Mistakes Made at Auditions
Auditions can be brutal.
Unfortunately, we are often our own worst enemy.
Auditions are stressful, intense, emotional, and occasionally, rewarding! Here are five commonly made mistakes that, if avoided properly, can help you be successful! 1.
TARDINESS: Do not arrive late.
Do not.
Time literally is money to producers and directors and by arriving late, you are showing them that you don't care how much of their money you waste.
Respect their project, respect their time, and respect yourself enough to be punctual.
If you're stuck in traffic and have no control over when you will arrive call the agency and let them know the situation.
Think ahead! Save their phone number and email address in your phone! 2.
FORGETFULNESS: We've all been there: you're ten steps away from the casting agency and you realize you left your headshot and resume on the bus, or you pull on to the highway as you realize you left your heels on the roof of your car, or any number of things that pop up during the audition process.
Stuff happens; we're all human, even casting directors.
Do everything in your power to remember everything you need for your audition, but if something does go wrong, be professional about it.
If you do forget your resume, let them know your agency will send it over soon.
3.
WASTEFULNESS: Again, time is money.
If you are supposed to prepare a one minute monologue, it had better be 59 seconds and no more.
Time constraints are given for a reason; these guys don't want to be auditioning people all day, and nothing looks more unprofessional than someone who does not follow directions.
Also, it's wise to be personable, but mind the time! As interesting as your life story may be, be aware of body language or other signs that the chit-chat has gone on too long.
Leave them wanting to see more of you; not wishing they could find a way to make you leave.
4.
UNPREPAREDNESS: Know your lines.
Know your sides.
Know your monologue.
Familiarize yourself with the material beforehand; read the play, read the synopsis of the film, whatever you have to do to know your character's world inside and out.
All the blue prints for your character are in the text.
Also, be aware of any conceptual ideas the producers or directors have.
Romeo and Juliet would deliver lines much differently if the play is set in modern day as opposed to Elizabethan times.
5.
FALSENESS: Be yourself! The term "actor" is misleading; it implies we should be doing something.
Acting is more about "being" than "acting.
" If you're not right for the part, no matter how much you act like it, director's will see it.
Be true to the awesome person that you are! Believe that the real you is more interesting to watch than the "actor" you! Most importantly, don't let any of these missteps throw you off your game! Get in there and show those producers why they SHOULD hire you, don't dwell on why they WOULDN'T! Break a leg!
Unfortunately, we are often our own worst enemy.
Auditions are stressful, intense, emotional, and occasionally, rewarding! Here are five commonly made mistakes that, if avoided properly, can help you be successful! 1.
TARDINESS: Do not arrive late.
Do not.
Time literally is money to producers and directors and by arriving late, you are showing them that you don't care how much of their money you waste.
Respect their project, respect their time, and respect yourself enough to be punctual.
If you're stuck in traffic and have no control over when you will arrive call the agency and let them know the situation.
Think ahead! Save their phone number and email address in your phone! 2.
FORGETFULNESS: We've all been there: you're ten steps away from the casting agency and you realize you left your headshot and resume on the bus, or you pull on to the highway as you realize you left your heels on the roof of your car, or any number of things that pop up during the audition process.
Stuff happens; we're all human, even casting directors.
Do everything in your power to remember everything you need for your audition, but if something does go wrong, be professional about it.
If you do forget your resume, let them know your agency will send it over soon.
3.
WASTEFULNESS: Again, time is money.
If you are supposed to prepare a one minute monologue, it had better be 59 seconds and no more.
Time constraints are given for a reason; these guys don't want to be auditioning people all day, and nothing looks more unprofessional than someone who does not follow directions.
Also, it's wise to be personable, but mind the time! As interesting as your life story may be, be aware of body language or other signs that the chit-chat has gone on too long.
Leave them wanting to see more of you; not wishing they could find a way to make you leave.
4.
UNPREPAREDNESS: Know your lines.
Know your sides.
Know your monologue.
Familiarize yourself with the material beforehand; read the play, read the synopsis of the film, whatever you have to do to know your character's world inside and out.
All the blue prints for your character are in the text.
Also, be aware of any conceptual ideas the producers or directors have.
Romeo and Juliet would deliver lines much differently if the play is set in modern day as opposed to Elizabethan times.
5.
FALSENESS: Be yourself! The term "actor" is misleading; it implies we should be doing something.
Acting is more about "being" than "acting.
" If you're not right for the part, no matter how much you act like it, director's will see it.
Be true to the awesome person that you are! Believe that the real you is more interesting to watch than the "actor" you! Most importantly, don't let any of these missteps throw you off your game! Get in there and show those producers why they SHOULD hire you, don't dwell on why they WOULDN'T! Break a leg!
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