How do you get discovered please answer I need help!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Question

Well I want to be an actress but I can't think of anyway to be discovered!
And I can't find any auditions being held near me.
And my dad says i should make like these short shows and put them on youtube and then get discovered that way.
And I will but in the mean time I want something else to get discovered by!Please any way just tell me please!!!!!

Answer 1

Many people in here seem reluctant to take the good advice about studying your craft and becoming a skilled actor before embarking on a professional career. But you could always try doing some extra work and see if you like being on a set, can handle the ego-maniacs, working conditions, long hours day or night in any kind of weather, etc. It can be a wake up call for sure!

Anyone can be an extra in Film and Television.

Unlike actors, extras do NOT have agents who take a 10 percent commission. You simply register with extras casting companies and call in each day on their casting lines to get work. Unless you hire a "booking Service" for about $30 -$50 a month to "call-in" and get you the work. Of course these "calling or booking services" really do not "call-in" to get you the work, they simply know people at the extras casting companies and get lists of what they need, and act as "sub-casting agents". Think about it, why would the extras casting company individually call each and every person, when they can just call a "booking service" and say, "we need 120 people for a party scene". Then the "booking service" does all the work and calls each of their clients themselves! SAG is trying to regulate these companies at some point, but the fact remains that these services can get you much more work than you can on your own just calling in on the casting lines all day trying to get through the busy signals.

The Screen Actors Guild does have jurisdiction over backround actors, however, the contracts only require a small number of union extras to be hired for a given union production, and the rest of the extras are non-union. This is part of the contract that production companies sign with the union. There is a publication called "Extra Work for Brain Surgeons". It truly is the Bible of Extra work. I am NOT one to try to sell books for anyone. But I am in the know about this subject.

Central Casting is the largest extras casting company in the world. (all of the info needed to register is on the site):

http://www.centralcasting.org/LA/actors/registration.html

followed by Bill Dance Casting. You simply register with these places, and then you work. There is a huge amount of work for non-union extras, and just a small amount of union extra work. As a matter of fact, one can work every day as a non-union extra, but if you are a SAG member, it is much harder to get union extra jobs. This is because a given TV show for example, only has to hire 10 union extras, and the rest can be non-union. If you sign up with a "booking service" or "calling service" as they like to call themselves, you can literally work every day. But the pay is not much more than minimum wage for non-union, although overtime is usually the norm as well as "wardrobe allowance" and sometimes "mileage allowance". You also can get paid extra for using your car, pet, or props in a scene. There are many SAG members secretly doing non-union extra work simply because there just is not enough union extra jobs to go around.

You must live in LA (or within driving distance) of course, get a "Thomas Guide" map book, and have a cell phone and a car. But if you do your homework, you literally can work every day, no matter your experience or looks. You can be young or old, tall or short, overweight or underweight, some one-armed dude, or whatever. There is plenty of work to go around, and Hollywood needs all types of people. You don't even need headshots or a resume, they take a digital photo when you register with all of those extras casting companies. Just stick with the legit companies. There is a nominal $25 or so fee to register. Even SAG member have to pay a "photo fee" to register.

So there it is.

Don't take bad advice. Just register with the big extras casting companies and follow the rules of working as a fim/tv extra. As I said, I am NOT out to sell that book, you can do some research and find out all you need, but be careful as there are tons of bottom-feeders scamming people who want to work in film/tv as extras.

If you are lucky, you can even become "SAG Eligible" from doing non-union extra work, but that is a whole other long story.

Here is a link to HollywoodOS (the company that publishes that book "Extra Work For Brain Surgeons").

http://hollywoodos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=37&Itemid=80

Peace Out,

Alan

PS AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) has jurisdiction over Soaps and Sitcoms among other videotaped and radio broadcast productions. This is a whole different story, and anyone can walk into AFTRA and join for about $1,250

Answer 2

People generally don't just "get discovered" it's RARE. If you don't know someone in the business who can help you get an in (they all know each other) then it generally is that you just put yourself out there as often as you can- if you're good you'll get noticed. There have to be auditions for SOMETHING near you, a community theater play, there must be something. More likely than not you won't get discovered in a small town in the middle of no where. You'll need to move to LA, Chicago, or NYC- find auditions there and keep a them for many years and you may get noticed.

Answer 3

Hi there,

I'm an actor, author and motivational speaker.

Have a look at this article I wrote on ezinearticles.com called: So You Say You Want To Be Discovered, eh?: http://ezinearticles.com/?So-You-Say-You-Wanna-Be-Discovered-Eh?---Advice-For-The-New-Actor&id=605089 .

See what you think.

In addition, if you do a search here on answers you will see other answers to this question, as it comes up usually a couple of times each day. I answer this question a lot and so instead of writing the same or similar answers over and over again, I have created an ebooklet that will give you a lot of intormation as to what you need to do to get started. Just go to http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/acs-blog.html , sign in on the right side of the page and you can download it for free. It's called: What It Takes To Become An Actor.

The second resource is about getting an agent, although, if you have no training yet, then I doubt that you are ready, but here it is anyway: http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/how_to_get_an_agent.html . It takes you through a process that I used to get two agents and a personal manager in a short period of time in New York. Using the same process, I also got casting directors to actually start calling me in directly for auditions.

Good luck!

Tony
http://www.actingcareerstartup.com

Answer 4

people do not get discovered anymore. they work their way into the profession. there are no auditions for speaking roles for anyone with no experience and no agent. you do not get discovered on utube either what you need to do is to be in all the school, church and community plays you can, you need to read plays and books about acting, you need to take acting class and someday, if you are good enough, you can try to get an agent and some professional work. it takes years of hard work to become an actor, there is no quick and easy way.

Answer 5

Tomorrow, go to the local theatre and ask what shows are coming up, and how to contact that theatre group. If they already have all the caste they need, help out backstage to be in the right group.
That will help you be moving in the right circles to get on stage.

Then, be different.
If you are in a hammed up awkward play, be the biggest ham and the most awkward. Casting agents can discover you easier that way.

Answer 6

If you still go to school, join the Theater club. Therefore you be discovered by your great acting. When you post your video on YouTube, honestly speaking I don't think it will work out.
If there are Acting classes near you, join them.
But don't forget, when you act be confident with yourself and have fun.

Answer 7

I noticed the Answers Radio Button on the most sensible of Yahoo's Home Page to the left record of contents. That darn Cat Curiosity bought th first-class of me, I clicked on, learn a few questions, and BAM! I'm Hooked!

Answer 8

Find a local theater to get experience in acting, also get acting classes, then try and find auditions for a big role. www.exploretalent.com might help.

Answer 9

Look for acting classes and ask for audition informations.
You could also look for an agent.