To all of the 12-15 year olds out there that need work
Fri, 6 Aug 2004, 12:54 pmheathie10 posts in thread
To all of the 12-15 year olds out there that need work
Fri, 6 Aug 2004, 12:54 pmTo everyone who "loves acting and REQUIRES an acting job" It might be a good Idea to put some personal information, and a bit of a resume of what shows you have been in, with which company, and who directed it.
For example (using myself):
Instead of: I am 17, I love acting and i need some one to give me a job!!!
Try: Hi, I am a 17 year old from Perth, about 5ft 6 tall, brown hair, brown eyes. Recently I have been in South Pacific (2003) with the Darlington Theatre Players, directed by N. Burton, A Fractured Fairytale (early 2004), also with DTP, written and Directed by L Kirton, On Monday Next (2004) with DTP, directed by G Palmer. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (2004) with Prompt Corner, and am currently in A Country Wife with Play lovers.
BUT!!!
You still need to be able to act. And be prepared for auditions. No matter how much I wanted to be in Fiddler on the roof, with Roleystone, I didnt get in, because I hadnt prepared enough for the audition. If I had, I believe I would have had a better chance.
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For example (using myself):
Instead of: I am 17, I love acting and i need some one to give me a job!!!
Try: Hi, I am a 17 year old from Perth, about 5ft 6 tall, brown hair, brown eyes. Recently I have been in South Pacific (2003) with the Darlington Theatre Players, directed by N. Burton, A Fractured Fairytale (early 2004), also with DTP, written and Directed by L Kirton, On Monday Next (2004) with DTP, directed by G Palmer. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie (2004) with Prompt Corner, and am currently in A Country Wife with Play lovers.
BUT!!!
You still need to be able to act. And be prepared for auditions. No matter how much I wanted to be in Fiddler on the roof, with Roleystone, I didnt get in, because I hadnt prepared enough for the audition. If I had, I believe I would have had a better chance.
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Re: Bare threads
Tue, 10 Aug 2004, 12:19 amMelissa Merchant wrote:
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> Ok, see? This is what I meant. This is exactly what we're
> trying to discourage.
>
> Although, as Craig said "we've already established that no
> casting agent is really going to be bothered reading such
> information on a website posting" the stream of young
> wannabe's continues.
>
> There are already 3 or 4 threads of this nature in the
> Classifieds sections, I would like to avoid the same thing
> happening here in GreenRoom Gossip.
>
> Melissa-I-am-never-getting-rid-of-all-this-glitter-Merchant
Perhaps the problem is that people seem quick to respond to a thread before they bother reading other responses...if they bother at all.
I kind of like to be informed about a discussion before I enter into it, so I will have generally read the previous threads before I make a contribution.
But I am sure there are some (especially in the 'job wanted for *-teen year old' category) who read no further than the subject topic and then add to it...not realising how much of the thread suggests otherwise.
If I was trying to get myself noticed, the LAST thing I'd find effective would be to put my notice in the same pile as 80 or 90 other very similar ones.
That, more than anything, is the best argument that this technique is not going to get you results.
Cheers,
Craig
PS
I once spent the night with someone who had been wearing glitter in a show, and there were still traces in her bed...which I ended up unwittingly wearing the next morning....THAT certainly got me noticed!
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> Ok, see? This is what I meant. This is exactly what we're
> trying to discourage.
>
> Although, as Craig said "we've already established that no
> casting agent is really going to be bothered reading such
> information on a website posting" the stream of young
> wannabe's continues.
>
> There are already 3 or 4 threads of this nature in the
> Classifieds sections, I would like to avoid the same thing
> happening here in GreenRoom Gossip.
>
> Melissa-I-am-never-getting-rid-of-all-this-glitter-Merchant
Perhaps the problem is that people seem quick to respond to a thread before they bother reading other responses...if they bother at all.
I kind of like to be informed about a discussion before I enter into it, so I will have generally read the previous threads before I make a contribution.
But I am sure there are some (especially in the 'job wanted for *-teen year old' category) who read no further than the subject topic and then add to it...not realising how much of the thread suggests otherwise.
If I was trying to get myself noticed, the LAST thing I'd find effective would be to put my notice in the same pile as 80 or 90 other very similar ones.
That, more than anything, is the best argument that this technique is not going to get you results.
Cheers,
Craig
PS
I once spent the night with someone who had been wearing glitter in a show, and there were still traces in her bed...which I ended up unwittingly wearing the next morning....THAT certainly got me noticed!
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