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This was great advice! I recently had a zoom callback for a commercial and it was just like how you described in the video. This really helped a lot!

Congrats

Hope you book the role g

Did you get a role?

Break a leg

@@marvinbalthazar1891 thank you 💯

I like your plot and it is "I prepare my mattress" for me.😂 But congrats Edgar

@@kevinkalyowa6620 oh...me and my grammar...😂😂😂 my english must be improved 😂😂😂

@@EdgarNovoa not what I meant bro. I just liked the fact that U prepared yourself a safe fall, on mattress. What a stunt indeed 😂. But your English is OK. I can read and understand every word there bro

Congratulations! That's awesome!

Congrats! How did it go

Yes

I've never studied the Uta Hagen Technique. I recommend getting her book from Amazon amzn.to/3tPBS8q

Why?

Yep, about 90% of the work I've done was in Atlanta

Yes, that is often how it works. And it is usually regional. So Atlanta area casting directors typically work with Atlanta area talent agents (and maybe some of the neighboring states).

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I've never taken his classes but I do know Rob personally and he's a great guy who cares deeply about the craft and his students. I know many actors that have studied with him and love his classes.

Which part of the country your in

@@ripbbrazy2207 east coast

Good suggestion! I will add it to my list. For now, I will say that I define a working actor as anyone who is getting paid to act. That could mean a million dollars or it could mean a hundred dollars. Making a living from acting income alone is very very difficult and not always sustainable due to the unpredictability of the industry. An actor could do everything right and still have a bad year financially. That's the vast majority of actors have a second (or third or fourth) source of income to balance out the irregularity of acting work.

the major casting websites in the US are Actors Access, Casting Networks, and Backstage

I always recommend starting with acting classes. Even if you do decide to move to LA, you should take classes there as well. There is no guarantee that you will start booking just because you moved to LA.

@@ActingCareerCenter Thank you so much for taking the time to reply !

I know it can be frustrating but the fact that you keep making it to the final stage means you are doing something right. At the end of the day, they can only cast one person even if thousands of people submitted for the role. The casting process is very unpredictable. I'm currently on a streak of 60+ auditions with no bookings.

yes I always wonder this !

I have a wired webcam that can attach to my tripod. If your laptop webcam is attached to the screen, you can just stack it on a box on a table or something to get it to about face level. I use the logitech c920 amzn.to/3INujmX

I think a lot of that depends on your location. You can submit for anything you want but need to take a few things into consideration. For example do you fit the role? If they're looking for a 20 something African American female - well that's kind of obvious it's not something you'd want to submit for. Also if you live in Dallas Texas but the audition is in Los Angeles or New York they're not going to fly you out to the audition or for the role in most cases. If they're looking for someone with a specific accent and you don't have don't have that accent & can't do accents then it's probably best to not waste your own time or the casting directors time. You should also be submitting on Casting Networks, Actors Access and Casting Frontier. Those are the main ones that a talent agent will want you to already be signed up with before they will represent you AND there certain roles you're not going to even see because they only get sent to agents. Agents get different breakdowns than actors do and when you get an agent they will be submitting you to some of those that you otherwise wouldn't have access to. Before you sign up on any casting site though make sure that it covers productions happening in your area. I'm not sure which ones cover which areas but the three I mentioned above all cover the Los Angeles area. Another thing about accents, if you CAN do different accents it will increase your odds of getting work. For example if you're German and have a German accent the roles you can submit for will be very limited but if you can pull off a believable American accent you'll get a LOT more work. I know a girl from Germany (she's in my acting class) and it took me six days to figure out that she was even German because she NEVER speaks with her natural accent and she does such a great American accent that she had me fooled. I'd have never known if she didn't tell me, except that when she get angry her natural accent comes out.

@@liquidbraino Thanks bruv! I am African. Originally, from Uganda, East Africa. And I am a 19 year old man. I do the American accent so well and I do my African accent as well. Depending on whom am talking to. The African accent, I use it mostly with my African friends. I always use the American accent, With ma parents and literally, everyone. Am trying to learn the British accent which is the most difficult, I guess. 😁 I stay in Michigan but can move to Las Vegas at my brother's. Is that helpful? And thanks about the guidance up there. 👊

Also depends on your residency status. If you're not a US citizen or green card holder, you'll need a specific work visa that will allow you to work as an actor in the US. I'm not an immigration attorney so you'll have to seek one out if you need to know the details about that.

You would make the adjustment on the spot on the Zoom call

Yes absolutely. My friend is a former cop and that has helped her play cop roles in many tv shows.

I use my Canon DSLR camera for my self tapes. For Zoom callbacks I usually just use my laptop webcam because it's easier. But I still set it up in my self tape room with the same lighting. I think what you're doing is fine because the iPhone cameras are pretty good.

I'm not sure. You may want to talk to someone who specializes in speech. I'm actually the opposite. I am usually pretty good with memorized lines but I tend to stutter in real life.

Haha, cool! That was after I moved to Atlanta. Pretty much 95% of my resume is after moving to Atlanta

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Unfortunately, I don't know. You'd have to talk to an immigration attorney about that

If the movie is under a SAG-AFTRA (union) contract in the US, yes, there may be a pay bump for that.

Every area is different so I would recommend looking for an acting school in your area because they would probably know

Omg same exact thing happened to me to

@@Emir_helvacioglu you and me both...

Try to find community theater and attempt learning on your own until you can get some acting classes me personally i don’t think it’s mandatory for acting classes but you do learn alot.

Any little thing you can do whether it’s performing in a church ur in or anything you should take the chance! And also just record yourself see what you did wrong and ask others and just keep improving and learning!

@@omarramirez-um2ut Thanks for the advice!

I'm not sure you'll have to ask an immigration attorney about that

Almost all acting schools have online classes now. You can absolutely attend classes no matter where you live.

@@ActingCareerCenter thanks 🤩