What Are The Best Agents For A 17yr Old With No Experiance

[notanaveragejoe]

Hi, I'm a 17 year old Actor who attends weekend acting classes and has next to no experience, I got my head-shots and stuff but I was wondering which Agents are best for a Young Actor with no experience as I know the Bigger ones will want people with experience.

[Welsh Mum]

When you say "next to no experience" do you mean professionally? Or do you literally mean you have no experience outside of your acting classes?

[pg]

Have you considered going on to do actor training somewhere notanaveragejoe?

At 17 you are going to be in competition with young-looking drama school graduates - both in terms of representation and jobs. Realistically, you may need to improve your CV/experience/training to have the chance to be represented by a decent agent.

[paulears]

If you have an unconventional background, then your experience is the only thing that will get you work. An agent is going to use you as a 'commodity to sell' - and you need to ask yourself how hard a job that will be? If an agent has lots of clients, you may be too much of a risk, and if the agent has few clients, they're probably a poor agent.

I suppose if what you are saying is that you are taking classes to improve your acting, and have not yet been in anything requiring the discipline of learning lines and being directed - then maybe you're not ready for work yet? An agent can't do much, unless it's for a background artiste role where you are just breathing set-dressing - where your appearance is the critical factor.

[Neeky78]

It's worth contacting film schools and asking about opportunities for student short films. They regularly have to film pieces for their course and need volunteer actors.
No pay, but you get some experience and, most importantly, some footage to show what you can do which can be part of your resume.
It's amazing how quickly the resume can fill out doing a few of these and you will learn a lot as well about working on set, being directed, waiting around!
There's often voice-over recording opportunities too, depending on the nature of the film, so keep an eye out for that too.

Do up a basic flyer with a few of your headshot photos, a paragraph about how passionate you are for acting, list your training and the include your (parents') contact details. Print a few of those off and take them into the film schools for them to put up on their noticeboard. Keep it simple so your photos stand out.
I really do recommend going in to the schools in person rather than just emailing or posting the flyer. It shows you're confident and willing to put the effort in.

Always get your parents to help you decide if a project is going to benefit you. Will you get some good footage out of it? Is the script appropriate and something you want to be involved in? Be prepared to have to chase them up for footage or even to get information about the film shoot. Remember - they're learning too!

Spend half a year or so building your resume, then approach some agents about representation. It will show you're committed to acting because you like it and not because you want to be rich and famous.

For young children, they can be taken on by an agency purely based on looks and personality with no experience as they're not expected to have any yet! But the older you get, the more you have to prove you really want this in order to be considered for someone's books. Saying you're committed or passionate just isn't enough. You have to action it!

Good luck