Looking for an acting agent?

Question

I am looking for an acting agent in the Toronto area, if anyone knows of some please let me know its urgent, and also is there an initial fee or do we just pay them after getting a job?
Thanks

Answer 1

There are so many great opportunities for theatrical/ acting jobs in that area there should be several currently popular and achieved people in the field with stories/blogs web pages etc... on the net. I would look up the best of the best and read there bios. Their agents or agencies may be listed or referenced. Good agents make money if u do. Some may expect a small retainer but this figure should not be significant or why bother working hard for their clients, they would only need to work hard getting clients. They work on commission. That is one of many ways u can determine if u are dealing with a reputable firm. You may also want to check with some of the schools of acting, arts, and design schools. The may have a listing of commonly used firms that solicit their students work. Check with the artists and professors to see which ones they trust. The phone book,actors guild etc... may have several of them listed but you will need to check references even tho u are in a hurry, you do not want to grab a bad apple from the barrel no matter how tasty, "they" say they are. I would also check to see which firms have clients , with some degree of success on both sides of the border. Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Odd request. If you need an agent, you also should be in contact with some people (the producers of the show you're in, the other actors, whoever informed you about the auditions) who can refer you, and they're liable to know more about it than anyone here (unless you luck out and find a Toronto actor online in the next few days).

Since you don't seem to know, I want to alert you to avoid rip-offs. Do not pay an agent anything up front--well, perhaps a tiny initial fee would be OK, but no hundreds of dollars charges. Do not sign with any agent who will require you to obtain professional services, like photography, from any particular provider. Do not sign if the agent promises you anything but representation.

The agent should only make a profit from a percentage or flat fee for jobs that you work.

Answer 3

Check here a good photography course online:
http://photography-course.info

You can be like the masses of humanity and buy a camera you can afford that has auto this and that for worry free picture taking. And learn through trial and error how to use something like aperture or shutter priority auto modes or even attempt to use the thing on full manual mode.
You seem to know already there is some thinking to using a camera and to take pictures. A good place to start is by reading the owners manual that comes with a camera. Read the information and look at the illustrations with part names and look at the real camera. Handle the camera and take pictures. Let me rephrase that. Take pictures to learn how to use the camera and maybe even to keep some. Don't start with important stuff you cannot photograph over again such as birthdays, a toddlers first steps. That puts picture taking out of the learning phase and puts the pressure and emphasis to taking pictures for real and to keep.
These first pictures are for you to learn how to use your camera. And you have learned how to use your camera when you can take pictures with it and can teach others how to use it. Honest. You can also go to a college in your area and take a beginning photography course. There you will be taught the basics even a pro must learn and do in their work. Camera handling and use, taking exposures with film and/or digital cameras, and maybe even some photo assignments to get some real time learning. In this learning do not take serious pictures you must keep as that detracts from the learning aspect of the class. Do so only if you have mastered the use of your camera before class is over.
It's like growing up in a way. And I am happy you know there is a way to learn how to use a camera and take pictures. It's like learning how to drive I suppose. Someone can teach you or you can get taught at a driving school. Both will get you a drivers liscense. One though will really teach you the fundamentals you can use for the rest of your driving career.

Answer 4

I can tell from your questions that you are not ready for an agent and do not understand what they do. They are not magicians who turn inexperienced nobodies into stars. They are business men working hard to get work for their current clients and they do not want anyone else unless the new person can compete with the best in the world.

Answer 5

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Hope it helps.