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jimc76 — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:28:08 GMT

After seeing so many complaints and whining on the Internet and elsewhere, I felt compelled to post my thoughts here. You may not agree with what is in this post but at least consider some of these points.

From my school-teaching experience, I know that many kids are raised without the sense of responsibility that we had instilled in us or they've fallen into the trap of picking this up from their peers. My own kids somehow learned that they needed to get beyond the thinking and attitudes of many of their fellow young people and peers in order to be successful in life.

My casting agent complains that many of his clients don't show up for scheduled auditions or shoots, and don't even call to explain. This is NOT the way to get hired as an actor or model. When a producer is burned this way, they will NOT request you again. It's hard to understand that actors and models who say they are looking for work don't follow up to get work.

As an actor with years of experience I have to fight for every role, just like other actors I know. When I do get an audition I make sure I'm on time (actually plan to be early to allow for flat tires, etc.) And remember you need to audition for many parts to get one 'cuz the director usually has a general idea in his/her mind specifically what they're looking for before you even get there - you might or might not fit that. It's kind of like in a sales job where you talk to perhaps 30 - 50 people to get one sale.

I've seen Internet forums where people complain they don't get called. Get real! Agencies have hundreds of clients and make casting lists and calls available but usually you have to apply to these. If anyone thinks an agency is going to pick them out of the "stack" and call them, that actor or model is kidding themselves. In this business, unless you're a "name star", producers and directors are not going to hunt you down - you MUST constantly promote yourself, especially nowdays with so much competition for roles.

Another tip - in an audition or if you get a part, leave your ego at home. Unless you're a big name star, trying to change the script or upstage other actors will NOT get you return engagements and may even cost you the job you're on. Experienced directors know what they're doing and you need to act in accordance with their directions. During auditions, directors look for actors who can take direction. Most acting auditions are cold reads so practice that skill at home with a family member who can make up a script for you to read.

One advantage I have is the ability to show emotion on demand during a reading - sadness or laughter or etc. This has helped me to get parts I would probably not otherwise get. Perhaps years of stage acting helped with this.

This brings up another point - if you're new to this business, you probably will have to take parts in non-pay or student projects to get experience, credits, and even usable footage in many cases to use to promote yourself.

Jim Clark

http://www.handmealine.com/jimc1776

Did you get extra work, added to your resume experience, get a leading role in a film, modeling gig or participate in a reality show?

EFM Staff — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:12:55 GMT

Support EFM and let us know who you are and how you use us.

EFM is considering launching a section for members and users that are getting roles and jobs from ExtrasForMovies, the forums as well as members and users that are benefiting from being a member entering the field.

This new addition will display to casting personnel and to all who are visiting our site and reading our blogs.

If you want to tell us about it and who you are, send an email for review about the project you completed.

What did you do?

Did you get extra work, added to your resume experience, get a leading role in a film, modeling gig or participate in a reality show?

Let us know and include any comments and we reviewing for posting in the new section for members working throughout our web sites.

To submit:

1- Let us know where you heard about the project. i.e. the forum, our blogs, the social networking sites or where contacted by the casting department of EFM.
2- In your emai include any comments about the project you did as well as any other details you want to share with everyone.
3-Attach one (1) photo
4-Provide us the link to your EFM or Handmealine web page if you have one.
5- Include in your email anything amusing or memorable about your experience
6- Members are welcome to submit testimonail for how EFM has assisted in their career field

We will review all submissions and if you are selected, the staff will send you further details.

Send all submissions to:
Auditions@extrasformovies.com
Put in the SUBJECT LINE of your email - READ ALL ABOUT IT.

Support EFM and let us know who you are and how you use us.

We want your comments, suggestions and participation to help the staff add imporvements at EFM and to assist the members and users, that's you;

We wnat to know if members are benefiting from the use of our forums too as this is a venue for interacting with other people from all over the world in the entertainemnt field.

Expires February 2010

This is an important notification regarding the FREE acting, modeling and extras profiles at Handmealine.com

EFM Staff — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:58:25 GMT

Hi Everyone,

This is an important notification regarding the FREE acting, modeling and extras profiles at Handmealine.com

Hand me a line.com users are beginning to upload their materials but out of every 10 submissions, 9 have to be deleted because:

· No pictures are being uploaded

· Poor quality pictures are getting uploaded.

· Members are NOT reading the instructions regarding size of photos to upload or naming them properly as detailed.

· Users are not filling out the comments section on their profile that appears on their search page, this section is important too. When you fill out the comments section, that text appears on a search and helps generate clicks to your main profile page.

· New Members are NOT checking their profiles after they set them up to be sure that their spelling and photos are displaying properly.

The above is one of the reasons EFM discontinued the capability of members to manage their own pages.

We have not given up on keeping this ability, but this is causing a lot of work for the staff to police the web site for inappropriate or incomplete profiles. Please be advised you must READ everything carefully to set up your free profiles.

Below is the link to our blog post which is more detailed in how to upload and create your free profile on our sites.

http://handmealine.com/blog/?page_id=266

If you are considering setting up a free profile on Handmealine.com web site:

1- Take the time to look at the current profiles. Your profile is a reflection on you.

