ARCHIVE ARTICLE 12
- Handy Audition Tips
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Auditions can be the most horrifying experiences of your entertainment career. They are designed to humiliate and embarrass but are essential to obtaining work and demonstrating your skills, so here are a few tips to follow:
1. When is the best time?
If you are able to choose an audition time – always aim for end of the day. The casting directors will be tired, less inspired and weary from the repetitious schedule. But the last few auditions are the ones they are likely to remember.
2. Watch What You Eat!
Be careful with your eating habits! If we are nervous, we pick at food or refuse it all together. Eating too much will make you feel bloated and stuffy – it will raise your metabolism and therefore you are prone to sweating and puffing. Not a good look on camera! Not eating enough will make you feel dizzy and awkward.
3. What Not To Wear
What looks good in the mirror may look disastrous on screen. Therefore do a number of screen tests with your clothes. Film them on your camera in good light – this will give you an idea of how they will look.
Avoid patterns or stripes, black or white, fluorescent colours and annoying patterns. The camera lens tends to exaggerate your width and height so ensure that you are wearing clothes that compliment your body shape.
4. Do not mention your age!
When you arrive at an audition, you will be given a
casting form to complete. It is best NOT to list
your age. This might sound a bit egocentric, but an
indication of age often results in assumptions and
typecasting. This kind of categorisation can be
damaging.
5. Take Some Back Up
Take a resume, headshot and showreel to the
audition. There have been instances where
presenters/actors have secured work on the strength
of their ‘presentation package’ and NOT ONLY their
audition. Often, a casting director will not be
able to make a decision based on a 30 second
audition only.
Exclusive audition advice can be found in the How
To Be A TV Star resource 'Audition Secrets
Revealed' Manual -
Available Now as a part of the
How To Be A TV Star
Home Study Program out now!
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