Audition Smarts

MAKE IT COUNT!

Your in-studio audition starts well before they start recording your voice!

Your audition begins when you walk in the room, not when they begin recording, and it does not end until you have left. You may be hired for your one audition, but you are rehired because they like not only your read, but they also like having you in the mix.

To book the audition you must understand what the creators need and bring it to life better than anyone else.

You will need to quickly breakdown a script, gauge what they need, the tone, pace and subtext and bring that to life. You must be flexible and switch up your read if directed to do so– sometimes under less than optimal conditions. You need to nail an irresistible version of what the creator has in mind. Hopefully, better than they thought they could get.

Make them want more of you with a bold, confident audition.

You want to leave the room with them wanting more of your creation and more of you. Your job at the audition is not to politely and obediently read a few words, excuse yourself and slink out!  You must be strong and confident- not wimpy or tentative. People hire well-placed confidence. You gotta knock them out with what you bring to your read and to the room!

Make it count!  Don’t hold back giving it your best every time.

As far as I’m concerned, it is an actor’s job to give it his/her best every time.  Besides that, be aware that any audition or gig might be an audition for something else in the future. You may be wrong for this role, but right for the next one!

Don’t be thrown by not booking or having a “bad” audition.

There are usually specific reasons that you didn’t book the gig or make the callback. Learn from it! Blaming “chance” is a cop-out. Seek out feedback from your agent and do better next time.

Don’t lose sleep about whether you booked it or not.

An audition is like a lottery ticket that someone else scratches off for you. You only hear about it if you win, otherwise, just let it go.