Thursday, March 26, 2009

How can I get a talent agent to represent me in LA?

I%26#039;m a struggling actress and I%26#039;ve been submitting my headshot and resumes as well as my cover letters to various (and legit) talent agencies in Hollywood and LA, and I havent been getting any replies what so ever. I%26#039;ve attended many casting workshops, showcases, acting classes....and still no luck. I will never give up because I%26#039;m extremely dedicated, determind, persistant, and I have perseverance for what is to come. Acting in mainstream entertainment film industry is my dream, but it is a long process and it is a little frustrating with no luck. If anyone has any connections, any more advice to offer, or would be willing to help me out in anyway possible, it would be greatly and beyond appreciated. Thank You.
How can I get a talent agent to represent me in LA?
I%26#039;m with you too so your not the only one. I%26#039;m having the same problem. But remember that a lot of agencies get many many many candidates for this industry all the time. It might take a few weeks to a month to get a call or letter. My friend had the same problem so she just keep sending in her stuff to the same people with a couple of different agencies and she finally got a call now she has many wanting her. That whats she telling me to do and I hope it works. Also make sure that they represent what you want to get into. Some only does theater or some do all. Also if you do get a call from one and then you audition for a role and land it make sure you have a permit in the industry flied you can get one at childrenflims.com. Also just don%26#039;t send your stuff to them sign up on there website if you can. I live in Texas and I almost sent my stuff to one where I live but found out they only do ages 5-15 and I just trued 16 so that was a downer. But keep your head up high. What you want will happen if you want it bad enough like you say you do.
How can I get a talent agent to represent me in LA?
Same principle as with all casting Agencies, perseverence is the key.





But you also need to lead in from the ground up. Remember, casting agencies get hundreds and thousands of applications, its fairly certain you could wait 6 months to a year to hear back from them, and thats IF you have something that interests them. Then you also need to consider the very real possibility that a lot of these agencies will not read through every single applicant. They will look to see if a name is recognizable, and process from there, or add the name to a database and keep track of you from there.





To enhance your chances, move to US and register with any legit agency, and take all the work you can get. Theatre, Adverts. For the main agencies anywhere to sign you, you need to get noticed, but to be noticed you need to be there and be seen. It%26#039;s going to be a long hard struggle, so never give up. Move to US and work whatever legit work you can find. Every 6 months send out your resume and keep doing your best and learning your craft.
Reply:Same thing with me, There are millions of people like us. But I have it worst... I dont live in LA. I live in CHICAGO with like only 1 or 2 legit agencies that actually can help you.
Reply:u may study him properly
Reply:Ugh I know exactly what you mean :D I%26#039;ve been submitting pictures too L.A. aswell.

Does anybody know any funny or serious plays that only require two actors?

It would be done by two 19 year olds and preferably a 2 act show, thanks!
Does anybody know any funny or serious plays that only require two actors?
Any plays can be done by 2 people.





A great one to choose would be %26#039;Talking Heads%26#039; by Alan Bennet, a comedy.





I did one of the scenes, based in a group therapy session, as a monologue, acting all the roles, simply by identifying each individual character with their own distinct voice and a hat/wig.





This could easily be done with 2 people, considering I did it alone.





My friend and I also worked a 2 man show of A Christmas Carol.





Really you could do any play you want, just sit down and tweak it to your needs. Pick a play you both enjoy and run with it.





Your only other choice really is Waiting for Godot, but it can be tough to pull off as its a quite intellectual comedy play.
Does anybody know any funny or serious plays that only require two actors?
Jekyll and Hyde::








The book begins with two men, Mr. Utterson and his cousin Mr. Richard Enfield, on a walk in London. Although the two men are initially silent, after passing a mysterious cellar door in a basement, Mr. Enfield launches into a strange occurrence that centered around the door. Late one night, while he was on his way home, he chanced upon a deformed, short man who trampled a girl in the street who was on her way to get a doctor. The girl%26#039;s family and Mr. Enfield catch the mysterious man and instead of getting the police, they decide to blackmail him and force him to give the girl%26#039;s family money. Agreeable, the mysterious man disappears into the same cellar door and comes out with a check bearing not his own name, but that of the respectable Dr. Jekyll. Surprisingly, the check was not a forgery.





After hearing the story, Utterson returns to his home where he removes Dr. Jekyll%26#039;s mysterious will, which he recently filed with Mr. Utterson. Jekyll%26#039;s will stated that in case of his death, his substantial estate will pass to Mr. Hyde, but even stranger, in case of his disappearance for more than three months, Hyde will assume Jekyll%26#039;s life without delay. He also realizes that the mysterious door is connected, in an L shape way, to Jekyll%26#039;s home. Utterson decides that Jekyll is being blackmailed by Hyde and seeks to search to see his face in order to understand why. After tracking him down, he is initially civil but turns angry when Utterson proceeds in the conversation.





