Comments on: How can I become a Disney Channel actor? http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:46:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: TruthTeller59 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor/comment-page-1#comment-5434 TruthTeller59 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:19:59 +0000 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor#comment-5434 I'm an LA Actor giving you the REAL DEAL! You NEED an agent to get auditions for Disney Channel. Sites and people promising Disney Channel Auditions are SCAMS! Here's the cliffsnotes version of what you can do to do to get into acting and eventually get an agent: 1.EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST! READ (check Samuel French, libraries, and bookstores): *=Highly recommend Acting business: *Acting is Everything: Gold Edition-Judy Kerr *How to Be a Working Actor-Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers *Self Management for Actors-Bonnie Gillespie -How to Get Arrested-J. Wallach Michael and Paul Thurwachter *An Agent Tells All-Tony Martinez -How To Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film-Cathy Reinking -One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor's Survival Guide-Markus Flanagan -So You Want to Be in Showbusiness?- Steve R. Stevens -Acting Truths and Lies (purchased at www.info4actors.com) Acting: *Book the Job-Doug Warhit *Intent to Live-Larry Moss -Acting for the Camera-Tony Barr -Acting in Film-Michael Caine -Acting Class: Take a Seat-Milton Katselas Method Acting: *Art of Acting-Stella Adler -Sanford Meisner on Acting-Sanford Meisner -A Dream of Passion-Lee Strasberg *Actor's Art and Craft-William Esper -The Power of the Actor-Ivanna Chubbuck -No Acting Please-Eric Morris -Respect for Acting-Uta Hagen -Challenge to the Actor-Uta Hagen -You Can Act!-D.W. Brown -Strasberg’s Method-Lorrie Hull Comedy *8 Characters of Comedy-Scott Sedita -The Sitcom Career Book-Mary Lou Belli Improv -Anything by Viola Spolin -Steve Book on Acting: Improv -Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out-Mick Napier Auditioning/Cold Reading: *How to Get the Part Without Falling Apart-Margie Haber *Audition-Michael Shurtleff *The 15 Guideline Map to Booking-Amy Lyndon -Secrets to Successful Cold Readings-Glenn Alterman 2.GET TRAINING! Regardless of how "naturally talented" you might be, you NEED training, PERIOD! Definitely take classes in: -Cold Reading/Auditioning -Improv -Scene study -Commercials 3. Get GREAT headshots Here's is a good place to start: http://bbs.backstage.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8011031/m/246101692 4. Build Your Resume and Reel Doing Student films and Indie Films. Also do plays to build your acting experience. Sample Resume: http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/Sampleresume.jpg How to make an ACTING resume: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091011203729AAkQetj The ONLY LEGIT Online sites that you can find jobs on your own through: ALL SITES NOT LISTED BELOW ARE QUESTIONABLE! -ActorsAccess.com -LACasting.com -Nowcasting.com -NYCasting.com -NYCastings.com -Backstage.com Free but proceed with caution: -Castingcallsearch.com -Mandy.com -Craigslist 5. Get an Agent Look up LEGIT agencies here: http://www.agentassociation.com/ http://www.sag.org/content/find-agent 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<br><b>References : </b><br> I’m an LA Actor giving you the REAL DEAL!

You NEED an agent to get auditions for Disney Channel. Sites and people promising Disney Channel Auditions are SCAMS!

Here’s the cliffsnotes version of what you can do to do to get into acting and eventually get an agent:

1.EDUCATE YOURSELF FIRST!

READ (check Samuel French, libraries, and bookstores):

*=Highly recommend

Acting business:
*Acting is Everything: Gold Edition-Judy Kerr
*How to Be a Working Actor-Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers
*Self Management for Actors-Bonnie Gillespie
-How to Get Arrested-J. Wallach Michael and Paul Thurwachter
*An Agent Tells All-Tony Martinez
-How To Book Acting Jobs in TV and Film-Cathy Reinking
-One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor’s Survival Guide-Markus Flanagan
-So You Want to Be in Showbusiness?- Steve R. Stevens
-Acting Truths and Lies (purchased at http://www.info4actors.com)

Acting:
*Book the Job-Doug Warhit
*Intent to Live-Larry Moss
-Acting for the Camera-Tony Barr
-Acting in Film-Michael Caine
-Acting Class: Take a Seat-Milton Katselas

Method Acting:
*Art of Acting-Stella Adler
-Sanford Meisner on Acting-Sanford Meisner
-A Dream of Passion-Lee Strasberg
*Actor’s Art and Craft-William Esper
-The Power of the Actor-Ivanna Chubbuck
-No Acting Please-Eric Morris
-Respect for Acting-Uta Hagen
-Challenge to the Actor-Uta Hagen
-You Can Act!-D.W. Brown
-Strasberg’s Method-Lorrie Hull

Comedy
*8 Characters of Comedy-Scott Sedita
-The Sitcom Career Book-Mary Lou Belli

Improv
-Anything by Viola Spolin
-Steve Book on Acting: Improv
-Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out-Mick Napier

Auditioning/Cold Reading:
*How to Get the Part Without Falling Apart-Margie Haber
*Audition-Michael Shurtleff
*The 15 Guideline Map to Booking-Amy Lyndon
-Secrets to Successful Cold Readings-Glenn Alterman

2.GET TRAINING!

