Download or read book How To Audition On Camera written by Sharon Bialy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How to Audition On Camera, Casting Director Sharon Bialy answers the twenty-five questions actors ask most frequently about how to nail an audition. What is the casting director looking for? If you mess up, can you start over? What is the most common mistake experienced actors make? Should you audition off book or can you look at the page? Should you dress in character? How much can you improvise? Actors—both novice and professional—are often misled by myths and outdated prescriptions. This guide replaces such misinformation with concise and accurate advice from someone who is in the room helping to make the decision on who gets the job. Bialy gets readers started immediately on the road to screen acting success.
Download or read book The Complete Audition Book for Young Actors written by Roger Ellis and published by Meriwether Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. No other book puts auditioning in the context of acting training-an all-encompassing audition text.
Download or read book Auditioning On Camera written by Joseph Hacker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To win a screen role, an actor must learn to contend with an on-camera audition. Understanding how to make the crucial adjustments to one’s craft that this kind of audition requires is vital to the career of any screen actor. Auditioning On Camera sets out the key elements of a successful on-camera audition and explains how to put them into practice. Joseph Hacker draws on 35 years of acting experience to guide the reader through the screen auditioning process with an engaging and undaunting approach. Key elements examined include: textual analysis knowing where to look dealing with nerves on-camera interviews using the environment retaining the camera’s focus The book also features point-by-point chapter summaries, as well as a glossary of acting and technical terms, and is a comprehensive and enlightening resource for screen actors of all levels.
Download or read book The Actor s Audition Guide written by Michael Robert Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This step-by-step guide allows actors of all levels of experience a system to create professional auditions for film and television, where the actor is prepared mentally, emotionally, and physically. Actors who follow this system have seen their booking rates increase, and have also created new levels of confidence where they can audition for the kinds of roles they have always wanted to read for with conviction and consistency.This book offers several exercises and learn skills to transition the nervousness all of us feel into a welcomed transformation of excitement. By focusing on learning the story and not focusing exclusively on the words and actions only of your character, this structured approach to finding the organic final result also allows actors to learn their lines with greater ease, and be prepared to apply direction more readily and with greater confidence.The journey of a professional actor is often met with more rejection each year than most professions face in lifetime. The first section of this book offers motivation, community, and guidance on how to navigate these trying times and even embrace them as they help us grow stronger and more diverse in our abilities.Michael Coleman is an actor based out of Vancouver and Los Angeles. Some of his more notable credits include Once Upon a Time, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1, The Doctor's Case, Supernatural, Hello Kitty, Dragonball Z, Thirty-Seventeen, Hamataro, Far Cry 3, Inuyasha, Hipsterverse, Smallville, and Megaman: NT Warrior. Michael has also coached actor who have gone on to play leads and supporting roles on projects like Riverdale, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, My Little Pony, Lego Star Wars, Barbie. The 100, The Handmaid's Tale, and so many other great shows and films.
Download or read book Auditioning written by Joanna Merlin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001-05-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself. In this highly informative and accessible book, Merlin provides everything the actor needs to achieve self-confidence and artistic honesty–from the most basic practical tips to an in-depth framework for preparing a part. Filled with advice from the most esteemed people in the business, such as James Lapine, Nora Ephron, and Stephen Sondheim, and charged with tremendous wisdom and compassion, this indispensable resource will arm the reader to face an actor's greatest challenge: getting the part.
Download or read book How to Audition written by Gordon Hunt and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1977 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monologue Audition written by Karen Kohlhaas and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the elements of preparing a monologue audition - script analysis, staging, voice, timing, gesture, movement and self-presentation skills - are thoroughly explored here. The goal of the book, as Ms. Kohlhaas states in her Introduction, is not only to help you prepare for auditions, but to make working on monologues a regular and enjoyable part of your acting life. As you follow the author along the path she charts, you are not only learning to rehearse monologues effectively, you are learning to turn auditions into exciting ways to grow and challenge yourself as an actor."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Actor s Audition Checklist written by Doug Warhit and published by Dau Pub.. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT POCKET SIZE BOOK, NOT ONLY TO PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR AUDITIONS BUT TO TAKE WITH YOU AND FLIP THROUGH WHILE YOU'RE WAITING TO GO INTO READ.
