I prefer to find someone to trade with as opposed to calling actor friends because we are all busy and I never want anyone to feel pressured. If you have a few go-to buddies, awesome! This takes two devices, but is totally worth it. Something different happens in the body and the mind when the camera is rolling. Take the rehearsal or practice recording you did in Step 6, play it back and act out the scene like you are doing your self-tape.
If you can, if there is time, absolutely sleep on this. Do your work on the scene and leave it over night. Your subconscious will get to work on it and I can almost guarantee you will wake up with fresh awarenesses about the characters and the scene and probably remember more that you think. I also find I have renewed energy and far less pressure when going back to it a second time.
Anyone who has ever done live theatre, corporate presentations or public speaking, will tell you that by the twentieth, fiftieth or one hundredth time not kidding! The better you know the text, the more freedom you have to play during the actual audition and hopefully on-set taping! Go over the scene as many times and in as many different ways as you can in the time allowed.
Play with the with intention, actions, pacing and emotions. Try it sitting and standing. Allow yourself to make mistakes and explore as many ways not to do it , as there are to do it. Having to memorize lines for an upcoming audition can be stressful for sure. Even for people who find memorization easy, there is the added pressure of performance and all of the nuances that go with that.
Trust me, casting directors and producers do understand this, but they are under pressure and time constraints as well, and they simply need to find the best actor for the role — fast. Be that person who wants it more and goes the extra mile. And memorization is both a muscle and a skill — you can build it, strengthen it and learn it.
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Some actors find that blocking helps them memorize lines. The lines become associated with specific actions, and you can use that to jog your memory. You can only spend so much time alone in your room running over your lines before you start to go crazy.
Have them read the other parts and quiz you on your lines. Well, yes and no. Going for a walk can have the same effect, and exercising is also helpful for memorization. You deserve a rest anyway. I suggest you have the sides. Yes, refer to them as little as possible, but I recommend holding them for the initial audition.
Remember you are giving a hopefully great audition, not a finished performance. You should have your face out of the page the whole time. Also, if you are auditioning for a television show, I believe it is more important that you look as polished sides-free as possible, since production moves so fast for TV shows.
What I am looking for is how an actor has interpreted the character in relationship to the other characters in the piece, and of course, the subtext. I would much rather see an actor hold sides and give me a true performance from their perspective versus having someone just spew the lines they have memorized. I want to see a performance not how well someone has memorized lines.
If an actor really wants the part, I believe the actor will put in the necessary work to get the job. ANSWER: I am fine with an actor not holding their sides, but I would much rather have them hold the sides for reference versus watching them struggle to remember the lines or asking me to throw them lines because they have forgotten the line s.
This becomes a distraction and takes away from the performance. I want actors to read through the script or sides and really try to understand the subtext of both their lines and their fellow characters within the scene. You must be logged in to post a comment. Not true in all cases. So I end up having to work a lot more to help an actor be camera ready for a part as it may be the difference between a solution and having to move on to even fewer options….
No products in the cart. Sign in. Search for:. David June 21, No black marks against you if you do hold the sides, but always a gold star if you are sides-free! You can still hold your sides if you need to, but be off book. What now?
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