs.backstage.com/groupee - ?Lv 71 decade ago
do drama classes and school plays for experience, if your in school. look in your phone book for
local theaters. if your near any colleges with film programs you can do student films. take some
acting classes if you haven't had any training yet, you need to get some before you go looking
for auditions. you need to know what to do on an audition if you want to get through one and
get a part. where you live will determine how much acting opportunities are available to
you. you need to be near where there are things to do to get anywhere. for anything of
a commercial nature you will need an agent to get on the calls. local theater and student films
are open calls you can go on yourself.
- 1 decade ago
Search online for local auditions. Ask your school's theatre department's teacher. Call local college's, they usually have yearly plays. You need to start somewhere and theatre is some of the best exp. you can ask for. Hope this helps.
