Kid's Casting Websites and Such
Hey all. I Thought I would share a little info based on a conversation I was having with another mom whose son is also in "the biz".
When I started setting up various profile pages for Mya-Louise almost a year ago I stated my purpose and intent was to share with other “momagers” our experiences regarding the process and progress (or lack thereof) as we delved headlong into making little Mya’s acting dreams reality.
I figured, why not? We have an advantage; I mean people move here every day from all over the world to be a “real live Hollywood star”! My kid wants to be on TV and we are already here in LA LA Land so let’s make this happen! That was and still is my attitude for the most part.
I am not going to go off on a tangent yet as I am saving that for a May 31, 2012 post which is the 1 year anniversary of her Facebook page being live. But I did want to share a couple of things that I realized I had neglected to share in our journey specifically regarding casting websites that may be helpful.
I know there are a ton of sites out there that will ask you to spend anywhere from $5 to $30 a month for membership that basically includes a profile, a place for a resume, endless links (the majority of them the same) and some reel/clip hosting oh yes and the ability to submit to casting calls. Most sites ask you to not post links to other sites and if you sign up for two or three of them you are out about $75 and you haven’t even left the house or met anyone.
Now I have filled out approximately ten or so of these profiles and tried a few free trial offers and paid for a few more. Now that I have done a little trial and error and gotten feedback from Mya-Louise’s new manager this is what I have learned:
Actorsaccess.com, extraccess.com IS worth your time. These are sites that are members of the Breakdown Services, Ltd. Family (Make sure you just pay the $56 to get a showfax account so you can submit for free to all the breakdowns matching your profile) and although it is hard to figure out what belongs to what part of the site, once you get the hang of it, I believe it has the most breakdowns available of any of the sites, followed closely only by Casting Networks site, LAcasting.com. Any other “breakdown sites” generally in my experience have just taken the liberty of scanning the first two sites and reposting their breakdowns and then charging you for it.
If you have questions on a specific site, please post it and I will give you my experience with it I have had any.
I keep saying that I am going to take the time to use site’s like Kabookit.com to find out which casting directors are actively booking but in the last year I haven’t had the time not once.
Hopefully this info helps somebody but I want people to know if your young one wants to act as badly as mine does then things will work out for their benefit if you stick to it as nearly as I can tell. All though it has been baby steps I have seen some amazing progress and even though I was determined to be a momager, thinking it couldn’t be harder then managing the R&B artists or comedians I have worked with in the past, I was simply flat out mistaken.
I don’t have access to all of the resources working with kids requires and with only one child as my “client” it would not be a sound investment to spend the money to acquire those resources. But there again I am getting into what I want to share on Anniversary Day!!!
Thanks for taking a moment to read this and hopefully it helps!
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