Most important audition tips - stage presence principles

Important audition tips
From experience I have come to find out some very helpful and useful
practices that is invaluable during this process and I have tagged it audition
tips.

 PERFORMANCE MOOD ALWAYS.
Once you get the chance to do anything on stage, its either performance
mood or nothing. For example, never read your lines, always say them
performance mood even if you are reading from a script.

 PERFORM NOW JUDGE LATER
I found this one very critical. Being instinctively sensitive to how you are
coming across to your audience does not suggest that you become overly
worked-up about every bit of your performance while you are still in the
middle of it. Just enjoy your acting and concentrate. So act now and judge
later if need be.

 USE THE STAGE
We had an audition one time and we were being made to try out a lot of
actors and I was the cast director. And almost everyone made the same
mistake of not using the stage well, until this guy shows up and said can I
use the stage? And I said its yours! And after he performed nothing else
mattered. He didn’t even have to ask. Line and movement is very
important on stage. I am emphasysing again, do not make unnecessary
nervous movement. All your actions on stage must have a motive.

CONCENTRATE
By every means possible, concentrate and cut out every distraction.

 PROJECT
Never let you audience strain to hear you. Its most unprofessional. Be
audible enough.

 AVOID STAGE BACKING
Let your audience have your attention – the judges during audition

 MAKE EYE CONTACT
This is the most powerful way to draw attention and empathy. Starring direct
into someone’s eye balls is not eye contact – that can be offensive. Look
over - look at the face generally long enough to make your impression. And always bear
in mind that everything is based and measured by the meaning you are trying to make

 DRESS APPROPRIATELY.
Look the part! But no one expects you to wear some real crazy costume. Just dress up
nicely for the part. After all, its just the audition. Take away anything that can hamper you.

A WARM FACE ALWAYS
Just be nice and appear amiable and happy
So having these tips in mind can help you on stage and in the audition room.
So now lets hit the stage.

STAGE PRESENCE is next

10 AuditionTips to win the audition room.

10 Things/ways To Win The Audition Room and Wow The Casting
Director

1. come with a resume, at least a photograph of you(5 by 7 plain
background)

2. Use the stage. A lot of young actors are guilty of this. Once you are
on stage, the entire space belongs to you. Don’t stand on one spot as if
you are rooted. But don’t make unnecessary movement, let your
movement and action be motivated by the meaning you are
expressing. No uncoordinated nervous movement
Your verbal action is more important than what you say. Its not what
you say but how you say it.
If it is possible you have to choose between action and less words,
choose action because action always speaks louder than words.

3. Less is more. Stillness is so powerful. Understand that your
imposing stillness and graceful movement do more for you than
jumping all over the whole place

4. Though over acting does not have any place on the professional
stage, it is better to over act than under act. All I am saying is give it
your best.

5. Show enthusiasm, passion and interest - it makes the difference

6. Don’t look arrogant even if you feel you know more than the whole
crew put together, if you are worth correcting, you are worth
keeping.

7. Listen carefully and follow instructions. Read the audition notice

8. Improvise if you are not given any direction because that is one of
the qualities of a good actor

9. Be happy and enjoy yourself and let it show. It doesn’t come with
pain but with joy.

10. Be nice to others even if you don’t approve of them. No body is
asking you to like or even love them just be nice

WHAT WORKS

Finally you are here on the Dee-day and the hour has finally come . While
you are waiting to be auditioned or maybe interviewed, you can’t just seem
to stay calm despite everything, and you thought you had it figured out
before until this very moment.
Don’t worry. Be happy!  Anyway that was met to be a joke. Its actually more
than - don’t worry be happy.

Now you are here and the real butterfly literally is in your Tommy – ha
ha … well that’s ok and to some extent its to be expected as a performer if
you know what I mean.
But you are not suppose to fret but ride on the wings of that anxious moment
to victory

And let me tell you from experience, its just usually in the beginning that
you will feel this and soon it will go away.
And if you have been trained, we use what is called CONFIDENT
OUTLOOK to douse this. I will explain what that means in part two
So, WHAT WORKS FOR ME.

1, DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING
2, DAY DREAMING

I have the above method covered in the next post

Thanks!