2- Some profiles are perfect and others are not so good. Take a look at these profiles carefully and look at it from a casting person’s point of view. They are seeking specific criteria for their project.

Your profile speaks volumes about you to us and casting personnel including:

1- Can this person follow instructions?

2- Can I see the person face clearly?

3- Is this a person professional?

4- Does this person fit the character type I am seeking?

5- Does this person have talent?

6- Is this person reliable?

7- Did this person just throw up a profile with no thought or care?

8- Is this person reliable?

We will be deleting more profiles but are leaving a few on the site for others signing up to compare.

If you have already uploaded your profile, check it! If you are in the category of not completing your profile, it will get deleted. This does not mean you cannot re-sign up, it means you have to try again.

Check your profile often too because as more profiles are added, the incomplete or not displaying properly profiles will be deleted too, so if your web page is gone, you need to resign up and follow instructions.

IF YOU WANT TO FEEL OUR PAIN AND THE PAIN WE FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO UPLOAD INAPPROIATE CONTENT, VISIT HANDMEALINE.COM FREQUENTLY AND CHECK OUT WHAT GETS UPLOADED ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DELETE AS THE STAFF SPOTS THE OFFENDERS.

Create and Manage your profiles - Free listing on web site ready

EFM Staff — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:29:25 GMT

Members, we have opened the HANDMEALINE.COM web site and are currently getting the database filled with talent so production personnel can easily locate people for their projects not only locating people by state but now using key words and search terms.

THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO CREATE AND MANAGE YOUR OWN PROFILES AGAIN AS WELL AS UPLOAD A RESUME AND VIDEO.

THIS NEW DATABASE WILL BE REPLACING THE EFM WEB PAGES EVENTUALLY SO THAT ON EFM PRODUCTION PERSONNEL CAN LOCATE TALENT BY KEY WORD SEARCH. THIS MEANS MORE AUDITION INQUIRIES FOR MEMBERS.

To sign up and create your profile, read the page below CAREFULLY and then when you create the page PLEASE READ IT carefully.

If you do NOT read the instructions and follow them, your profile may not get approved.

So again, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE READ WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO WRITE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR PROFILE AND ATTRACT CASTING PERSONNEL.

BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE PAGE TO READ BEFORE YOU CAN CREATE A FREE PROFILE ON HANDMEALINE.COM.

http://handmealine.com/blog/?page_id=26

IF YOU NEED HELP YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT US AT AUDITIONS@EXTRASFORMOVIES.COM AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU

Members - You need to get your new login!

EFM Staff — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:38:07 GMT

Members,

We need you to get your new set of logins to your accounts! We are implementing a new database that allows production personnal to do searches for talent other than state.

We need you to get your login to create your new profile in your member area.

Please READ the rest of the details in the numberous posts in this section. You will NOT be included in the search if you do not set up your new account and profile nor will you be able to update your photos and resume on your listing.

Members AND Users Please get into the new casting database and new profile set up before it is too late!!!!!!!!!!

EFM Staff — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:26:03 GMT

THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO CREATE AND MANAGE YOUR OWN PROFILES AGAIN AS WELL AS UPLOAD A RESUME AND VIDEO.

THIS NEW DATABASE MEANS MORE AUDITION INQUIRIES FOR MEMBERS. ALL EFM Members already posted on the site are provided free listing on the handmealine.com web site as well. To set up and mange your free profile continued below.

To sign up and create your profile, read the page below CAREFULLY

If you do NOT read the instructions and follow them, your profile may not get approved. So again, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE READ WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO WRITE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR Handmealine.com PROFILE AND ATTRACT CASTING PERSONNEL.

BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE PAGE TO READ BEFORE YOU CAN CREATE A FREE PROFILE ON HANDMEALINE.COM.

http://handmealine.com/blog/?page_id=266

IF YOU NEED HELP YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT US AT AUDITIONS@EXTRASFORMOVIES.COM AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU.

Ready to have Members create and manage their own web page...

EFM Staff — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:30:53 GMT

Members,

We are ready to begin allowing members to create their web pages and state listings.

We have the NEW functionality that allows members to:

1 - Display up to 5 photos

2- Upload a full resume in word document so production personnel can download

3 - Upload a video

4 - Create and manage your own web pages and state listings.

We are now asking members to contact us for passwords to allow them to create pages.

Please contact Chris Johnson NOW to get a user name and password to allow you to create your new page or state listing .

We need to get the database full of talent for production personnel to use when seeking talent for their projects.

Send an email to:chrisjo@extrasformovies.com - put in the subject line of your email: "Please send me password" BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE CURRENT LINK TO YOUR PAGE OR IF YOU HAVE A STATE LISTING, YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THE STATE YOU ARE LISTED ON.

We will respond back with password, you MUST activate it within 48 hours and begin to create your page.

NOTE: if you do not create your new web page or state listing you will NOT be in the NEW search function, you can still be found on the site if a search is done by state, but you will NOT come up in results of the new search unless you build your web page or state listing and get it into the system.

