Downloading and Posting Your Reel or Clip

• You do not need a Dropbox account to put these files on your computer.
• If you are having audio sync issues, skipping, or pixelation when viewing it is likely due to watching it via Dropbox. Please download to your computer or phone to view full quality.
• If you are sharing the Dropbox link with someone, please know the thumbnail is selected by Dropbox can’t be changed. 
• I delete all these links and all these files in 15 days. If you don’t save a copy of your reel then there will be no copy unless you purchase Archive Storage.

Downloading from Dropbox

To Download from Dropbox to your Desktop follow these steps.

Click on the Dropbox link. This will open a window with the files. Above the files you will see a list of icons in the upper right hand corner. You will click on the arrow pointing down towards a line ꜜ.
Once you click will see a window pop up that reads Log in or sign up with options to sign in to Dropbox, but at the bottom of the pop up notice you will see Or continue with download only and this is what you need to click.

The files will download to wherever you have your computer set to put downloaded files. This will likely be a folder called My Documents or My Downloads, but it is different for everyone.

If you are downloading multiple files they be in one file that ends in .zip if you click on that file it will open up with a folder that contains all your individual files.

You do not need any type of Dropbox account to put these files on your computer. If you do have a paid Dropbox account you can simply select Log in. But again, you do not need one to get your files.

Actors Access

Posting it to Actors Access places it on Breakdown Express for your agent and manager.

You login to your Actors Access account and click on Video & Audio. At the top of the next page on the left side of screen click on red button Add New Performance Video.

A new window opens titled Performance Media Uploader, now click on red button Browse to find the file on your computer. Click on red button Upload. The file will then upload once it’s finished it will prompt you to pay.

The cost is $22 per minute and our frequent uploading has confirmed an overall 1 second grace period. For example a 3:01 reel should upload for cost of 3 minutes.

IMDB

You must log into your IMDBPro account and in the Menu bar in the upper right hand corner you will see You next to the small icon of your default photos and there is a dropdown menu you will see if you hover your mouse in that area.

In the drop down menu select Your Page, then in the center of the page you will see horizontal menu of headings that reads Overview, Credits, About, Images, Videos, etc.

Click on Videos and there will be a grey box with a plus sign that has “Add video” below it. You can add as many videos as you like if you are paying for an IMDBPro account. 

Casting Networks formerly known as LA Casting

Due to significant changes Casting Networks policies it is nearly impossible to post an acting reel on this site without paying a minimum of $99 a year. The free subscription only allows 350 MB of swappable media with the restriction of only 30 MB for reels. Quality HD reels even compressed can’t be taken down to 30 MB and be worth watching.

To post videos on this site your only option is to purchase an annual plan and your reel will still likely need to be compressed.

More info about these plans can be found in this link, but we do advise you contact the site regarding restrictions and limits for reel size before jumping into a payment plan with this company.

Casting Frontier

You have to pay a monthly or annual fee to host videos. One fee covers the cost of all videos you upload. Instructions can be found in this link.

For additional questions please contact Julie for help.