MODELLING JUNE 2006

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Hi

I took my daughter to a casting wearing her school summer dress and really baggy tights - she still got the job so casting agents can see past clothes as long as the children are clean.

thorntons - was your daughters Junior job in west hampstead in a flat with a big field out back. DD did hers there a few weeks ago and it was a really cool flat.

Thanks Julie and Izzy. Will definitely try a few other agencies before handing over a fee.

Izz - no not yet as only had the assesment the other week.

well done today

Hi everyone. Hope that you all had a nice day in the sun today!

Glad that the shoot went well Izzy.

I know that casting agents dont really mind what they wear as they only really do a test shot of their heads and shoulders and they know what they are lookng for, but was just being nosey really.

Hi All, Haven't been around for a while as its been a manic few weeks!!!...Have had hen weekends,weddings,relatives staying,castings, Drs appointments etc and no real time to sit down and catch up!! Bump & I are fine and have managed to stay out of hospital which is good we are making the most of the weather!!
Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sun

IZZ>>>> Got your email and we hope to join you.....depending on bump!!! Hope your new little man is doing well???....Am sure KL will snap him up!!!

CYAN>>>>> MASSIVE APOLOGIES for missing softplay - let me know when you do it again and we will def be there!

Hi mratty,junior job was at photographer`s house .Was a lovely house,shoot on ground floor,kitchen in basement. Lovely field at back of garden.Sounds as if could be same place !

Yackerty >> How lovely to hear from you, we were all v. worried! Glad you're well and bump!!!
Has ds had anything on modelling front the last few weeks?
My ds is doing well, he's a really good boy, bless him... not sure what agency he's going to go with, applied at KL yesterday so will wait to hear from the before making any decisions (you know how I feel about KL!!)
Really hope you can make it on the 25th!

Hi thorntons, does sound like the same place. There was a peice of glass in the floor of the living room above the kitchen. I thought it was the photographers house when we got there but it was hired.

tink >> are you around? wanted to ask you something!! When you joined Bubblegum how long did it take for them to send the contract and etc to you? Hope you and ds are well, you must tell me about your party as I was having Oliver that day!!!!

hi everyone,

yack> am so pleased you are ok, lasnismum and i thought that you may have had the baby!!! thought you were in hospital!!

izzy> would you be able to send us directions as i think that tiger, lanismum, and i are all coming together from waterloo.

yummymummy> helloooo good to see that you have joined this forum as well hope alysia is ok!!

my feet are killing me! went to see the foo fighters in hyde park yesterday, met up with lanismum had a great afternoon.

xp has taken ds away for the weekend so i had a lie in today until 1pm!!!!!!! now just got grotty housework to do!

mumtojosh> my daughter was declined by bizzykidz and I was quite relieved after reading the comments on here to be honest and then accepted a place with Bruce and Brown.

I should say though that since this has happened a few things have come to my attention

1. I called loads of clients up and casting companies and asked them who they used and bizzykidz came up on 9 out of 10 occasions

2. childmodelling.net website lists for most of the other agencies (incl all the large agencies) n/a for the queston on numbers of children on their books and just says 'agency not verified yet'. I have counted the kids on the websites of most of them and they have got loads and elizabeth smiths site has got nearly a thousand including families and new faces?

In answer to your question then I would say that bizzykidz do refuse people and many by all accounts according to this forum too. Also, clients use them regularly and children get work. One mum posted on here a few days ago that her child did a chessingtion shoot with bizzykidz and had no audition with them

I think in all fairness that, having done my research, they are established and well known and an agency to be successful needs numbers on their books. The fact of the matter is that not all children will get work and one agency may be better for one child than another. The fact that a handful of parents say that they have not had work with an agency should be weighed up against the amount that have and lets face it, no matter how many an agency has on their books, there will always be a few that are not as successful as others.

I think the agencies I would be concerned about joining are the smaller ones. If I was a client I would rather go to an agency with a wide selection because at least I would have a chance of finding what I am looking for. I know that it would limit the child for work, but I would rather be one of many that clients use every day than be one of few that is not used as much by clients.

I have now gone with Bruce and Brown, they are big, well known and have nearly 400 kids on their books and growing. Clients use them all the time so I am happy with that.

If you imagine an agency with 100 kids on their kids, sounds great, but break that down to babies, toddlers, then pre-school, then 5,6,7 yrs etc. Then split into boys, then black, white, oriental. That would mean they could only have a maximum of 1 or 2 per type. Clients would surely like to see a selection to choose from and if they can get that from a bigger agency then sense would tell them to go there first?

Sorry for the essay, but just wanted to give my informed view after alot of research before applying to agencies myself.

Hope that helps

going to rest my fingers now, lol

IzzyRubi - Maybe I can help you with your Bubblegum Question. My DD recently joined them. I think they do their "New Faces" admin on a Tuesday. So if you are accepted you would hear from them then and receive their application pack on Thurs/ Fri. Hope this helps you!

thorntons and mrratty> the place you are describing sounds exactly like the place where ds did his mothercare shoot, the lving room had a giant glass floor element which looked over the kitchen, and the garden backed onto a field. again it was in west hampstead about 5 mins from the station.

i thought it was the photographers house, it was sooooo beautiful!

Hi everyone

Julie4>> yes we are going next sunday between 10 and 11 are you. Im taking my spotlight paperwork with me so carole can help me go through it, are you going up sunday what time are you going.

TipTapitty >> Thanks! I'm thinking of putting my ds with them, how long has your dd been with them for? And how old is she?

Cyan >> Will e-mail you directions!

Pauline from CK called me today to say los have been put forward for a job, was impressed that the agency was working on a Sunday!

izzyrubi - they are one of the smallest agencies and most likely working from their frontroom, hence being there on a sunday!

Hi All, have you all had a nice day? I have been all over the place today, picked Alysia up from her dads at 11, then went to my dads and then on to my grandads. I have only just got back now.

Izzy> Thats great news about another job. You must be so proud.

Cyan> Hi huni, hope you and the lil man are Ok. Its so nice when you get the chance to have a lay-in. I love Alysia to bits but its so nice when she is at her dads and I can stay in bed for that extra hour.

Question> Do most of you have your LO's with one or two agencies?
I thought that you could only have them signed to one, but have spoken to a few people recently whos LO's are either with an agency and applied to another, or their LO's are already with two.

Strawb- yes we are going next Sun for 11am (think we will vertually be the last appointment) carole said we can take our Spotlight forms for her and she will post it off and check it over for us first. which is good. Is your little one on Star of week on CM net and I will nose what he looks like to see if I can spot you on the day. Look for the stressed out women with a ginger boy (thats me!) ha ha

DD is not on star of the week i wouldnt know how to put her picture on there im not very good with computers. i will have a look and see if i can get her on there.

hi all. i am new to this thread and looking for some advice really.

I am with Bruce & Brown, who I know are a good agency, but not had any work from them since joining in January. When I ring them they just say that they have put her forward for things etc but I am getting a bit concerned. I was with another agency before and had work, so dont really know what to do?

anyone got any advice? Should I call them again, or just leave it?

thanks

mumsnetmummy how old is your child?
My daughter is with B&B and has had work with them but she is nearly 5.

thanks for the reply. She is 7.

hi all, hope everyone is well, izzy congrats on ur little one, im sure kids will snap him up, fast,
hope ur have all had a great fathers day,, me and rileyx

Hi Mimi- you haven't been on for a while, any more jobs recently?

Strawb- Ok how would you describe your or your little one then? It will be easy for you to spot me as Carole only has one other red haired boy on her books.

Hope you are all having a nice fathers day!