I found this on Yahoo Answers and it is SUCH a great resource for those interested in coming to LA or landing an agent here. Enjoy!
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Excluding the Big 5 (CAA, ICM, William Morris, UTA, Endeavor) and B Agencies (Gersh, Paradigm, Stone Manners) which DON'T take new talent or people without celebrity endorsements or actual film/tv credits, here are the top agencies in LA:
Top Commercial Agencies
KSR
Abrams
CESD
Diverse
Coast to Coast
Osbrink
Daniel Hoff
Commercial Talent
Commercials Unlimited
Innovative Artists
Independent Artists
Flick Commercials
DPM
DDO
Venture IAB
Sutton, Barth, Venari
Baron Entertainment
Arlene Thornton and Associates
Pantheon
Beverly Hecht
Don Buchwald and Associates
AKA
Amsel, Eisenstadt & Frazier
Brady, Brannon, and Rich
Brass Artists
Aqua
Special Artists Agency
Up and Comers:
-Talentworks (Emily Hope from ACME is here)
-BMG (Shanna Randell from Bobby Ball is here)
Here are some of the best theatrical agencies:
-Abrams
-Coast to Coast
-Amsel Eisenstadt Frazier
-House of Representatives
-Daniel Hoff
-M. Greene and associates
-Agency for the Performing Arts
-AKA
-Diverse
-Media Artists Group
-GVA
To get an agent, you need to get GREAT headshots, a good resume, and training from the best. These are enough to get you a commercial agent at least. Getting a GOOD theatrical agent (Film/tv) takes longer. Most good theatrical agents won't see you unless you're SAG, have a polished resume, and a demo reel. Commercial agents are more lenient about that. What the best Commercial agents want to see on your resume are good commercial classes, improv, and cold reading.
You can get an agent multiple ways. Here are a few common ways:
-Mail in an unsealed manilla envelope with a CONCISE coverletter and headshot with the resume stapled on the back. If you have a demoreel include that too.
-Attend a showcase and impress them. I mean legit ones like at TVI, Reel pros, etc.
-Get a referral from a friend who is with the agency that you're interested in (USUALLY BEST WAY)
DON'T
-Email them unless they tell you to. IT'S UNPROFESSIONAL!
-Call unless they tell you to. ALSO UNPROFESSIONAL!
-Walk in and ask for a meeting. UNPROFESSIONAL THREE!
-Sign with them if they ask for upfront money, make you take new photos with THEIR photographer, or take THEIR classes. Agent's ONLY make money when you do. Agents usually make 10% on film/tv and commercials and 20% on commercial print
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3 comments:
Robin!!! awesome post. Thank you for sharing...
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Carol, learn how to use grammar before you post. Also, you should always use a spell check. You won't be thought of as an intelligent person with phrases such as: 'YOU'RE PICTURES...' it should be your pictures. YOU'RE SLANDEROUS.. Your slanderous... (you:)BAR TENDER ... should be bartender, (you again:) WHY SHOULD A STRANGER WHOM YOU'RE NOT PAYING HELP YOU? (Me) should who you're not... etc etc... I know you were p.o.'d, but you only do a disservice to your message if you don't use proper grammar and spelling. Don't be angry! Just note this for your future blogging.
By the way... Robin has a right to post anything she wants on her blog. She seems to do her research and asking around. That's not Libel. You wrote 'slanderous'.. which would have only be verbal. She wrote it on her blog, so it would be 'libel'. Just think Library-books...written... libel. Ciao
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