Be sure to read the previous posts on what to do to get the best search results from your page or state listing.

The staff will be monitoring all member pages to make sure all content is acceptable and photos are displaying properly. We will remove any inappropriate content at our discretion. If you have any questions or need help, please email us.

THE EFM STAFF

Please members, we need your help

EFM Staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:34:13 GMT

We need your help, please signup to create a beta profile or state listing on EFM. We need to know of any bugs BEFORE it is released live.

Our programmers and staff are testing but we need member feedback too!

We need member feedback to make sur this is the best it can be for all members. Not only will this help us, it will help you.

To date NOT ONE member has responed to help us test. This is terribly disapointing.

If you are a member of EFM you must certainly care if you are being represented the very best way you can be on EFM.

Please we need at least 5 testers. Won't you contact us today so we can release?

PLEASE SEE MESSAGE BELOW

Hi all,

We are almost ready to release our beta version allowing members to create and manage their own web pages and state listing , but we need a few members willing to help us test before we go live.

We are looking for members to signup and create web pages and state listings on the beta version.

You will be creating a web page and or state listing. Please be advised that this is beta testing and what you do will not be included on the web site when it goes live, this means when it is released you will have to do it again for real.

If anyone is interested in helping us test, please read our first post on how to be prepared and then email me ASAP.

And we will email you with the instructions on what to do. Then we need to hear back from you on any suggestions or anything that is not working as soon as possible

We are trying to work out any final bugs and need as many eyes as possible. Please help us help EFM grow and get this beta live so everyone can benefit.

Let us know, we are awaiting your responses.

Please contact chrisjo@extrasformovies.com and put in THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL - "I WANNA HELP YOU TEST"

THANKS

CHRIS

Members get ready to create and manage your profiles!!!

EFM Staff — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:00:59 GMT

Attention all EFM members. EFM is happy to announce new web site changes.

ExtrasForMovies.com is in the process of reactivating the member’s ability to create and manage their own profiles and state listings that appear on ExtrasForMovies.com web site.

In the very near future we will be launching the new format and the new search function for members.

All members will be asked to recreate their profiles and upload their pictures.

Included in the new functionally members will now be allowed to:

· Upload a resume in word format so production personnel can download and print

· Upload a voice and or video sample for download

· Add up to five (5) photos on your page

· Get your profile and photo added to the new search function database for production personnel seeking talent on EFM.

· Members will have their own personal link (example: extrasformovies.com/your_name )

NOTE: All old profiles will remain on the site and live but in order to manage and update your profiles and get into the new search function you will have to create a new profile.

Take Note: Your Page link to your web page WILL CHANGE after you create your new profile.

Current posted members will be provided with a special code or password in order to signup and by pass any fee. Meaning posted members do not have to pay to create their new profiles. Please monitor the EFM forum for updates or email us on how to proceed when it is announced that we are out of beta.

If you have a state listing only on EFM, you too will have the ability to update your photo and add or update one or two lines of text to your state listing.

Tips to get ready to create your personal web page or state listing

Be prepared to get your page to display the best it can be.

Check your spelling
Use lots of text with words such as your talents, abilities anything unique about yourself as well as any specialty you may perform, the more information you provide on your profile the more opportunities may come your way

Key word examples:

Dancer, singer, roller skating, athletic, swimsuit model, voiceover, actor, child actor, entertainer, surfer, can drive motorcycle, languages you many speak and so forth.

List only the personal information you want displayed on your web page from the from provided. Do NOT put any personal contact information or email addresses in your profile. This is not allowed for a number of reasons including the fact that your personal information is on display for anyone to see and use for their own gains. (We will remove any content we deem sensitive - EFM has installed a filtering function to help keep out spammers and people of ill repute.)
Take note of the link that generates on your web page profile, this will be your personal link and your link can sent to anyone who you want to have the ability to view your photos or download your video and voice samples off the internet.
Prepare and upload your resume in a professional word document format to allow users to download your resume to print. Again we suggest you limit personal information on your resume and refer to the EFM link to contact you. (if you need help on resume format be sure to use the FREE resume generator provided to all EFM members.)
Do not include ANY links or advertisement on your personal profile about other web sites or products without the express permission of an EFM representative.
Do not attempt to add html code to your page.
Format your pictures for the largest resolution display allotted on the new EFM profile pages for your thumb, display and larger size images. The largest size display is 570x760 so crop and size your picture accordingly for upload

NOTE: EFM staff will be monitoring all web site content and profiles, if inappropriate content or blurry, low quality and distorted pictures are displaying, your page will become deactivated and you will need to work with an EFM staff member to present a proper profile before it is reactivated on EFM.

If you have any questions please email us and put in the subject line of your email “NEW EFM PROFILES” to chrisjo@extrasformovies.com

The EFM staff is excited about the new upgrade and members should be too as it will open up more opportunities for everyone!

We need Beta testers ASAP for new EFM web pages and state listing

EFM Staff — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:50:28 GMT