Just wanted a honest reply here. I used to work for this agency and oversaw two of my co-workers writing false reviews to cover up the negative side of this agency. You will be selected most likely at a mall, and told you have so much talent and you can be in movies/model gigs. You will be told then to attend a audition at their building and 99% told you are perfect and you need to sign up today because space is limited (not true). Sorry, but most of these people coming in do not have talent, and will need classes. Get ready for signing a 1k-5k+ contract and spend 1k in classes to get this so called talent you were told you had in the first place. They will make you feel so good about yourself and make your parents (if you bring them in) guilty if they don't help you sign up.\r
When I worked there, we were told to make people feel so good about themselves to get them to sign up and try to get people with their parents (especially dads and their daughters). \r
We made money for everyone we recruited, you could imagine the crap we had to make up to get them to come in.\r
Also, most don't read the contract. Good luck backing out. That 5k grand you spent on this? Say good bye to it.\r
You will then go to do a photoshoot (this is really fun, I will admit). You feel gorgeous, and on your way to fame.\r
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Then, you may choose to take classes (being told this increases your chances of getting selected for a role (also not true).\r
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You will then get booted aside, maybe get a email a week for being a (extra)... not anything fancy, in fact over time you will feel pretty worthless since that big dream of becoming famous starts diminishing. Where did you go wrong? You didn't, you just got suckered into something that was TO GOOD TO BE TRUE. \r
It rarely happens you get a good gig, but you will most likely never get a huge role in a movie, even local ones.\r
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They are making their money getting you to sign this huge contract, JUST to get extra work. \r
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When in fact you can actually get extra work for free. You dont even need a contract.\r
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http://www.utahextras.com/ (they just started charging a small fee to look for casting calls however no where near a contract cost) \r
Craigslist\r
KSL ads\r
http://www.studentfilms.com/\r
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and many others you can look at\r
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For anything bigger, you are looking at a 1-1000000 chance of getting something huge.\r
You might get lucky if you KNOW someone to get in a local film.\r
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Just wanted to throw that out there, because a lot of you may not be able to afford this but are promised to make money and get huge roles. Only a select few get anything (if much) from any talent agency. \r
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You are better off hiring someone that is a private agent to get you any big roles.\r
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This company hides its tracks well, because I admit I did it and also saw others doing it.\r
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If you do still choose to sign up, don't go in head first, be careful and know what your getting into.\r
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It was still fun as I was also a talent member. But after working there and seeing how many uphappy people we had to deal with and how badly we treated them, I would stay away.
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