Agents/Getting Work/Etc
Mon, 31 Jan 2005, 01:41 amslightlybemused9 posts in thread
Agents/Getting Work/Etc
Mon, 31 Jan 2005, 01:41 amYes, this is one of those terribly boring threads where I pick your digital brains. Sorry.
Usual pointless background: I'm 18, I was involved in Storm the Stage last year and was one of the grand finalists and since then (well, after my failed attempt at getting in to WAAPA, you know) i've pretty much been sitting on my bum on the couch watching movies and thinking 'sigh, if only'.
As you can imagine, this is starting to get moderately frustrating. I've been combing the 'auditions' section of TheatreAustralia for awhile looking for shows but somehow I always manage to fall just shy of the desired age bracket. Bother.
Anyway, my query is this: Does -anyone- know of any reputable agencies in Perth? I've been through all the casting australia, blah blah blah modelling agency bs a few years ago and it seems to me they are all very keen to take your money and very unkeen to actually do anything useful. Usually it's a case of "If you pay us three hundred bucks we'll let your kid run around playing space jump for a few months and then see if she's good enough to put on our books". Perhaps I should have just held out for ONE MORE round of space jump, but frankly, it all became somewhat wearisome and even a thirteen year old knows when it's been had.
So tell me - good agencies in Perth? How do I contact them? What do I say? How do I get noticed? Cliched and boring questions, I realise, but i'm just so tired of doing nothing. Especially after StS gave me the confidence and the...erm...ego to think I was perhaps actually good at performing, after all ;)
Cheers,
Kia Groom
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Usual pointless background: I'm 18, I was involved in Storm the Stage last year and was one of the grand finalists and since then (well, after my failed attempt at getting in to WAAPA, you know) i've pretty much been sitting on my bum on the couch watching movies and thinking 'sigh, if only'.
As you can imagine, this is starting to get moderately frustrating. I've been combing the 'auditions' section of TheatreAustralia for awhile looking for shows but somehow I always manage to fall just shy of the desired age bracket. Bother.
Anyway, my query is this: Does -anyone- know of any reputable agencies in Perth? I've been through all the casting australia, blah blah blah modelling agency bs a few years ago and it seems to me they are all very keen to take your money and very unkeen to actually do anything useful. Usually it's a case of "If you pay us three hundred bucks we'll let your kid run around playing space jump for a few months and then see if she's good enough to put on our books". Perhaps I should have just held out for ONE MORE round of space jump, but frankly, it all became somewhat wearisome and even a thirteen year old knows when it's been had.
So tell me - good agencies in Perth? How do I contact them? What do I say? How do I get noticed? Cliched and boring questions, I realise, but i'm just so tired of doing nothing. Especially after StS gave me the confidence and the...erm...ego to think I was perhaps actually good at performing, after all ;)
Cheers,
Kia Groom
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Re: Agents/Getting Work/Etc
Sun, 6 Feb 2005, 03:45 am> The approach to take is: "Hey. I'm young and enthusiatic.
> Here's what I can do FOR YOU." If an agent can see that
> you're willing to work, and you have a talent or skill that
> they can market and promote to the ad agencies, theatre
> companies, film, radio etc..which will benefit THEM, they'll
> be interested. Only after that do you get to the 'give me
> work' bit.
That's very true, thankyou for that - you're right. Looking at it from that perspective makes the whole thing seem more achieveable, somehow. Not sure why. Perhaps because it is 3.42am...hehe
But yes, thankyou very much for your response and your words of encouragement :)
On a sidenote, did I see in another post that you were in the 2002 production of Stories from Suburban Road? Which role were you playing? I saw it, I believe (year 11 drama - we went on a lot of 'theater trips' - was good!)
Thanks again
~Kia
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> Here's what I can do FOR YOU." If an agent can see that
> you're willing to work, and you have a talent or skill that
> they can market and promote to the ad agencies, theatre
> companies, film, radio etc..which will benefit THEM, they'll
> be interested. Only after that do you get to the 'give me
> work' bit.
That's very true, thankyou for that - you're right. Looking at it from that perspective makes the whole thing seem more achieveable, somehow. Not sure why. Perhaps because it is 3.42am...hehe
But yes, thankyou very much for your response and your words of encouragement :)
On a sidenote, did I see in another post that you were in the 2002 production of Stories from Suburban Road? Which role were you playing? I saw it, I believe (year 11 drama - we went on a lot of 'theater trips' - was good!)
Thanks again
~Kia
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