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!