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Dedication | iii | |
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Introduction | xi | |
1 | Auditioning and the Craft of Acting | 1 |
Acting Is a Craft | ||
2 | An Audition is Not a Performance | 3 |
Choose Obtainable Goals | ||
Auditioning and Performing Are Two Different Things | ||
3 | Audition Philosophy | 7 |
Truth in Numbers | ||
Free Yourself by Removing Expectations | ||
Offer Your Gift | ||
4 | Chances of Booking the Job | 13 |
A Casting Director's Process | ||
The Decision-Makers | ||
The Human Element | ||
The Role is Up for Grabs | ||
5 | First Audition | 21 |
Type A: The Audition and Meeting | ||
Showing Potential is the Key | ||
Theatrical Preparation versus Audition Preparation | ||
An Audition is Not Workshop Time | ||
Memorization | ||
Type B | ||
6 | The Callback | 27 |
Type 1 | ||
Type 2 | ||
Don't Change Your Choices | ||
How to Make Progress from Potential | ||
Your Callback Audition for a New Role | ||
The Perception of You Changes | ||
Callback Memorization | ||
7 | The Screen Test | 33 |
The Business Side | ||
The Screen Test Day | ||
From Auditioning to Performing | ||
Screen Test Memorization | ||
8 | On the Clock | 37 |
9 | General Audition Information and Advice | 39 |
Make Specific Choices and Fill in All the Blanks | ||
Asking Questions | ||
Sit or Stand; It's Your Choice | ||
No Blocking | ||
No Props | ||
No Miming | ||
10 | The Audition Technique | 49 |
11 | Beats and Beat Changes | 51 |
Beat Changes Are in the Script | ||
Write on Your Sides | ||
Don't Overthink the Beat Changes | ||
12 | Major Beat Change | 65 |
Determining the Major Beat Change | ||
Indicating the Major Beat Change | ||
Significance of the Major Beat Change | ||
13 | Subject Word | 73 |
Example Subject Words | ||
Write the Subject Words Down | ||
A Reference Point | ||
14 | Feeling Word | 79 |
Determining the Feeling Words | ||
Justify Your Choices | ||
Variations to Your Choices | ||
No Indecisive Feelings | ||
15 | Summary (So Far) | 93 |
Notes to the Test Are on Your Sides | ||
16 | Major Objective | 95 |
Major Objective and Major Beat Change Are Connected | ||
Take Action | ||
The Major Objective is about What You Want for You | ||
Major Objective Creates a Natural Level of Subtext | ||
Keep It Simple | ||
Remind Yourself of the Major Objective before You Begin | ||
Don't Forget to Be an Actor | ||
17 | Dictate the Pace | 101 |
Pick up Your Cues | ||
Don't Blame the Reader | ||
18 | Think and Feel on the Lines | 105 |
Don't Anticipate | ||
Use the Beat Changes | ||
19 | Avoid Subtext | 107 |
Negative Use of Subtext | ||
Literal Sincere-Feeling Lines | ||
20 | The Right Approach, the Right Attitude | 111 |
Three Minutes of Joy | ||
Be Confident | ||
21 | Beginnings and Endings | 113 |
Opening Line | ||
Tag Line | ||
22 | High Stakes and Urgency | 117 |
The Audition Scene Is Important | ||
23 | Spontaneity and Listening | 119 |
24 | Voice and Speech | 121 |
Natural and Conversational Tone | ||
Spatial Relationship | ||
Don't Project | ||
No Word Is More Important than Any Other Word | ||
25 | Charm, Personality, and Passion | 123 |
Don't Fake It | ||
Passion | ||
26 | The Acting Part | 125 |
27 | Don't Forget to Breathe! | 127 |
How to Remind Yourself | ||
Use Your Feeling Word | ||
28 | The On-Camera Audition | 131 |
Do I Look at the Camera? | ||
You Have to Pop off the Screen | ||
Slating | ||
What to Wear | ||
29 | The Cold Reading Audition | 135 |
How to Break It Down | ||
30 | Under-5 and Background Work in Daytime Television | 137 |
Take the Work and Get the Experience | ||
You Never Know What Can Happen | ||
Under-5 Work | ||
You Are Protecting a Career You Do Not Have Yet | ||
31 | The Under-5 Audition | 141 |
Technique | ||
32 | I Wouldn't Do That If I Were You | 145 |
Do's | ||
Don'ts | ||
Get In and Get Out | ||
Don't Forget Your Props and Stuff | ||
33 | Building a Relationship with the Casting Director | 149 |
The Follow-Up and Staying in Touch | ||
How to Begin That Relationship | ||
No Tricks, Please | ||
34 | The Business of Acting and a Career | 153 |
Learn the Craft | ||
Talent Is a Guarantee of Nothing | ||
The Business | ||
35 | Getting an Agent or a Manager | 157 |
Go to School | ||
Write to the Assistant | ||
Get a Friend to Help You | ||
36 | Headshots and Resumes | 159 |
Look Like Your Picture | ||
One Shot Only, Please | ||
37 | Daytime Actor Interviews | 161 |
Aubrey Dollar | ||
Jordi Vilasuso | ||
Daniel Cosgrove | ||
38 | Agent and Manager Interviews | 175 |
Michael Bruno | ||
Jill McGrath | ||
Rhonda Price | ||
39 | Casting Director Interviews | 183 |
Daytime Casting Director Interviews: Mary Clay Boland, Marnie Saitta | ||
Primetime Casting Director Interview: Andra Reeve-Rabb | ||
40 | The Workbook | 193 |
Make the Workbook | ||
Write Down the Questions | ||
Track Your Progress | ||
Sample Workbook Submission | ||
41 | Final Advice | 199 |
Your Obligation and Commitment | ||
Entitled to Make a Living | ||
The Television Audition Technique | ||
Look Yourself in the Mirror | ||
The Core Truth | ||
My Casting Director Perspective | ||
Good Luck | ||
About the Author | 203 | |
Index | 205 |
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