Pasadena Art Center College of Design Pasadena Arts Centerartcenter.edu Harbors/Trains students to rip off actors and models Pasadena California

My friends and I responded to an ad on facebook for actors and models needed for some "major company label" project.

We were promised pay and credits.

When we got there, we found out that the center basically teaches students to lure unsuspecting talent to work on their project for free. These were students, not big name producers.

We worked 4 hours over time on a 8 hour shoot, dangerous conditions, tall stands falling, and chaos everywhere. I think it is because they were students. There was only one adult or professor monitoring the whole situation and they were not listening to her.

After the shoot, I asked for pay and they said I would get paid when the project was finished. I haven't heard back from them and did not get paid either.

I still see ads from this place every now and then and many other actors comment on them not getting paid either.