EPTIt would be great if anyone can point me in the right direction so that I wont be noobish.
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mel_ee
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It would be great if anyone can point me in the right direction so that I wont be noobish. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
1. Wear black. All the time. About five sets of black and you'll be set. 2. You must be liberal. Even were it possible to be politically moderate (much less conservative) and be an actor, your true self would be revealed, and you'd soon be cut down and left to die, warbling a few pathetic monologues along the way. 3. Speaking gibberish all the time, especially to yourself, is a good exercise. Speaking nonsense syllables and words is actually a surprisingly good way to train the mouth to make real syllables and words. 4. If you ramble nonsensically about this sculpture you saw or symphony you heard, and direct those thoughts towards the piece you are auditioning for, relating them in as many ways as you can (doesn't necessarily have to have logical connections), then you'll gain some hard-earned street cred. It's also a measure of how well you can improvise out the ass. 5. Practice can't hurt, and you need to understand the minds of these people. Watch film of good actors (film version of famous play using famous theater actors would be a starting point). Attend actor-y events. | ||
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Payt
Canada582 Posts
1. Never show your back to the audience. ever evar evar evar. 2. Try to occupy "downstage center". IE the middle of the front of the stage, unless you're told otherwise. 3. Always project (your voice) really strong and clear. Your words need to be easy to understand, and heard far away. 4. Follow the guidance of the casting director (I think that's what they're called?). I think they're usually pretty good at telling you what they want. Don't get carried away with a piece trying to show off with your take on it, keep it to what they want. If you have a chance, do some research about stage, set and blocking, and what all their terms mean so you won't look like an idiot when they tell you to come more downstage. Um.. Something that I've found somewhat useful is finding a "blank script", in which the meaning isn't specifically prescribed into the words, sometimes called a "subtext script", because you choose each time you read it what subtext the words have. Here's an example of one (not really, I made this up in like 5 min.. but it's close enough to the real thing). Guy: Fancy bumping into you here, of all places! John: Yeah, fancy that. Guy: So, how've you been. John: You know, good. Guy: Ah, that's good to hear. John: And how've you been? Guy: Oh, I've been alright. John: You didn't call. Guy: I was busy. Work, you know. John: Yeah. Guy: Well, I'll see you around then. John: See you around. Haha. Ok, I didn't do an especially good job with this one, cause it looks straight up like John is mad at Guy, which is definitely one way to play it, but you can also play it a bunch of other ways. Try practicing at first where the subtext is something simple, like a relationship between them. Employer-employee? They're in love? Casual Friends? Try to think of some of your own too. Then start giving them character traits, and make the changes in their subtext more subtle. Remember to stick to the lines, as practice for your audition. It's easier to make john sound cold saying "Yes. Fancy that", but the line is "Yeah, fancy that", so if you wanted to make him sound like that, figure out a way with the line given. Um.. hope this helped at least somewhat, I'm very much not an experienced actor. From the top's advice.. I'd say only really 4 and 5 are good points, although I think they were being kind of facetious. :D | ||
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