Castings: Advice for a Newbie
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:49 am
Hi
I'm very new in to this world. My 7 year old son got signed by an agency in July 2017. In short, he went for an open audition for a laugh as we were in central London and passing by the auditions that day, he got a callback. He was only just 6 at that point, it was suggested that he go to Drama classes and from there they suggested that he audition for an agency as apparently he's a very good actor. It's all happened very quickly. Neither my husband or I or our other kids have any experience of acting or even considered our kids going down this route. Our agency is apparently one of the big child ones, but they have only put him forward for one small casting in December, which he was pencilled in for, but didn't get. The agency are not very responsive when you contact them. In fact other than the audition and texting us about the casting, we have no contact with them. If they walked past my son in the street they wouldn't know him. Is that the same everywhere? Also, if anyone has any advice on how to increase his castings that would be greatly appreciated too. Thanks so much!
I'm very new in to this world. My 7 year old son got signed by an agency in July 2017. In short, he went for an open audition for a laugh as we were in central London and passing by the auditions that day, he got a callback. He was only just 6 at that point, it was suggested that he go to Drama classes and from there they suggested that he audition for an agency as apparently he's a very good actor. It's all happened very quickly. Neither my husband or I or our other kids have any experience of acting or even considered our kids going down this route. Our agency is apparently one of the big child ones, but they have only put him forward for one small casting in December, which he was pencilled in for, but didn't get. The agency are not very responsive when you contact them. In fact other than the audition and texting us about the casting, we have no contact with them. If they walked past my son in the street they wouldn't know him. Is that the same everywhere? Also, if anyone has any advice on how to increase his castings that would be greatly appreciated too. Thanks so much!