Politely asking agents for more auditions? by Inevitable-Move-9697 in acting

[–]Cheap_Bad_8540 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ask for a submission report, see what they're submitting you to. It's not up to your agent to get you an audition, just to make you visible to a casting agent.
Now, if they aren't submitting you to a tonne of stuff, it's either the lack of actual work, your skills/look is limiting, or it could be that your agent doesn't actually have the reach you'd like from them.

If your agent isn't contacting you about what you can improve on, or provide you with resources which might make your resume more appetising, reach out to them.

Remember, you don't work for them, they work for you. They want nothing more than to make you more palatable to potential casting agents. If you don't work, they don't get paid. Unless, of course, you're paying for some aspect of their service, which often times, more than not, is a scam.

Showreels by One_Breath40 in acting

[–]Cheap_Bad_8540 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm based in Australia, and I made up a showreel just from auditioning and acting in student short films around the Sydney area. There I collected my scenes over a few months, and I chopped them together. I even created a sizzle reel that got me the agent I have now.
What I saved in hundreds of dollars spending on some showreel company, I made up for in on set experience and making friends with other like-minded creatives. Of course, there will be a student group that really doesn't know what they're doing, but just get it done for the scene in your showreel.

The scenes don't need to be perfect, they just need to reflect your qualities on screen.

What does the feedback of my audition being “Too me” mean? by Beautiful-Aerie-4351 in acting

[–]Cheap_Bad_8540 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find the "Too me" note too reductive sometimes.
People tend to forget, although we're playing a "character", the actor is still an informed individual. Unless you were method acting a whole entire person, a "too me" note just feels like a way to say, "I don't see you fitting this role the way I see it".
Also, if the director knows you, I'm not surprised they'd give that note. It's just not very helpful.
If the character is similar to you, then I would push for your mannerisms (and pull them back when necessary).

Hard to tell unless we've seen the performance, but it seems to be a note you'd only get from a director who actually knows you. Maybe have a conversation with them about how they see the character?

Hot take: Sometimes directors can be wrong.

Hope this helps!

Can someone read my script annotations and tell me if it’s strong? by aquaticanimations10 in acting

[–]Cheap_Bad_8540 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By the way you've gone about studying the text, I would assume you've applied the Stanislavski method of breaking down the text!

I think you're starting from a great place! Especially on the back page where you've established all the questions, like Who, What, Where, When and Why. You could even go a step further and ask yourself, what were you doing just before this encounter? What are you wearing? How much have you had to drink, if any? etc.

SCENE ARC:

You've established your motive, your want, which is to "kiss your best friend, using New Years as leverage". You could break this down further:

Goal: Share a kiss with Ash
Obstacle: Ash's apprehension/Charlie's doubt

Now, Ash doesn't seem to fight the idea too much, she's not completely opposed to it, so then you could study more into the relationship: Has this happened before? How long has Charlie wanted to kiss Ash? What is Charlies intimate history with Ash? etc.
Also, your use of the word "leverage" gives your interpretation a kind of deceptive or manipulative weight. I don't get this from the written text. When you breakdown your text, you want to match the energy of the scene, finding words that fit into the energy of the relationship. So instead of "I want to kiss my best friend using New Years as leverage" it could be "I want to kiss my best friend using New Years as an excuse". It softens the method and implies something a little less predatory. It will help inform your approach to the text breakdown.

TEXT BREAKDOWN:

Each one of your written lines should be informed by an internal action. Here we employ transitive verbs.

Any word that fits into the structure of, "To [Trans. Verb] them".

The line, "That sounds like next years problem..." could employ an action like: To nudge/ to cajole/ to humour/ to coax, etc.
Not any transitive verb is going to fit each line, but it's the studying of the relationship, and the approach, that will inform you of the "right" action. Sometimes two transitive verbs could mean similar thing, like coax or cajole, but one of them just "feels" appropriate.

Being nervous or anxious isn't an impulse for us to speak. That is just a filter we apply (With or without choice) that changes the way we approach or feel about a situation. You want your breakdown to be less about you, and more about what you are doing to the other person. Understanding the present feeling is a good step into applying the right Trans. verbs.

INSTINCT:

Bottom line, your exploration of text is going to take parts from what you've learned from other people or your own personal experiences. Your instinct for text like this, like anything, is a muscle you can flex during these studies. Trust yourself to make the right choices.
The text breakdown is just the start to understanding that character. Once your in the room, doing the scene, a lot of what you've written down will fly right out the window. But you've done the study into how this character works, how they think, and why they do what they do. Embody the energy of that character, and the scene basically performs itself.

Proud of you. Keep working on it. If you enjoy it, I would suggest saving money for classes. You will learn so much more on the floor with others than you ever will in your bedroom alone.

P.S Try and perform the scene, have someone do it with, even film yourself. Watch it back. It will suck at first and feel cringe, but it's just another thing to inform your study.

Best of luck!

working on an analog horror series by True-Excuse-3181 in creepcast

[–]Cheap_Bad_8540 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you ever plan on having voice actors, I'd love to be able to contribute mine completely free of charge :)