Download or read book Audition written by Michael Shurtleff and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The casting director for Chicago, Pippin, Becket, Gypsy, The Graduate, the Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar tells you how you can find your dream role! Absolutely everything an actor needs to know to get the part is here: What to do that moment before, how to use humour; create mystery; how to develop a distinct style; and how to evaluate the place, the relationships and the competition. In fact, Audition is a necessary guide to dealing with all the "auditions" we face in life. This is the bible on the subject.
Download or read book How Not to Audition written by Ellie Kanner and published by Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kanner, a casting director, and Flinn, a screenwriter and film executive, explain how to survive auditions and land roles in film, TV, and theater in this insider's guide. They list common errors that inexperienced actors make when auditioning, describe proper etiquette during all types of auditions and readings, and offer strategies for dealing with nudity and offensive material. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book Next written by Ellie Kanner and published by Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of Hollywoods hottest casting directors, Next! is the definitive insider's guide to successfully navigating the complicated maze of auditions and landing that all-important role in a movie or television show. Next! details the common errors that most inexperienced actors make when auditioning and teaches the readers how to avoid them.
Download or read book The Audition Process written by Bob Funk and published by Heinemann Drama. This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes tips on what kind of monologues to choose, how to behave, where and when professional state and regional and graduate schools for drama auditions take place.
Download or read book The Complete Professional Audition written by Daren Cohen and published by Back Stage Books. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, there are 300,000 actors; 100,000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need-because before actors can act, they have to pass the audition! Here's practical, hand-holding advice for choosing material, rehearsing, warming up, staying calm, standing out in a crowd, understanding casting, avoiding pitfalls, following up, getting the right headshot and resume, and accepting an offer. There's even a section on handling rejection-not that The Complete Professional Audition user is ever going to need that, of course. Ultra-useful appendices of recommended songs and monologues (yes!) make this the complete guide for everyone with an audition coming up. • Designed for both play and musical auditions • There are 300,000 actors and acting students in the US-and all of them want an edge at the audition • Through his workshops and seminars, author Darren Cohen knows exactly what actors need to pass an audition and get that part • Practical, down-to-earth ideas that work From the Trade Paperback edition.
Download or read book Breaking It Down written by Nicole Hodges Persley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone involved in the performing arts, from professors to casting directors to actors to students, especially those just starting out, should read this eye-opening work." Library Journal, Starred Review A practical guide that shows BIPOC actors how to break down the audition process rather than being broken down by the entertainment industry and its practices of exclusion and bias. Working in an environment that often stereotypes or attempts to “universalize” experiences, it’s more important than ever that actors consider how culture, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability are inseparable and important parts of their identity that should not be minimized and can instead enhance their work. In Breaking It Down: Audition Techniques for Actors of the Global Majority, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounoushare real-world audition strategies that centers the experiences of actors of color. They combine practical advice, cultural studies, Black feminist perspectives, and lived experiences to offer intersectional approaches to auditioning. The ten steps outlined in this book aid actors across racial lines seeking to develop the necessary skills to break down a character and script while affirming their full selves into the audition to book the role. Building on the momentum of the #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, and Time’s Up movements, Breaking It Down emboldens actors of the global majority to embrace every aspect of their identities rather than leaving themselves behind in an effort to gain entry and access to the entertainment industry
Download or read book Acting Auditioning for the 21st Century written by Stephanie Barton-Farcas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century covers acting and auditioning in relation to new media, blue and green screen technology, motion capture, web series, audiobook work, evolving livestreamed web series, and international acting and audio work. Readers are given a methodology for changing artistic technology and the global acting market, with chapters covering auditions of all kinds, contracts, the impact of new technology and issues relating to disabled actors, actors of colour and actors that are part of the LGBTQIA community.
Download or read book Acting in Chicago written by Chris Agos and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book So You Wanna Be a Superstar written by Ted Michael and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to unlocking and showcasing your talent with tips, tricks, and advice for nailing singing and dance auditions.
