Auditions Journals
3/18
⁃ Know who your audience is before doing your audition
⁃ This will tailor how you deliver the role
⁃ You can pick to do low stake or higher stake readings
⁃ Flat Read: Just Giving Information, Monotone
⁃ De-Emphasize to Emphasize
⁃ Straight Read: More Conversational
⁃ Soft Sell VS Hard Sell
⁃ Make sure your stature is proper for the role and present so that
⁃ REACTION SHOTS are a huge deal
⁃ Products objective
⁃ You want to sell what the product will DO and how it fits into your life
3/23
⁃ What makes a good self tape set up
⁃ Good camera
⁃ Good lighting
⁃ Tripod
⁃ Make sure camera is straight on, so you’re not looking down or up
⁃ Blank Wall
⁃ Ring light set up on amazon with phone tripod
⁃ TV Acting
⁃ Day Player
⁃ In and Out of work, smaller characters, flexibility is great
⁃ Get call time, wardrobe calls to do fitting (1-2 hrs), should get script night before,
if not email someone read and memorize IMMEDIATELY (beats, reactions,
listening, etc.)
⁃ DO NOT COME UNMEMORIZED
⁃ Get on set 15 min early, they’ll say who to ask for to security so you get in
⁃ Honeywagon trailer (series of small trailers that are connected with many rooms
and you get your own with your contract to sign)
⁃ No one wants to slight you/underpay you, but still look for typos and what it was
to agree to and address it if not
⁃ Figure out what number you are on schedule, you will be addressed by that
number
⁃ Look over script you’re given again that day because IT CAN CHANGE
⁃ Pay attention to gestures for continuity issues when they edit
⁃ Listening is important: Thoughts are more on our face on camera
⁃ Deliver exactly what you did in audition/callback because THAT’s what they hired
you for.
FINAL EXAM [Due week of 4/20]
⁃ Film 3 Different Things
⁃ Theatrical: Monologue/Song
⁃ Commercial: Find commercial and record it
⁃ T.V Show: Find television script episode and record scene [DO NOT READ FOR
LEADS] (Need Reader) [Parks and Rec]
3/26
⁃ Coaching with Monica
NOTES
⁃ Split focus Tricia line
⁃ Keep focus same for the end for characters
⁃ Try to lift the end of the phrases in chance
⁃ Focal point great
⁃ Very active
⁃ Try to think cone on head to not move head so much, use eyes
3 Focal points
⁃ Charles (Below Camera)
⁃ Tricia (Camera Left)
⁃ Dr. (Camera Right)
3/30
⁃ Slate only your name on video, then have video be called “name and role name”,
don’t say role name in video/in person auditions
⁃ Got a lot of good comments from people!
⁃ Don’t do anything in an audition your uncomfortable with
⁃ Us men will change the future of how women should be treated in audition
settings
⁃ Practice hearing the line, and then showing genuine reaction
⁃ Roles to audition for in beginning of year is smaller roles like EMT
⁃ Casting networks, actors access
⁃ When you have a polished reel
4/1
⁃ Assignment for Friday
⁃ Slate your name only in video
⁃ Then name it “Antonio Vettraino - Remote”
4/8
⁃ Coaching with Monica
⁃ Take laugh out of the first three questions
⁃ Add it back to the “is it something I did”
⁃ Friends approve of question let it hang
⁃ Try to show the love more in the opening
Parks and rec
⁃ Play it “As matter of fact” but I have to convince her for sure
4/15
⁃ Last class!
⁃ Takeaways:
⁃ To know you’re the solution going in
⁃ Collaborate with people in the room
⁃ Allowed to find the positives of your audition
⁃ Not being afraid to ask questions
⁃ Figuring out the perfect self-tape set up
⁃ When you have only 10 minutes of reading a side
⁃ Know who you are
⁃ Relationship with other characters
⁃ Create Environment
⁃ Make Strong Choices
⁃ Ask any questions about pronunciation
⁃ Know you can say no if something makes you uncomfortable
