any1 in the acting/film buisness cos i cud use some advice on gettin in
i know its a bikin website but alot of different people ride bikes
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any1 know owt about acting... its worth a try asking
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I have worked out your big plan is to learn how to act terminally depressed teenager so parents have to buy you expensive bike bits...
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or its to get a job as an extra or small part in tv programme or film so i can earn a bit o money
but ur suggestion aint bad
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can you learn to spell 'anyone' before you do anything else, please!
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TopTip : Help further your career in acting by honing your communications skills. Start off by ditching the text speak.
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d u not use slang thn?
its so mch easier thn usin da nrmal wrds
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Go to actin skul. I seem to have a few neighbours in the actin 'n' they lurnt it at actin skul.
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lol, he has much to learn about this site
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Using 'normal' words is really quite easy - go on, give it a go.
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This is AdamG/snigletard isn't it ?
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look.... i dont have the money for acting school and even if i did i don't want to become a chocolate box kid. All i want to do is get some contacts so i can start doing some un-paid things and then work up my cv so then I have actually got a base to work around
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I heard that Channel 4 were looking for families with teenagers in the UK to make a documentary about children with learning difficulties. Does that help?
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Joining the local drama group, no pay, but experience.
Look for extra work on a soap, good money if you get this gig.It's like alot of things in life, having to start at the bottom and work your way up.
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i dont have learning difficulties but thanks anyway.
i will look into the drama group but im not sure its the way i want to go but thanks for your help
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yr aktin iz sarazin?
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sarazin????
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look.... i dont have the money for acting school and even if i did i don't want to become a chocolate box kid.
Bit of a drama queen are we ?
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have you considered working in a cafe?
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not a drama queen but when i see the kids who go to the acting schools than it makes me cringe knowing that they have been modelled and molded so they are all the same. i want to be different and be able to have a personality
(if you havnt noticed i have very strong oppinions)
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You could paint yourself gold and put on a mini mime festival on the streets of halifax with a hat on the ground.
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You could get a job at a themed pub that do that medieval banquet type thing (or similar) the actors have to have an equity card. That is your golden ticket, equity card means agent, adverts, soap operas and upwards.
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i want to be different and be able to have a personality
Well done ......... your 'acting the strop' is excellent.
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look grizzlyguts
just cos you dont like kids with a personality to fight back dont get angry...
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I think you are confusing "schools of performing arts" like the Italia Conti Stage School, with an acting school like e.g. the Guildford School of Acting which produce actors who do theatre as well as TV or whatever they choose to specialise in. Like any other job you can get qualified and go in that way, or you can try to blag your way in at the bottom and work your way up. Good luck.
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I'm not in the least bit angry big-chief-96. And I thought calling me 'grizzlyguts' was uncalled for and hurtful.
But I know exactly what you mean about wanting to be an actor with 'his own personality'........... a bit like John Wayne maybe ?
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Can you do the John Wayne 'walk' btw ?
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And I thought calling me 'grizzlyguts' was uncalled for and hurtful.
and there was me thinking I'd always call you that
a bit like John Wayne maybe ?
am I not right in thinking he walked as if he'd pooed his pants ?
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you've got a good career as a comedian ahead of you
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you've got a good career as a comedian ahead of you ahead of you
I'm pretty sure that you need this thing called "a sense of humour" to become a comedian.
And I'm not sure it's something which comes shinning through Big Chief's 'strong personality'.
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My girlfriends and actress, mainly theatre. Did Drama at Uni and then went to Paris to learn mime, honest you couldnt make it up!
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And I'm not sure it's something which comes shinning through Big Chief's 'strong personality'.
is it just me or is picking on 13 year olds a bit sad ?
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Surely this isn't a real 13 year old. Come on, it can't be can it???
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This is AdamG/snigletard isn't it ?
No, but he is back, you know. I've spotted him. Wasn't hard; his 'style' is easy to spot...
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I only really know the theatre business. You are about to get "Notes"
1 You no longer have to have an equity card or have done shows to get one. Anyone can have an agent. But they like you to make money so they can get their cut!
2 Am dram is one way to gain experience. If you are not prepared to gain any experience this way theatre is not for you. If you don't know your USL from DSR you are screwed. Can you operate a door? Seriously. can you remember which way it opens. actors forget these basic tasks!
3 Life experience - the best actors have lived a bit, travelled, observed. But you don't want too much of your own personality otherwise you will only get one type of job.
4 Do Not Work for Free in a professional show.. Theatre and TV have been relying on this for too long. One or two short jobs for experience but you will get exploited otherwise.
5 If you don't get any work - write your own and prepare to be good at funding applications and finding sponsorship.
6 You can do it part time, a famous scottish panto dame I've worked with was a pipe fitter when he wasn't acting. When he wasn't a dame he was in taggart.
7 Training can take a longtime 3- 4 years, mature students do it as well. You need to be good at Voice, movement, history, fencing, dance, literature, music, singing. The busiest actors can do everything and may direct as they gain experience. Some retrain even if they are already working.
8 You have to do a lot of networking, and finding the right pubs and theatre bars to find your next job.
You could start off with some hard graft in theatre in education, Rural tours, being dead bodies in taggart. (Dawn Steel and the like all did this)8 Equity minimum is about £350 quid a week. You do get overtime - but a 50 hour production week is not unheard of. The technicians will be doing 60 hours plus.
9 RSAMD, Rose bruford, WCMD and some of the london ones are all pretty similar for acting training. Once you graduate you will probably still have to work in a cafe or call centre though.
10 similar will apply to the film industry. make your own, join a film workshop, make contacts etc.
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I reckon it's you SFB - no one as far as I can see, is 'picking' on 13 year olds. Now of course if a 13 year old wants to come along and tell all the big boys how he has 'very strong opinions' and 'i got into the best grammar scwl in calderdale.......my parents rekon that i can manage to do better thn a paper round', then there's a fair chance that he might be brought down a peg or two.
Still, maybe in a year's time when he's 14, he might be as mature as Mentalalex appears to be .....
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