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The Audition Process&
Basic Acting Skills
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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
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COLD READING:- Auditioning with a script that you have not had the opportunity to read before the auditionCAST:
- the group of actors who take the roles in a play (noun) - to be chosen to play a specific role in a play (verb)
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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
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Other Reminders for Audition Preparation…
•Know when and where the
audition will be held
•Do not perform something from the show
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Audition Etiquette
•You are auditioning from the moment you walk in the door!
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More Etiquette…• Arrive early.• Come prepared.• Bring pen and
pencil.• Be polite.• Follow directions.
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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.
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Basic Acting Skills
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STAGE DIRECTIONS•The physical
division of the stage
• Positions on stage taken from the
actor’s point of view
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STAGE DIRECTIONS
Audience
UR UC UL
CR CS CL
DR DC DL
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BODY POSITIONS
•The way the actor is facing in relation to the audience
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BODY POSITIONSFull Back
Full Front
Profile Left
3/4 Left
1/4 Left
3/4 Right
Profile Right
1/4 Right
Stage
Audience Audience
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Other Stage Movement Terms
BLOCKING: - planned movement on stageCROSS: - movement from one position on stage to another
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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
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GESTURES - An expressive movement of the body or limbs - Use upstage appendage to remain open
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Break a leg!
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The Audition Process&
Basic Acting Skills
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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
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• Cold Reading - _________________________
_________________________• Cast
- _______________________________________________ (noun)
- _____________________________________________(verb)
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• Monologue–an actor performs a work (like a story or speech) ________ on stage to demonstrate
his/her talents to the director
• Improv–____________________________________
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Other Reminders for Audition Preparation…
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Audition Etiquette
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More Etiquette…• Arrive _________.• _______________.• Bring ___ and _____.• Be ____________.• Follow __________.
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Still More Etiquette…
• No _____, candy, ___________, etc.• Dress ___________________.• _________________________.• Don’t ______________.• Leave ______________________.• Check _______________.
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Basic Acting Skills
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Stage Directions• the _________ ____________ of the stage• positions on stage
taken from the _________ point of
view
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Stage Directions
Audience
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Body Positions
•the way the •___________in
relation to ___________
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Body Positions
Stage
Audience Audience
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Other Stage Movement Terms
•Blocking - ______________
______________•________ - movement from one position on stage to another
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•Open- - _____________________
__________________________________________
•_________ - To open yourself to the audience
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•Gestures - _____________
__________________________
- Use __________ appendage to remain open
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Break a leg!