what should i do?!?

Question

right,
i have a problem!
the acting agency of my DREAMS! has emailed me and asked me to email them a home-made monologue.
but it has to be in by tommorow, i have no monologue learned, no-one to film me.. nothing, im not prepared at all, but i cant let this oppurtunity slip through my fingers..
it means too much, i nead a monologue for dinner time tommorow (dinner time been 12 o'clock)..
What should i do?
Thanks

i asked till wed.. then i could arrange something, but they said, they ask for some monologues every now and again and review them on a certain date, and tommorow is the date :S

do you have any good monologues or anything you could share with me to help??

paul:
i would have written it last week but i only got told i had to do it this morning...
And to who told me to email them..
i cant, ur profile wont let me..x

theatre doc and anyone else:
I AM NOT BEEN SCAMMED!
they want me to send a showreel, but because i dont have one and live miles away and am not able to get there right now, they want a video of me..
they have been reccommended by my best friends mum, who is an actress on the tv.. and also by her friend, and alot of people you see on TV are with this company, so please stop telling me im been scammed, cos i may be young but i arent that thick!

I am trying!
if you were on my computer and could see all the files full of monologues, and at home all the papers with advice and everything you'd see i am trying, but i cant film it as i dont have any one to hold the camera and my camera is broken so it wont pick up sound!

Answer 1

i think you should just go ahead and do it if this is your dream you should jump at this oppurtunity just try and if you are determined enough you will come through the other side shining without a worry in the world.
GOOD LUCK!!!!
Hope everything goes okay!!!!
♥♥♥♥♥☺☻♥♥♥♥♥

Answer 2

What agency is this and what city, state are they located in? Are you certain that they're legit? How did you find them or how did they find you? Do you know how to tell a scam from the real thing?

The reason I ask is because I've never heard of being asked to write an original monologue for an agency interview let alone e-mail it. That really doesn't sound right. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, or that it's not way more common these days than I would know but I just don't want you to get ripped off and have your hopes dashed.

Please check to see if the agency is listed here:
http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/application?origin=page1.jsp&event=bea.portal.framework.internal.refresh&pageid=AgentInformation
http://www.backstage.com/bso/rossreports/directories.jsp
http://www.agentassociation.com/

And make sure they're not listed here:
http://ripoffreport.com/

Legit agents do NOT advertise in any way for clients. They don't come to the mall, put ads on the radio, tv, or in the newspaper. If that's how you found out about this agent, do not send them a video of you, do not call them back at all. ost another question and ask about what you really want to do and say what state or country you're in if you're outside the US.

good luck,
Marianne

Answer 3

A good monologue should be between 1 and 3 minutes long. It definitely should be short. Anything longer may bore some industry professionals not to mention many agents and managers (including casting agents) don’t have enough time on their hectic schedules to sit and hear your performance for too long.

There are many different types of monologues to choose from. Comedic, Dramatic, Shakespearean, you name it. Remember, a monologue is simply a dramatic sketch of acting material performed by you. Monologues can be snippets from a play or made up by you. The important thing is that your monologue shows your talent as an actor. Many actors choose many different character types from a monologue to best show their skills as an actor.
my friend is in drama school and i always help her with her monolouges its simple all you have to do is practice.

i think you should write your own monolouge but if you realy don't want to then go to actorpoint.com where you can get free monolouges

Answer 4

Try this one, it can be great. Enjoy it and good luck.
Really work the pauses, and those words like 'regurgitated' and 'infestation'

Denise from Hush by April De Angelis

Background info: When Jo drowned a year ago she left the house by the sea to her 15 year-old daughter Jo, and sister Louise. Weekends are spent there repairing the neglect, and Denise is helping as a temporary cleaner. She is 23, has never settled, is gullible, easily influenced and follows any current trend. She is also kind, lovable and sometimes exasperating. This evening she is overdressed, hoping a man she has met will visit; in the meantime Tony, Louise's husband is on the receiving end of her reminiscing.
Time. The present.


A long pause.

DENISE. Once I got really pissed. Really pissed at this party and then I got really hungry, really hungry, you know, like you do after drinking and so I devoured a bowl of peanuts. A whole bowl, to myself.


And then I vomited the lot back up. I sort of regurgitated them. The thing is, the thing is, they came out whole. I must have just swallowed them down without any sort of chewing. Later someone remarked that they shot out like bullets. Ping ping. Ping.



I was a bit depressed at the time.


The reason I’d been depressed was because I'd been working at this sandwich making job. I was living with this bloke and we were making sandwiches in his, flat. At first I really threw myself into it. I experimented with fillings, I bought a butter dish. We used to drive round delivering sandwiches to local businesses only quite often we never got any orders. We ate quite a lot of sandwiches on those occasions. That dealt quite a blow to my enthusiasm I can tell you. Not to mention the fact that I wasn't getting the correct balance of amino adds in my diet. And, that can lead to personality disorders. Like shoplifting or slimming. Then one day we found a cockroach lying upside down in a giant size tub of margarine. It wasn't me that left the lid off. That was when the infestation started. You can never be alone with an infestation. Soon after that he left me. He walked out leaving rent arrears and twenty-seven kilos of cheddar. I lay in bed weeping for days. I don't know if what we had was love but it did provide light relief from all the buttering. That was before I became a Buddhist. I used to watch the cockroaches basking on the walls. They do say in the event of a nuclear holocaust cockroaches will survive to inherit the earth. They used to crawl around in a superior manner as if they knew they could survive intense heat and I couldn't. Cocky bastards. The thing is, I'd never go through that now. Be used like that. Because now I'm different. Transformed by experience.



Sometimes I wonder what happens. What happens to people who can't find enthusiasm for things. The way things are.



Of course there's always acupuncture.

Answer 5

You are being scammed. NO legit agent asks you to send them an original monologue. They have you come in in person and do the monologue for them. How can it be the agency of your dreams? Please write to me and tell me the name of this agency so I can help you save a lot of money and effort in case they are a scam as Marianne and I fear.

I have the idea that you are just one of the hundreds of thousands of kids on Yahoo Answers who think an agent what makes people actors. You couldn't be more wrong. You don't start with an agent, you wind up with an agent when you are good enough and trained enough and experienced enough to have earned one.

Answer 6

if you need some inspiration go to this website:
http://www.filmsite.org/bestspeeches.html
It has a list with some of the best film speeches and monologues as voted by Blockbuster. Some family member or friend must have camcorder. Borrow it and start filming..Good luck!!

Answer 7

Are you looking for funny, dramatic, surreal, etc? How long does the dialog have to be? Are you looking for gender specific? Do you have a favorite topic? I am sure I can whip something together for you. And I would be more than happy to free pf charge. Email me if you'd like. Also try Craigslist.

Answer 8

plan ahead think what am i going to do if no one on yahoo answers provides me with a monologue

and get to work youve got 24 hours or less probly a lot less
in fact you might have already done the monoloque or got fired

also you could maybe ask for a week in advance to get it done meaning explain your reason for not doing it

hope i can help

Answer 9

Hi again,
What is the agency called? If you email me , I may be able to give you one of mine which my drama teacher wrote for me.
xx

Answer 10

May be you should write a monologue on something you feel passionate about may be that way it will be easier

good luck anyways!!! :-)