The Audition Process Basic Acting Skills Audition Vocab
The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills
Audition Vocab AUDITION: – similar to a job interview – actors are able to demonstrate their talents – an opportunity for actors to meet the person hiring (director) and to leave memorable impressions of themselves
COLD READING: - Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the audition CAST: - the group of actors who take the roles in a play (noun) - to be chosen to play a specific role in a play (verb)
MONOLOGUE: – an actor performs a work (like a story or speech) alone on stage to demonstrate his/her talents to the director IMPROV: – to speak, or act, w/o a script, given a situation
Other Reminders for Audition Preparation… • Know when and where the audition will be held • Do not perform something from the show
Audition Etiquette • You are auditioning from the moment you walk in the door!
More Etiquette… • Arrive early. • Come prepared. • Bring pen and pencil. • Be polite. • Follow directions.
Still More Etiquette… • • • No gum, candy, cough drops, etc. Dress appropriately. Pick up after yourself. Don’t disappear. Leave when you’re excused. Check postings.
Basic Acting Skills
STAGE DIRECTIONS • The physical division of the stage • Positions on stage taken from the actor’s point of view
STAGE DIRECTIONS UR UC UL CR CS CL DC DL DR Audience
BODY POSITIONS • The way the actor is facing in relation to the audience
BODY POSITIONS Full Back 3/4 Right Profile Right 3/4 Left Stage Profile Left 1/4 Right Full Front Audience
Other Stage Movement Terms BLOCKING: - planned movement on stage CROSS: - movement from one position on stage to another
OPEN: - Face and front of the body are kept visible to the audience (as much as possible) CHEAT OUT: - To open yourself to the audience
GESTURES - An expressive movement of the body or limbs - Use upstage appendage to remain open
Break a leg!
The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills
Audition Vocab • Audition – an opportunity similar to a ______________ – actors are able to demonstrate their talents – an opportunity for actors to meet the person hiring (______) and to leave memorable impressions of themselves
• Monologue – an actor performs a work (like a story or speech) ____ on stage to demonstrate his/her talents to the director • Improv – __________________
Other Reminders for Audition Preparation…
Audition Etiquette
More Etiquette… • • • Arrive ________. Bring ___ and _____. Be ______. Follow _____.
Still More Etiquette… • • • No _____, candy, ______, etc. Dress _____________. Don’t _______. Leave ___________. Check ________.
Basic Acting Skills
Stage Directions • the ____________ of the stage • positions on stage taken from the _____ point of view
Stage Directions Audience
Body Positions • the way the • ______ in relation to ______
Body Positions Stage Audience
Other Stage Movement Terms • Blocking - ______________ • ____ - movement from one position on stage to another
• Open- _____________________ • _____ - To open yourself to the audience
• Gestures - _____________ - Use _____ appendage to remain open
Break a leg!
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