Tips For Getting Into The Movies

Tips For Getting Into The Movies
by Rex Lee Reynolds
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Rex Lee Reynolds

There are a number of different routes one can take for getting onto the big screen, and all of them usually take a lot of work. The easiest of course is to be born into a family of famous actors, directors or producers. Others not so fortunate go to school for a while, try to get into a Broadway play, take lots of acting classes and connect with those in the know. Then when they've had a few good parts they maybe get an agent to help them get more work.

I've noticed a number of people when starting out will get parts in movies as extras, sometimes referred to as background work. Doing extra work doesn't pay a lot, probably minimum wage, can involve long hours, as long as twelve hours per day or more, and is no guarantee for better parts, but is nevertheless the way many famous actors got started and noticed in the beginning, which led to bigger and better parts.

Yet there are those who refuse to do extra work, even though they are completely unknown, when some extra work would at least give them a chance for some exposure and a small amount of money in the beginning. It seems that some that are just getting started are afraid of getting stereotyped as an extra, and afraid they will become someone who will only be able to do extra work, and not get a chance at bigger things.

But many people who have done extra work will tell you that something is better than nothing. They do get minimal pay, but also get some exposure and the chance to become noticed and be selected for better parts, maybe even speaking parts that pay much more.

Experienced extras will also tell you that it's good to register with several casting agencies to get the best chances for work, and maybe even pay a calling service to help you schedule your work.

Even though you're not a star yet, in addition to making only that small amount of money, there's always plenty of food around the movie lots, and nobody's going to complain about a free lunch, and some good chances to get close to the stars that may well have been extras at one time themselves.

An additional help is a book called Back To One, The Movie Extra's Guidebook, by Cullen Chambers, considered by many extras to be the bible of movie extras.

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