One year later, Hyde murders Sir Danvers Carew with a cane. With help from Utterson, the police find Hyde%26#039;s apartment ransacked. After leaving, Utterson proceeds to Jekyll%26#039;s and confronts him for harboring a murder. Jekyll claims that he is done with Hyde and promises that he has nothing left to do with him. He does, however, have a farewell note from Hyde. Utterson examines the note and his clerk, Mr. Guest, later discovers that the handwriting from the note matches a dinner invitation written by Dr. Jekyll. Angrily, Utterson assumes that Jekyll has forged a letter for a murderer.





More time passes, and we learn that although Hyde has not been located, Dr. Jekyll becomes more and more social until one day Utterson attended a dinner party at Jekyll%26#039;s where Lanyon was present. Shortly there after, Jekyll secluded himself and Dr. Lanyon fell ill and died. After his death, Dr. Lanyon left Jekyll a letter than instructed him not to read it for ten years. After these mysterious events, Enfield and Utterson again walk by the mysterious door. Through one of the windows, they witness Jekyll having a frightening seizure through the windows of the cellar.





About a week later, Poole, Jekyll%26#039;s butler, approaches Utterson, who is afraid because Jekyll has locked himself in the basement and the only things that hear is strange sounds, including crying. The only communication that has come is letters desperately asking for a specific type of salt. Utterson follows Poole to Jekyll%26#039;s house and breaks down a red cabinet where the body of Hyde is found. In the laboratory, the two discover a large envelope addressed to Mr. Utterson. Inside, Jekyll urges Utterson to read the package from Lanyon and if he wished to know more, read the further description that Jekyll provided within the envelope.





Lanyon%26#039;s narrative begins by describing a strange letter he received from Henry Jekyll, the night after a dinner party at Jekyll%26#039;s residence. The letter urges Lanyon to go to Jekyll%26#039;s house and get the contents of a drawer in the laboratory. Afterwards, a strange caller will come to Lanyon%26#039;s house in Jekyll%26#039;s name and recover these same items, powder, a phial, and a paper book. Lanyon does as much, thinking that Jekyll is crazy, and Mr. Hyde appears at the subscribed time. He gives Hyde the ingredients; Hyde mixes them into a potion, and after drinking it transforms into Dr. Jekyll. This shock, the pure evilness of the situation, was what brought about Lanyon%26#039;s subsequent death.





After reading the account of Dr. Lanyon, Utterson then reads Jekyll%26#039;s own account of his failed experiment. Jekyll believed that the soul is made up of two separate distinctions: evil and the good. These two separate beings live in continuous and inherent conflict with each other. Slowly, Jekyll begins an experiment where he makes two potions and transforms himself into Edward Hyde. Shortly after becoming Hyde, he drinks a second potion and once again becomes Henry Jekyll. This experiment begins Jekyll%26#039;s exploration of his other self, a side that he freely explores and feels no remorse for the negative and evil actions of Mr. Hyde.





For some months, this behavior continued until one moment, %26quot;I had gone to bed Henry Jekyll, I had awakened Edward Hyde.%26quot; Alerted that the character of Hyde might irrevocably stay, Jekyll chose to give up the freedom of Hyde and for two months his decision held weight. Unfortunately, he was tortured with Hyde%26#039;s longing and he once again took the potion and brutally murdered Carew. Because of the manhunt for Hyde, he swore this character off forever and set out to try to remedy the evil.





This, however, failed because Hyde was an irrevocable part of Jekyll%26#039;s character. One night, while contemplating the deeds of Hyde, Jekyll was once again transformed into Edward Hyde. Realizing that he could not return to his house, he sent the letter to Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Poole and went immediately to a hotel. He went home once again but every time he would fall asleep, he would revert to Mr. Hyde. Soon, his potions began to fail to work and he ran out of the salt needed for the potion. Hyde launches a desperate search across London for this potion, but was unsuccessful. In the end, Hyde kills himself and therefore lets both Jekyll and Hyde free.
Reply:I beleive this is a one act but its hilarious! and perfect for your age group


its called The Universal Language by david Ives and this whole play this woman comes into a place to learn the language of una munda, and shes conviced it stopped her stuttering, but the whole thing is actually a scam and at the end they decide to work together, its kind of hard to explain you just kinda have to read it oh and the male has verry wacky lines like





%26quot;abosloopdi doop%26quot; meaning absolutley


or


%26quot;yabba dabba%26quot; meaning I understand
Reply:An Awesome one is %26quot;THE WOMAN IN BLACK%26quot; A Gothic play-within-a-play ghost story from the pen of Susan Hill. In it, Mr. Kipps has written a script about his paranormal encounters in the English countryside. He gives the play to an actor and together the two perform the tale. Kipps hopes that doing so will help him purge his memories of the events.It%26#039;s a flesh-creeping journey to eerie marshlands, amid moaning winds and silence-shattering screams...a ghost ride that will keep you jumping with fear





If you guys are very good at comedy %26quot;A GREATER TUNA%26quot; its two guys but each play like a dozen roles each.





