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Audition ToadDon’t mess up your audition! Things you must not do or say in an audition. Don’t become an audition toad!I have sat on many audition boards in my life and to be honest I have witnessed some very strange characters. But what I would like to share with you in this article is, how not to audition, From all the bad auditions I have had the privilege to see, you can normally fit the characteristics of a particular person in to one of these four categories Audition Parrot Audition Sloth Audition Ferret And Audition Toads! You may be thinking right now “what on earth is he talking about?” All will be explained. Ok let’s start with the parrots Audition Parrot – The Perfect regurgitators An audition parrot will walk into the room all bright, colourful, chirpy and excited and are usually are very nice people. However when they start to perform their chosen piece and act, you can’t help thinking that you have seen it before? You keep watching bemused and slowly start to realise that actually that your watching Laurence Olivier’s Richard III speech or Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet. Parrots are excellent impersonators and quite often can amaze you with their ability but you can’t help thinking they’ve stolen it and are not acting from the heart. Often you also find when you start speaking to an audition parrot they seem to only say what they think that you want to hear, repeating everything you said previously. It’s a shame because if they only performed from the heart I think there is a lot of potential in them. Audition Sloth – Calm, collective and useless! It’s all in the name really; a sloth is a sloth, no more no less. They are conservers not givers. An audition sloth will enter a room and immediately make people feel tired, giving off no emotion or vibe. When you speak to a sloth there is very little or, quite often, no response and unfortunately the same goes for their performance, lethargic- no emotion. They don’t experiment or push boundaries with either their voice or physically. Quite often sloths don’t really want to be in the room, they feel forced or pressured to exert their energy into acting and have no real passion in the subject. I think sloths should reconsider their career choices! Audition Ferrets- OTT is an understatement! Now ferrets, even though they have many bad points you still have to love them! Audition ferrets are those who enter a room as if it were the first time they have opened their eyes! Everything is new and exciting, which is good… but can be very scary for the other person watching! You try to talk to a ferret and they are so high on adrenaline that you can’t get a word in edgeways, they’re absolutely mad! When it comes to their performance they don’t seem to concentrate- every thing is OTT (over the top), loud and un-subtle, but they do make you smile and yes there is some hope in there. Quite often ferrets do mature with time and if you’re lucky enough to see them for a second time their performance is calmer and they seem to shine- just a shame it wasn’t the first time. Now I will cringe when I write the next paragraph! Right... Audition Toads! Audition Toads I despise them, ugly, slimy, selfish, bland, and very, very, very infuriating. – Can you tell I don’t like them! However their seems to be an abundance of them- taking over the world – I can now understand why the Aussies hate the cane toad so much! The audition toads will do anything to get their own way. An audition toad will walk into a room and the atmosphere will become flat and uncomfortable. They will sit down and look the casting director in the eye, with the mindset that they are god’s gift to the world and if you don’t let them through there will be hell on. You will talk to a toad and whatever the topic that arises, the toad will always croak back with how they are the best. Time for the toad to perform- and it is a bland as the colour of their skin. But afterwards the smarmy smirk still lingers on their face. Naturally, the casting director will try and give an unbiased analysis of their performance. Yet this is no good for the audition toad- if there are no compliments the slime kicks in! First starts the compliments, and then the half heart felt reasons why they are right for the drama school or part they just auditioned for. Quite often the toad will attempt to flirt, yet their vulgar attitude and appearance would put off a wilder beast! The audition toad never gets the role. Here is a simplified list of what not to do in an audition. Walking into a room- Be confident and happy with your self. Don’t…
Meeting the casting director- shake hands, if possible, with a well mannered hello. Don’t…
When delivering your audition piece- stay calm and act from the heart. Don’t…
When receiving feed back from the director, and saying good bye- stay composed, be happy with your performance, shake the casting directors hand and leave with your head held high. Don’t…
Don’t mess up your audition! Things you must not do or say in an audition. Don’t become an audition toad! Lets get the picture straight, you either at an audition or maybe your lucky enough to be at your first company rehearsal and the director sits the ‘potential cast’ down states his intentions and what he/she wants from the play. Then says, “Ok we will have a read through of the script”... Read More » Submit an article Directory | Articles | Castings | Contents | TAW Artists | About | Links | © 2006 TheActingWebsite.com |
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