Steely Dan Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Dude this is a scam. I'll bet 20:1 on it. They don't approach people on the streets for this kind of thing. They have rolodexs full of agents names who they call for these situations. I would stay away, far away.
ieatcrayonz Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Dude this is a scam. I'll bet 20:1 on it. They don't approach people on the streets for this kind of thing. They have rolodexs full of agents names who they call for these situations. I would stay away, far away. Another mystery incorrectly solved. Sean Taylor would be proud. Dude these productions are done on a shoestring budget. They don't have Rolodexes full of names. They probably don't even have Rolodexes at all. Timex maybe.
Beerball Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Another mystery incorrectly solved. Sean Taylor would be proud. Dude these productions are done on a shoestring budget. They don't have Rolodexes full of names. They probably don't even have Rolodexes at all. Timex maybe. I've stopped wearing a watch. My computer and cell phone always know what time it is so I depend on them.
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Pam anderson is originally from Canada Shania Twain too
thebug Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Shania Twain too Canada has it's fair share of smokin' hot women.
ieatcrayonz Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 I've stopped wearing a watch. My computer and cell phone always know what time it is so I depend on them. When you bill by the hour you shouldn't rely on Verizon to tell you the time. I got you that watch linked to the Nuclear clock for a reason. You're not giving out freebies to code name Ennifer are you?
ieatcrayonz Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 Canada has it's fair share of smokin' hot women. At the crematorium?
Jon in Pasadena Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 At the crematorium? OK, now that was a good one.
Steely Dan Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Another mystery incorrectly solved. Sean Taylor would be proud. Dude these productions are done on a shoestring budget. They don't have Rolodexes full of names. They probably don't even have Rolodexes at all. Timex maybe. Am I safe in assuming that your belief of the way this industry works is that actors and actresses are solicited on the streets for their roles? There is no casting call, no keeping of names and personal info. in case they lose an actor. They just send people out to pluck them off the streets? You have no idea how these things work. Because they are on a shoestring budget they have to conserve time and sending people out onto the streets doesn't happen. Can you imagine some guy propositioning a woman to be in a soft core porn? He'd be lucky if he wasn't arrested. Trust me aspiring actresses and actors have agents. In a situation like this they'd just call the last runner up and then if he didn't want it the next runner up. I'm sure they have enough real names to make street approaches unnecessary. If he goes he'll probably be told that in order to hire him he'll have to have some pictures taken of himself. Befrore the production company will agree to hire him for the part. They'll probably tell him they'll keep the pictures on file for any other parts that come up. (no pun intended) They'll probably charge him for the pictures and they'll never be heard from again. It's a too good to be true scenario. If it looks too good to be true it probably is. Do they have a fluffer? It's soft core, unnecessary.
Steely Dan Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Link Foul Audition The second of the two acting scams I actually came face to face with is about a little episode that has to do with an audition I was invited to one Saturday afternoon. I had worked on a film as an extra one day in late June. In all the downtime, I was sitting there talking to Karen when someone touched me on the shoulder. He told me he was a producer/director who was here that day with his wife and daughter, who were doing extra work. He said he thought my look would be good for a future project he was working on and that he was holding auditions that Saturday. When he asked if I would like to come and audition, I said yes and thought that this is one of the reasons I wanted to do extra work right now, because of the possible contacts. However, I wondered how legit this guy was. He had told me that the audition announcement was in that week’s Backstage. I checked and it was. I was excited that someone had actually asked me to come and audition personally because of who I was and what I transmitted to him. When I arrived at Ripley Greer Studios on 8th Avenue that Saturday afternoon, I saw a young woman who seemed to be coming from the same audition I was going to. I asked her if she had been to the audition and she said that she had. I then asked her how it went. She told me that she didn’t stay to audition. When I asked her why not, she told me that they were asking people to sign a release form for the use of the audition tapes as well as the actor’s "life story." That sounded very peculiar. She handed me the form and told me I could have it, because she didn’t need it anymore. I thanked her and read the form. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. It basically said the actor grants their production company permission to use the film of the actor in any way they choose and that the actor’s image could be freely used in association with different types of programming. In addition, by signing this release form, the actor gives all power to this production company and exempts them from any legal action that might result from the materials provided (the tape) from this audition. The production company also said it had the right to delve into the actor’s personal life story and use that information for the programming. I then saw another girl come downstairs. She immediately pulled out her cell phone. I couldn’t help but overhear part of the conversation. It sounded like she was on the phone with her father, telling him that she just got out of the audition but that she didn’t stay because they asked her to sign a release form. I talked to her after she got off the phone and she was relieved. Her father told her she had done the right thing. She was twenty-one years old. Since the producer had asked me personally, I still went up to the room where they were. When I arrived, his wife was in the reception room. She had been there the day I met her husband while she and her daughter were doing extra work. She gave me two different forms to fill out along with the form I had already seen from the girl downstairs. I asked her if it was obligatory to sign the form. She said she wasn’t sure and that it would be best to talk to the director. I was asked to go into the audition room together with another woman. When I entered the room, the producer I had met was there with his brother, whom I also met that day on the set. I immediately asked if it was obligatory to sign the release form in order to be auditioned, because I told him that I couldn’t sign it. His brother tried to explain to me that it was just so they had permission to give this material to casting directors and to market me. Hmmm. I told him I understood, but that if I were to sign it, we would first have to change the wording. The director told me that it was no problem, which I understood to mean that I could audition anyway. He was polite in telling me that without that signature, he could neither audition me nor take my picture and résumé. I stuck to my decision and turned to leave. He then asked me if I would stay and read the other part for the girl who went in with me. I jumped at the chance. I wanted to satisfy his curiosity and show him what he was missing! He asked me to stay and read for the next woman who came in as well and I did. It was a comical part, and I was having a ball with it. The five people who were in the room were laughing, so I felt like I was doing what they asked me to do. That was it. Never heard from them again, nor did I search them out. It was an interesting experience, and I felt good that I stuck to my decision. My instinct told me that it would have been wrong to sign that paper. I just believe that I didn’t need to sell myself out for any type of job that I might have had. I have pride and I decide how interested I am to do a job, first and foremost.
Jim in Anchorage Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Dude this is a scam. I'll bet 20:1 on it. They don't approach people on the streets for this kind of thing. They have rolodexs full of agents names who they call for these situations. I would stay away, far away. Hey, Lana Turner was discovered at a drug store. Who knows?
Steely Dan Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Hey, Lana Turner was discovered at a drug store. Who knows? That was a veeeerrrrryyyyyyyy long time ago.
Jim in Anchorage Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 That was a veeeerrrrryyyyyyyy long time ago. It still happened. As long as there are no "fees" involved I would go for it.
Steely Dan Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 It still happened. As long as there are no "fees" involved I would go for it. I'm willing to bet some money is needed up front and/or you sign your rights away.
dib Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 It still happened. As long as there are no "fees" involved I would go for it. Soft porn discussion and I still dont have an avatar. Sweet.
truth on hold Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Sounds like your a business or government career oriented person. Id be real careful if I were you as it can severely limit your options outside of porn. Remember, these people have final control of the product, not you. You have no idea how they'll use it. Reminds of Christian Curry who lost his job as a banker at Morgan Stanley because in college in had posed semi nude for money. When one of the shots ended up on the cover of a gay magazine and his employer got a hold of it, he was fired. Never mind that he later won a $10 million court award for wrongful discharge, that's beside the point.
dib Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Never mind that he later won a $10 million court award for wrongful discharge, that's beside the point. Wrongful discharge..............................no, I can't.
Jim in Anchorage Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 if it's gay soft core i'd say yes Queer, are ya?
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