Kiss of the Spider Woman is a great play by Maunuel Puig will tell you one of the charactes is gay but if your mature enough you can do it.





The Zoo Story by Edward Albee





I would also go to the Samuel French website and look up the plays they own which are thosands and I believe you can type in full length play 2 men and they will give u a list with discription the only Samuel French stores in the US are in LA or NYC but been to the one in LA on Sunset give them a call they are very nice and can help you out and will mail whatever scripts that look interesting to you.
Reply:Educating Rita








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serious. and funny! great characters to get your heads around.
Reply:You could look at Gangster Apparel by Richard Vetere. Here is a synopsis:


Cast: 2m. %26quot;A madcap spoof of gangster movies.%26quot; (N.Y. Times) Smalltime hoods Louie and Joey are about to go out on the hit of a lifetime. But Louie tells Joey that clothes make the man and his lack of style is holding back their careers. To Louie, style is everything: the suits you wear, your haircut, the way you hold your gun. Dressed to perfection, they go out on the hit- a big success, except that they are identified by an eyewitness who remembers Joey%26#039;s snazzy yellow pocket handkerchief! Locked in a cell, Louie decides that they%26#039;re not going to spend 25 years to life in orange prison jumpsuits. Louie spills all to the feds about %26quot;the Boss%26quot; and gets himself and Joey into a witness protection program- unfortunately it%26#039;s in a remote section of Arizona where the fashion statement is jeans, plaid shirts and boots! Joey thrives there; Louie is miserable and, through an indiscreet phone call, leads the Boss%26#039; hit men to them. A play about friendship, betrayal and the battle of style over substance. %26quot;Offbeat charm and lots of laughs.%26quot; (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Three simple sets.


Our comapany did it a few years ago and it was well recieved.


For just general info check the online play catalogs, most of them have searches and you can tailor you search to get plays for whatever criteria you need. Here are a few for you:


http://www.dramaticpublishing.com


http://www.dramatists.com/


http://www.pioneerdrama.com/


http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/index....


http://www.playscripts.com/

Any great books out there on acting or modeling?

Does anyone know if there are any great worth reading book on acting or modeling or even how to get into the business of entertainment? I want something that will help adn isn%26#039;t really boring were it would make me want to fall asleep. If you know what the title is and where you can buy them at. Are there any books on this subject at wal-mart, target, borders or other book store. Please help me.
Any great books out there on acting or modeling?
Are many try searching on google

Acting Resume help?

I was wondering if anyone can help me on my resume i will list everything that might or is needed.


T**** Resume





Contact Information-





Home Phone:


Cell Phone(Mothers):


E-mail:





I%26#039;m seeking representation in Commerical,Episode, and Flim


Name: T******


DOB: **/**/****


Height:5%26#039;2%26#039;%26#039;


Weight: 125


Eye Color:


Hair color/ style:


Clothing Size:JR





Training-


None





Experience-





2008-Coke Zore Coke Fest- Extra-Commerical


2007.My Brother San is Dead- C. Parson-Theater


2004-Barbizon Modeling


2003-Mr. Roger and his neighborhood-Granny-Theater





Skills-





Cheerleading Camps-6 years


Cheerleading Dance- 6 years


Cheerleading Squad-2 years


Basic of American Sign Language-4 years


Buliders Club-2 years


Girl Scouts-2 years


Bowling-1 year


Soccer-1 year


HOSA-Health Occupation Student of America-1 year





I heard and read that even the can see you charactics on your headshot that you should still list them.If anyone can help me please so.Thank so much for your time
Acting Resume help?
you need the union you or you agent is a part of but put it on and put none if you dont hae one same thing with agent
Acting Resume help?
You should separate film, theater, television, modeling, and commercials into 5 different groups. I don%26#039;t really think that Girl Scouts is really a skill, unless you mean it as you are really good with promoting things, such as girl scout cookies, which is really good for commercial advertising. And training comes after your experience on a resume. But since you have none, you can start taking acting classes somewhere close to you. But everything else looks good to me.
Reply:You may also be interested in setting up a profile on %26quot;Casted As%26quot; - a new networking site for actors - it is free and a neat way to self promote. The URL is: www.castedas.com
Reply:Firstly, you never need to pay anyone. Most web sites that promise something for nothing are scams. BizParetnz.org is a foundation which promotes knowledge about the industry and tips on avoiding getting scammed. You can also try about.com which has a lot of excellent tips.

