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Going the Extra Mile for Acting Auditions

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

As you reflect on your talents as a performer, you should ask yourself what particular gifts you have which make you stand out from the crowd. This may well be the area where, if you are sufficiently able, you can score over others at acting auditions.

In addition to your personal talents, you should nurture your general powers of observation. All social situations offer resource material for the actor, so you should never let pass the chance to watch and note how people behave in different situations. It doesn’t have to be in moments of ‘high drama’; in fact, you might learn more from just watching people in the street. There is plenty to observe in the most mundane of human activities, such as hand gestures and facial movements.

Keeping yourself generally informed about what is going on in the world is another important aspect of the actor’s life. There are many examples of actors who take up political and social causes; as a performer you can’t just live and work in a bubble cut off from what is happening in the world. You should make a point of keeping up to date with not just entertainment news, but with news in general. All theatre writing can be better understood through the lens of human experience as lived in the here and now.

Here at Audition Now, we do our bit to keep you well-informed: texting you all the latest auditions direct to your mobile phone.

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Acting Auditions on the Move

Friday, October 15th, 2010

When you are busy either rehearsing or in a run of performances, it can be difficult to keep tabs on the latest work opportunities for you, especially if you are working away from home. This is a potential problem for your career. Even if you have an agent and are happy with how they work for you, knowing what is coming up means you need to be in the loop, and if you are out of town you are in danger of getting out of touch.

Some actors take this so seriously they avoid work that takes them too far from their home patch, but that need not be the case for you. The key asset for an actor is to be in the know, and now there is a way of letting work take you anywhere without missing out on the next acting auditions or casting calls.

Here at Audition Now, we specialize in getting all the latest information about acting auditions, modelling opportunities or even extras auditions, to our subscribers as soon as it is known about. We text you direct to your mobile phone to give you all the latest details of upcoming acting opportunities, so that you can decide what you want to go for.

Remember that with our extensive network of industry-wide contacts across the UK, we are uniquely placed to know about all the significant work opportunities out there. You will be amongst the first to know, wherever you may be.

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Acting Auditions – It’s More Than Just Showing Off

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

As an actor you will be used to using the time in rehearsals to hone your understanding and performance of your role; you will probably be used also to having quite a bit of time on your hands during the day’s work. This is an ideal opportunity to watch the work of your colleagues, of course; but you can also use the time to research material for future acting auditions.

Bruce Lee said that showing off is ‘the fool’s idea of glory.’ This is a timely reminder of how serious you need to be in your approach to stagecraft. Serious does not mean without humour: it means committed. It is an excellent investment of your time and energy to think ahead to future auditions and to how you might succeed in them. This is really worth doing in the context of current work, because you are better able to judge what works onstage for you, and also what doesn’t.

Acting auditions are what you make them. If you feel that you have to ‘show off’ then you may end up selling yourself short. Yes, you have to show off your talent, but that is something quite different. It depends on your view of what Bruce Lee calls ‘glory.’

Here at Audition Now we get all the latest and most appropriate acting opportunities and casting calls texted direct to your mobile phone. If you want to be serious about your career, you couldn’t do better than come to us.

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Extras Work: Some Do’s and Don’ts

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Extras work can offer many interesting opportunities to the incurably stage-struck, and even the chance to advance your career prospects in television or film.

Remember first and foremost that you are engaged as an extra and that means being part of a credible backdrop to the main events in any (usually public) scene. Whatever training or experience you have as a performer you need to unlearn, so that your involvement in a scene doesn’t ‘pull focus’. You have to be as natural as possible: the way people are in a public situation, minding their own business, and not wanting to be noticed.

It is important that you respect the leading actors off-camera as much as you do on set. There is no harm in chatting to them, but don’t be pushy, or ask for their autograph. Principals and extras are often kept apart, for example at mealtimes, and you should respect this.

It is important to adhere to instructions, and to cooperate as much as you can. Always turn up to a day’s shoot a little early, and make a point of keeping out of people’s way. Time-wasting is expensive, and you will not be asked back if you become known as unreliable in any way.

Here at Audition Now, we send you details of extras work direct to your mobile phone, keeping you up to date with all the latest opportunities for you to advance your career in the television and film business.

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