You've Got An Audition: Part Four
THE HOBBIT ENTERS THE ROOM(S) PART 2: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL PAUSE! Have you read Part One of this series? Click HEREYou have? Great! Have you read Part Two of this series? Click HEREAnd how about Part Three? Click HERESo glad you’re caught up - let’s go! Not so fast! NEWS FLASH!!! There is a 4th room coming. In fact it is already here. Just as the tiresome phrase "the new normal" became a knee jerk reaction to say we now have "Hybrid". At LB Studio's and Casting Central we are experimenting with a format for a class and Casting Session...
You've Got An Audition: Part Three
THE HOBBIT ENTERS THE ROOM- AH BUT WHICH ROOM? PAUSE! Have you read Part One of this series? Click HEREYou have? Great! Have you read Part Two of this series? Click HERESo glad you’re caught up - let’s continue….Once upon a time, there was only one room to enter: It was called an audition room. There was no need for the qualifier - “live” audition, “virtual” audition, “self-tape” audition etc. Michael Shurtleff’s golden rule withstood the test of time that “the purpose of an audition was to make a human connection.” I stand by this statement and my own humble...
You've Got An Audition: Part Two
THE HOBBIT PREPARES TO ENTER THE ROOMIf you haven't read PART ONE, please start HERE The actual techniques we use to help actors memorize and break down scripts for auditions will have be part of a much longer, detailed blog. In fact, it most likely will have to wait for my book or a training video. However, the point of this blog series is not the particulars of “how to do” this or that, but the state your brain is in through it all. Your brain goes through many different chemical stages throughout the audition process. From when you prepare for...
You've Got An Audition: Part One
A Hobbit or Gollum: Who do you want to be? GOLLUMYour heart is racing as you enter the audition room (virtual or live). Maybe you try and occupy space and smile waiting to be told what to do. Maybe you have a pre-thought of something clever to say to break the tension when you enter. Your voice rides high on you accidentally or perhaps you pitch it lower deliberately. Your heart beats fast like a ticking bomb. You try to remember all the cliché’s: “be yourself,” “just have fun,” “they want you to book the job, otherwise they wouldn’t see...
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