The Audition Process & Basic Acting Skills. Audition Vocab AUDITION: –similar to a job...

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 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)

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

Audience

UR UC UL

CR CS CL

DR DC DL

BODY POSITIONS

•The way the actor is facing in relation to the audience

BODY POSITIONSFull Back

Full Front

Profile Left

3/4 Left

1/4 Left

3/4 Right

Profile Right

1/4 Right

Stage

Audience Audience

Other Stage Movement Terms

BLOCKING: - planned movement on stageCROSS: - 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

• Cold Reading - _________________________

_________________________• Cast

- _______________________________________________ (noun)

- _____________________________________________(verb)

• 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 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!