Does musical notes have their own color?

I want every notes have color.





C D E F G A B 7 note...





Does musical notes have their global default colors?
Does musical notes have their own color?
no they don%26#039;t my friend who was learning the recorder when she was about 8 had colours but no every note comes in black some times black n white but thats timing p.s whats the last note about where does the 7 come from ?
Does musical notes have their own color?
em... no. When kids are like 8 years old and trying to learn the piano, they sometimes put numbers or colours on each key to help remember, but that%26#039;s all.


Music isn%26#039;t about colours, it%26#039;s about sound.





I don%26#039;t have a clue where the seven came from xD
Reply:no they dont have

Is acting a good job?

im 14 and for my whole life ive wanted to become an actress but when i was about 10 my mum said that there is no work(good pay jobs) so when ppl asked me what i wanted to do i would say dream or reality so my dream is to become an actress and reality is to fly in the R.A.F. so when i moved into my dads house i asked if i could go to this acting thing which teaches you on a saturday morning but then you get filming as well so 3 girlsd in my class do this and there always having a few days of school my dad said no as its too much money (拢192) a term but yesurday morning he had found this school where you drop all lessons ex maths english , science %26amp; ict i was really happy but then i hit will i get any work at the end of it cause i want to give my future kids anything they wish for.so what shall i do ?
Is acting a good job?
Look at the stars and you will know
Is acting a good job?
It is best one, but u should hard work. many preperations are there. if u want to become an actress, then u should be lost manythings. But somebody told there is no work, but it is not true.
Reply:Acting is a good job. Do not drop everything else as you need something as a backup if the acting fails. If you are serious and want to appear on TV, I would recommend you get an agent. They take commission on your earnings and do NOT take an upfront payment. The acting world is cruel so you need to become accustomed to the word %26#039;no%26#039;. It may not be that you are not talented, but your face might not suit the part. Go to drama classes on a Saturday so you can keep up with your studies also.
Reply:can you act like it is,,,
Reply:Yes and no, totally depends on your expectations. I am a working actress. I love my job. But you should first decide if you want to be an %26quot;actress%26quot; or a %26quot;celebrity%26quot;. These are two different subjects. You can work as an actress at theatres, if you get lucky in movies. But noone can say if or even you%26#039;ll be famous. Besides, if you care about fame, you might end up at a strip club. (Because fame hunger and obsessions are very distracting).





You should also know acting is too much work and STRESS! People just see movie stars at premieres and when they party. All of them wake up around 4-5 AM to get to work. You can have scenes any time in the day. You may get sick to your stomach but you still have to be on stage if you have a show. It%26#039;s also a very stressful job. Even if you%26#039;re not famous and not stalkes by paparazzies, you%26#039;ll find yourself worrying about your performance everyday. You%26#039;re gonna work with your body. You need to stay healthy, pay extra attention on your sleeping hours, you may have to dye your hair to the color you hate, you may cut your hair off, gain weight, lose weight...etc etc And God forbid, if something happens to your body/voice, you%26#039;re gonna be unemployed.





Don%26#039;t give up on your dreams. But be realistic and always have a B plan. I strongly recommend you to get an education about something else as well.
Reply:If you are not extremely succesful then yoou will not get a lot of money but look at the famous succesful actresses and actors. getting millions a year
Reply:ya its very good job.

Does anyone prefer Dorothy GIsh to Lillian Gish?

If so, why? She generally seems to be in her sister%26#039;s shadow...
Does anyone prefer Dorothy GIsh to Lillian Gish?
Sadly, there are few films left with Dorothy%26#039;s performances in them to make any kind of accurate assessment of her talents,. The obvious one is %26quot;Orphans of the Storm%26quot;, where she and Lillian play sisters, but Dorothy having to play blind limits her role extensively. She does her part well, and is overshadowed by Lillian, but then, Mr. Griffith preferred (and coached) Lillian%26#039;s emoting style to fit his vision of her and the characters she played.


From the scant evidence, I%26#039;d have to say that ,ultimately, I prefer Lillian as an actress--her range and power were dynamic, when she turned them on, and her ability to convey nuance was just as good as could be---and when she finally left Griffith%26#039;s tutelage and went on stage and on to other films, she was hard to beat. My parents, who actually saw Miss Lillian play Lizzie Bordon in a stageplay, were electrified by her chilling interpretation---and her later filmwork, in films as varied as Island in the Sun, Night of the Hunter, The Whales of August and her comic turn in Sweet Liberty, showed her abilities remained vital even as a senior senior.


...But Dorothy was prettier...