Child Acting Audition
The first rule before you send your child off on a child acting audition is being honest. Make sure your child understands that no role is guaranteed. Make sure your child is aware of the fact that it might take hundreds of auditions before he or she lands the first role. Let the decision to pursue acting be your child's decision.
Okay, now that we've got that out of the way.
When you decide to support a child’s passion for acting, you need to know how to find auditions for your child. You might want to use an agent for this, just do your research and make sure you find one that's legitimate and has a successful track recond. Be suspicious of agents asking for upfront money and who haven't been registered with the Screen Actors Guild.
Next, to help your child prepare for both auditions and future roles, get him or her into acting classes and local theater groups. A child actor must have talent, good reading skills, voice projection, and experience. So every opportunity to learn and to work should be grabbed.
When you finally do make it to a child acting audition, try to observe the unwritten standard that mandates one parent for each child on the working set. Leave the relatives, friends and pets at home. Due to the intense level of competition at an acting audition and the demands of the business in general, child actors should be very focused.
Here are some child acting audition resources that you might find helpful:
Kids Talent Network
Kids Talent Network is dedicated to scouting, developing and promoting the best young talent in the country, with the purpose of helping these kids find jobs in print advertising, television, film and stage. Our primary purpose, however, is to advance children in the modeling and entertainment industries, while ensuring this is a positive and confidence building experience for these youngsters.
Commercial Kids
Commercial Kids provides you the contact information of legitimate, state licensed people hiring in your area now! They all work on commission. They get paid after you get paid for the job. No upfront fees to pay ever! You do not have to enter baby beauty pageants & contests to be seen by legitimate licensed agents. Our listings get your child seen for all casting calls by people hiring in your area now!
Acting Jobs For Kids
A database search program that covers acting jobs for kids in any zip code.
Casting Call - JMM Talent Search
JMM Talent is a talent management company that represents kids and teens who want a shot at show biz. They're holding an open casting call for peeps aged 4 to 25 who have enough star potential to work in movies, TV, commercials and theater. There are no admission or registration fees and you don't need any previous acting or modeling experience, but you must live in the New York area to enter.
Star Search Casting
Star Search Casting was one of the very first casting sites on the web and has longevity and experience in the online casting business that very few other sites can claim. SSC now has a global reach, having grown to be one of the largest online sites of its kind with over 186,000 members. Star Search Casting has become the Number One Site Casting Directors and Agents use to find new talent. In the past six months alone, over 116,000 SSC members have been contacted for work through our site by entertainment industry professionals! This means that Star Search Casting is achieving its purpose of helping its Members get maximum exposure, be discovered, and get work in the entertainment and modeling industries.
The Whizz Kids Company
The Whizz Kids Company provides young people (5-20) with as wide a range of drama skills and performance opportunities as possible. Along the way we aim to develop members' confidence, teamwork and creativity - disciplines for use on stage, screen and life! All members of the Whizz Kids Company must audition to join and Whizz Kiddiwinks may join once they complete a successful initial workshop.
Auditions For Teens
Use Auditions For Teens.com to search thousands of acting auditions for free! How does a teen get started? It's easy: 1) Score valuable info on getting yourself plugged into the teen acting industry. 2) Put your name and face (photos and resume) in the hands of the people who hold auditions. 3) Use the search engine above to view the most up-to-date castings teens should be auditioning for!
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