Applying for an agent... definition of "experience"?

Tue, 7 Oct 2008, 01:26 pm

Ayane29 posts in thread

Hello Everyone, This is not your usual "how do you get an agent post" I have a more specific inquiry. I'm 18 and about to graduate high school in December. I've done alot of research into the type of agent that I'd like (I want to work in film preferably), following the guide you offer at this website. So I called them up and asked how to be considered to be represented by them. However all of them said I need more experience to be take on board. So my question is, what kind of experience are they looking for? I want to do a bachelor of music, so I can't go to acting school. I've been extras, been in the Logies... but do they want someone who has already had a leading role on TV? If so, how is the average teenager supposed to secure that kind of role without an agent to begin with. Any help would be appreciated, ~Ayane

It should definitely be

Wed, 8 Oct 2008, 10:50 am

Ayane

It should definitely be added to the FAQ! By reading the FAQ one might be under the impression that all you have to do to get an agent is to get a head shot taken and send it to an agency... If you are involved in community theatre (I live in Melbourne, so take St Martin's Youth Theatre for example) would that constitute as experience. Also, by signing up with casting agencies lead to CM roles? Or is it possible to somehow apply for this kind of low level experience without one? I belong to Australian Talent Management and they were able to get me work as an extra on The Knowing, but nothing after that.

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Applying for an agent... definition of "experience"?— Ayane7 Oct 2008

Experience— Labrug7 Oct 2008
Can I add this to the— Na7 Oct 2008
- Objections?— Labrug7 Oct 2008
  - Fair enough - I'll— Na7 Oct 2008
It should definitely be— Ayane8 Oct 2008
- Low Level— Labrug8 Oct 2008
- St Martins is definitely— Na8 Oct 2008
Now added to FAQ under the— Na8 Oct 2008
The main reason why there— Ayane8 Oct 2008
- Hard Yakka— Labrug8 Oct 2008
- I've discovered there's— Na8 Oct 2008
Theatre People— Haimz8 Oct 2008
- This website is probably— Walter Plinge8 Oct 2008
Have to agree with that one— Na8 Oct 2008
Thought so, but wanted to— Haimz8 Oct 2008
I should probably get some— Ayane9 Oct 2008
- Film Classes— Labrug9 Oct 2008
  - Helpful... but in the wrong— Na9 Oct 2008
    - Oops— Labrug9 Oct 2008
- Film classes that aren't— Na9 Oct 2008
I didn't know there were— Ayane10 Oct 2008
- ACOPA is a small acting— Na10 Oct 2008
  - That's what I thought. I— Ayane10 Oct 2008
    - Sounds like a good plan...— Na10 Oct 2008
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        Really? Just keep going and— Ayane11 Oct 2008
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        Well, supposedly. You'll— Na11 Oct 2008
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        I see. So that's the basic— Ayane11 Oct 2008
Oh, we're not that close...— Na11 Oct 2008

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