Tips and Tricks for Actors Archives - Diversity Casting Diversity Casting Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:41:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 193544070 DO Approach your Audition with Choices https://website.diversitycasting.com/2020/10/13/do-approach-your-audition-with-choices/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 22:09:50 +0000 https://website.diversitycasting.com/?p=325 Another way to say this is, “Don’t come unprepared!”. You need to find out everything you can about the project and the role you’re auditioning for. Sometimes, there’s not a lot you can dig up. But even if you do get a lot of information about the project, character, etc…, you still need to make [...]

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You need to find out everything you can about the project and the role you’re auditioning for. Sometimes, there’s not a lot you can dig up. But even if you do get a lot of information about the project, character, etc…, you still need to make choices. You can make choices about so much – even in a one-liner: location, mood, temperature, need, relationship, what happened before, what’s about to happen, obstacles, etc… the list goes on. It is fascinating to see how many actors come in to an audition – even for really big projects – without having crafted a story.

Rumor has it that Sir Anthony Hopkins rehearses his lines at least 100 times… Perhaps you don’t need to do that much preparation for an audition, but it is absolutely in your best interest to work those lines so that they become natural, so that you understand them, and with enough variety so that, if the auditor gives you an adjustment, you don’t shut down. Make it fun.

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]]> 325 Entering the Audition https://website.diversitycasting.com/2020/10/13/entering-the-audition/ Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:24:35 +0000 https://website.diversitycasting.com/?p=311 At least 50% of the actors who come in head for anywhere in the room but their ‘mark’. Many like to come and sit next to the casting director and/or director so that they are looking at the stage area. Others just like to sit down immediately – anywhere. What is most ideal is that [...]

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At least 50% of the actors who come in head for anywhere in the room but their ‘mark’. Many like to come and sit next to the casting director and/or director so that they are looking at the stage area. Others just like to sit down immediately – anywhere. What is most ideal is that you walk into the audition room (without a tremendous amount of ‘stuff’) with your headshot and resume (stapled) in hand. You shouldn’t have to go looking for it in your bag; or pull out two pieces that aren’t already stapled. A time-waster! After you’ve handed that over, you look for the mark on the floor and if there is none, know that you are going to be standing wherever the camera is pointed….so, go there! Some actors feel that it is necessary to shake everyone’s hand… This is not necessary (especially in Cold & Flu Season). That process takes extra time and doesn’t really serve any purpose – at least not one that helps the actor. The best is for this process to go as smoothly as possible.

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