If you have been wondering if your child would qualify for the film, TV industry, just know that a visit to us at Child Actor LA would allow you to find out if your child has what it takes. Our children come mostly from the word of mouth after all these years.

1. Scam Prevention by Child Actor LA Institute
Child Actor LA Acting Institute with exclusive placement with top
Hollywood agents, who come in weekly to conduct workshops within our
educational facility. Children currently working as series regular on General
hospital, Modern family, Cristela, Fresh Off The Boat, Nickelodeon and top
national TV commercials and print + movies. Personal growth, location in
Irvine, and soon in Culver City!
If you have been wondering if your child would qualify for the film, TV
industry, just know that a visit to us at Child Actor LA would allow you to
find out if your child has what it takes. Our children come mostly from the
word of mouth after all these years.
We also maintain a presence at local events and at times, we will spot a
child whom we feel has potential and is within a good age group, at a local
place. Agents years ago, and I mean top Hollywood agents, may have
approached you about your child at let’s say, the Beverly Hills Mall, and
brought you for an audition. Then they would give you a list of schools to
visit in order for your child to get training. It has been a long time since
agents don’t scout in such way, and will consider kids with training only.
They hardly open up package inquiries through the mail. The agents who
visit us weekly come in to conduct educational workshops themselves, and
emulate the auditioning process. By coming in to train our children, they
get to meet our amazing families and our children, who are Shakespearian
trained and trained in modern, improve.
Be wary of schools whose entire business is based upon stopping you at
local places. We may at times spot your child at a mall or the beach,
actually, but some fly by night institutes or long term scams, and there are
such too, may bring anyone and everyone indiscriminately, as long as the
parents are willing to pay for classes, or pay for a pretense pay per play
seminar with supposedly “agents” going in. We work mostly from the word
of mouth, once again.
Also local schools have their kids in little plays and they advertise potential
opportunities for the children’s talent, which don’t exist. It is easy to spot,
as you would see kids on their company sites perhaps in costumes, or just
in class at their school, but never on anything which ever aired anywhere.

2. Their cuteness may not make up for the lack of achievements. You may read
about one of their kids having obtained a role somewhere, but check out the
show/commercial. Then ask the school to produce the child’s file and see if
it all connects. Hmm... I’m just the Face book lady, but I’ve heard it all.
Classical training mixed with modern improv’ goes a long way towards the
children’s success!
Some scam prevention advice.
Child Actor LA scam prevention advice is here for you. Found on a site on
which a local stage oriented place which claims they have agents going in,
advertise. Ironically, they don't have agents' visits apparently, and are
trying to spin that. But some of what I read made sense.
“““You answer a casting notice, get approached in a mall, or even get a
phone call after filling something out online. The sales person pretending to
be in the industry and posing as a casting director, agent or some other title
tells you your child is “perfect” and would like you to audition for some
part.”””
What they are spinning:
*A casting director will not approach you at a place of gathering. They
communicate with agents and the agents send your child to an audition. As
you found out reading above, agents will not scout you either, and want
kids who are already trained. It’s okay for someone to approach you, but
they have to announce that they are a tuition based institute. NOT
misrepresent themselves! *
“““Excited you go to the audition with your kid in tow. Once there you
realize that there are 100’s of others there and that it is not a “real”
audition. There is no part to fill, script to memorize or production company
there. It is a sales meeting and you are in the audience. Someone goes up
and reads a pitch to all the excited kids and parents. They tell you your kids
were chosen to be a part of the showbiz industry. Sometimes, they pull you
and your child into a room and make your child read a couple lines for
them. They do this to make the entire experience seem more legit. The
reading is meaningless because there is no real part you are reading for.”””

3. What they are spinning:
* A seminar/cattle call: (100 kids!). Everybody is beautiful and talented out
of the 100 kids invited, 100 kids get “accepted”. They usually operate out of
a seminar room, rented at a hotel. They often bring assistant agents from
small agencies, who get paid to be there, and have no decision making
power. They ask you to pay $7K or $8K for the chance to meet agents. Your
child “performs” in front of them. They never received any training and
hence, are not actors, but it’s okay because the “agents” are not real either
like I just indicated. You should not have to pay to meet agents. A reading
of lines which is not for the purpose of evaluating your child to become part
of a legitimate institute is meaningless, because your child would never get
picked up randomly to audition for a job without agent’s representation!
That is not an evaluation that is a fake audition, and the people you are
dealing with may have misrepresented themselves as managers, or casting
directors. They are just people who misrepresent a “pay per play” type of
situation, and will announce to you a cost to move on to meeting actual
Hollywood agents. Needless to say that the top 5 to top 35 agents who come
to us to conduct workshops and meet already highly trained kids in such
way, do not participate in the scam events described above!
NOTE: Child Actor LA scam prevention tips also include, never pay to
audition. Real casting directors would never stop you and offer you a job.
They work with agents. Then agents would not offer you representation, if
you pay for:
“““Expensive, inferior classes, worthless acting workshops and poor quality
portfolios.”””
*Simply because the law does not allow agents, nor casting directors to
offer any services. They can only work on percentage basis. Do not believe
anyone who approaches you to offer you jobs for your child. Legitimate
schools may approach you at places of gathering where they maintain a
booth space for instance, or as they are shopping for themselves, and
consider your child to become part of their institute. But then your child
has to go through an evaluation process. ANYBODY who offers you A JOB
and not an opportunity to visit an institute is misrepresenting themselves,
and certainly their title. They are not agents! Besides, acting demands skills
like everything else. No one will just “hire” you or your child!*

4. Thank you for reading!
Warmly,
Mary