Regardless of how "naturally talented" you might be, you NEED training, PERIOD!

Definitely take classes in:
-Cold Reading/Auditioning
-Improv
-Scene study
-Commercials

3. Get GREAT headshots

Here’s is a good place to start:

http://bbs.backstage.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8011031/m/246101692

4. Build Your Resume and Reel Doing Student films and Indie Films. Also do plays to build your acting experience.

Sample Resume:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/Sampleresume.jpg

How to make an ACTING resume:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091011203729AAkQetj

The ONLY LEGIT Online sites that you can find jobs on your own through:
ALL SITES NOT LISTED BELOW ARE QUESTIONABLE!

-ActorsAccess.com
-LACasting.com
-Nowcasting.com
-NYCasting.com
-NYCastings.com
-Backstage.com

Free but proceed with caution:
-Castingcallsearch.com
-Mandy.com
-Craigslist

5. Get an Agent

Look up LEGIT agencies here:
http://www.agentassociation.com/

http://www.sag.org/content/find-agent

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
References :

]]> By: R K http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor/comment-page-1#comment-5433 R K Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:02:59 +0000 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor#comment-5433 get training to learn how to get experience and build a resume.be in LA and have a parent get an agent for you.when parts come up for casting that fit your character and age, your agent will send you out.<br><b>References : </b><br> get training to learn how to get experience and build a resume.be in LA and have a parent get an agent for you.when parts come up for casting that fit your character and age, your agent will send you out.
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]]> By: Dress to impress <3 Fashion http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor/comment-page-1#comment-5432 Dress to impress <3 Fashion Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:47:59 +0000 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor#comment-5432 a REAL actor dosn't just wanna do disney .. Disney is not even a challenge if you just want to act on Disney then its not going to happen, there is more than just disney, to become a disney actor audition for disney duhhhh... how else..unless you act for other companies BESIDES disney channel and work your way towards Disney.<br><b>References : </b><br> a REAL actor dosn’t just wanna do disney .. Disney is not even a challenge if you just want to act on Disney then its not going to happen, there is more than just disney, to become a disney actor audition for disney duhhhh… how else..unless you act for other companies BESIDES disney channel and work your way towards Disney.
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]]> By: Kerosene http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor/comment-page-1#comment-5431 Kerosene Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:57:59 +0000 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor#comment-5431 Here's how you get into acting: The first thing you need is experience. You should start small and work on building a resume to submit to potential agencies (when the time comes) Audition for school plays and join the drama club. You should also try out for local community theatre shows. Take as many acting classes as possible. Read some books on acting (those by Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Kristen Linklater and Jack Poggi are great). Be sure to get the support of your parents, they can help you a lot. If you feel you are ready, look up auditions on http://www.actorsaccess.com/index.cfm?fl… http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp http://actinginfo.blogspot.com/ All three websites are reputable, legitimate and free. You generally need a head shot and resume (this website has great information on creating a resume http://www.bestsampleresume.com/acting-r… When you have enough experience you should begin to look for an agent. Look up agents on the SAG website.<br><b>References : </b><br> Here’s how you get into acting:
The first thing you need is experience. You should start small and work on building a resume to submit to potential agencies (when the time comes) Audition for school plays and join the drama club. You should also try out for local community theatre shows. Take as many acting classes as possible. Read some books on acting (those by Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Kristen Linklater and Jack Poggi are great). Be sure to get the support of your parents, they can help you a lot.

If you feel you are ready, look up auditions on http://www.actorsaccess.com/index.cfm?fl…
http://www.backstage.com/bso/index.jsp
http://actinginfo.blogspot.com/
All three websites are reputable, legitimate and free. You generally need a head shot and resume (this website has great information on creating a resume http://www.bestsampleresume.com/acting-r… When you have enough experience you should begin to look for an agent. Look up agents on the SAG website.
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]]> By: Theatre Doc http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor/comment-page-1#comment-5430 Theatre Doc Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:42:59 +0000 http://www.rvssug.org/disney-channel/how-can-i-become-a-disney-channel-actor#comment-5430 stay off the web,then. your parents have to make you a DC actor. it is the only way it happens. If they won't work for your career or you don't live in LA you are toast anyway.<br><b>References : </b><br> stay off the web,then. your parents have to make you a DC actor. it is the only way it happens. If they won’t work for your career or you don’t live in LA you are toast anyway.
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