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Making Acting Auditions Work For You

Friday, August 13th, 2010

If you are starting out on an acting career, you may be in some doubt about choosing which acting auditions to go to. There are many different types of work, from extras work for which you will be paid, but which may not be as fulfilling for you, through small-scale profit-share projects, up to one of the major theatre companies or even the West End.

The old maxim of the stage is that you judge projects by three tests. Whether they are interesting or fun, whether they bring you glory or fame, and whether they pay well. Traditionally, any project you consider should answer ‘yes’ to at least two of these tests. Therefore, it would be a mistake to reject out of hand the possibility of work on a small-scale project, and certainly you should try to get to audition for such work. After all, a long West End run can end up as stifling and tedious as a 9 to 5 office job, so even if it does offer financial security, it may not be the type of work you want to do.

You should keep your options open till after you have auditioned. You can learn a lot about the people and the credibility of a project in the audition itself.

Here at Audition Now we keep you up to date with all the latest acting auditions, texting you direct to your mobile phone, we help you access all the most varied and interesting stage, film and TV work on offer.

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Stage Or Screen For Acting Auditions?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

A trained actor has little difficulty in adapting his or her performance style to suit the medium of stage or screen. The trick of minimising a performance to make it ‘fit’ the screen, or of getting used to the portrayal of a role through hundreds of short ‘takes’ is easily learned, and if you have had the right training opportunities, it’s a process that you should be used to.

To make the most of your acting auditions, and to increase your opportunities for work, you should be ready to try for both stage and screen work. Very often film and TV companies require their auditioning actors to have a screen test, by which they can assess a performer: usually you will be given just a few lines, perhaps as part of a dialogue. You will rarely be asked to perform something of your own.

If you are auditioning for film or TV, then you should have a chance to find out about the project, and this will mean you can prepare yourself: be ready for your audition panel to ask you to change your appearance, as a way of their exploring your potential for the screen.

Being adaptable to different performance media will give you more chances to get work. Here at Audition Now, we offer a comprehensive range of acting auditions that could get you work in TV or in film or onstage. If you have the talent we can help you exploit it to the full.

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Acting Auditions

Monday, July 5th, 2010

If you are leaving drama college you will want to start organising yourself for future work prospects. By now, you will have a firm grounding in a wide range of aspects of stage work, and possibly even some film experience, and you will want to take every opportunity you can to put your training and experience to the test.

You need to ensure that you have a selection of possible pieces for auditions with which you are totally familiar, and which show off your particular talents to the best advantage. It is wise to have variety in this, whether it is contemporary contrasting with classical, or serious with funny or light. This will help the panel at your acting auditions appreciate the range of your ability.

You need to ensure you have an up-to-date CV with a comprehensive account of your past roles, but also your relevant skills, such as fencing or horse-riding. A 10×8 headshot of yourself will help fix your face in the panel’s mind.

Make a point of getting to any acting auditions a quarter of an hour or so early. It helps you to be fully prepared for your two minutes in front of the casting director, and also shows respect.

You will want to get to as many theatre or TV auditions as you can in your first months looking for work. At Audition Now we specialise in keeping our clients informed of all the latest work opportunities, texting them direct to their mobile phone. You couldn’t have a better start to your acting career.

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Acting Auditions And Building Your Career

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

The success of the Nelson Mandela film ‘Invictus’ owes much to the direction, the acting, and the script. However, the life and attitudes of Nelson Mandela himself are clearly a major inspiration to audiences all over the world. It is also the potency of the oft-quoted lines from William Ernest Henley’s poem Invictus that people recognise: ‘I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.’

This has a strong resonance for serious actors: years of training and performing help actors achieve a mastery of self-expression that leaves the antics of an X Factor wannabe in the shade. Going to acting auditions and casting calls are a great opportunity for the skilled performer to demonstrate this control in theatre auditions to the people who matter in the film and theatre business.

Experienced actors know that acting is not about ‘getting away with it’, but about being able to produce the same excellent standard of performance night after night. To be successful at acting auditions requires an actor to have, if anything, even more command of his talents and abilities. A good actor is always working at his performing skills: the more you can control your performance, the more you can control the progress of your career.

At Audition Now we help you find the work opportunities to help your career, by keeping you up-to-date with all the latest acting auditions, texted direct to your mobile phone. That way, you really can become the ‘master of your fate.’

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