Some of the best info you can have in your first year out here can be found in great hardcopy and online subscriptions. You’re also gonna need a solid support system. Get some folks who can help you out! Lastly, the person who is going to represent you to the casting world on a day-to-day basis is your Agent. Now is the time to get together with your agent and make sure that you are both on the same track concerning your representation. If you don’t have one, it’s also time to start looking.
You speedily logged into ActorsAccess.com after reading my previous article listing it as the #1 place for LA actors to be online. Your salivary glands began performing their self-titled function, salivating, upon hearing me herald the bountiful opportunities available therein. You signed into the website, chock full of anticipation, and started bellowing into the ether “Oh my goodness! What must I do next? If only someone would write an article detailing how to do this effectively!” I heard you.
You are going to need certain tools to start and sustain a career out in LA; tools that you just can’t go without. And the number one tool: Your Headshot and Resume. These are crucial. And in order for you or your (soon-to-be) agent to submit yourself for projects, you have to be registered on the appropriate sites. Time to put your headshot to good use! Hardcopy submissions are still around but they’ve almost gone way of Black and White headshots (um, to the grave, that is) and I’m pretty sure 100% of commercial submissions are online now too.
