What Is An Audition?

 

An audition is proving to someone your ability to act and how you act can benefit their company, TV show or performance. Also, an audition is a test to show how creative you are as an actor as you may be asked to do improvisation. Another skill you may be tested on is how you work as a team because directors are only going to hire people who they enjoy working with and who is good at working as a team.  In addition to this, you might be tested on your physicality to express your objectives and lines. They do this to make sure you fully understand the character and the storyline to see if you are the right person for the role.  There are three different kinds of acting auditions such as, TV/ Film, Theatre and Radio.

 

For TV and Film it is important you have a character breakdown this can be you organising clothes for your audition to suit the character. This is important for an audition as it shows you have come prepared, looks more professional and shows you have some understanding for the character you are playing. Furthermore, you need to do research as you might be asked to do a screen play and if haven’t done the research the lines you are saying will just come out as sounds with no emotion and wont look like you understand the character well. Move over, for a Film/TV auditions you to have good facial expressions as most camera shots are taken from your face not your whole body. Also, if you use too much physicality in your performance you may be moving too much which could make your face move and  out for the camera shot. This is important for a Film/TV audition as the director/ producer might find this annoying and give them a reason not to cast you for the job.

 

Another different type of acting audition is Theatre. For a Theatre audition you have to research about the your character and play as they might ask you what do you know about your character or play and you have to be prepared to talk about this. In addition to this, Theatre is very physical and therefore you should warm up your body before an audition so you are prepared for anything. Also, actors who perform who are auditioning for Theatre must have a strong, sharp voice with good articulation so your voice can fill large Theatres so the whole audience can hear you. Also, from having a these element in your voice you can adapted to suit the character you are playing which will make the audition a lot easier for your voice.    

 

The last type of audition is for Radio. For Radio you need to prepare a show reel of your best work which could include adverts or news report. For this type of audition you don’t need any physicality however your voice has to be loud and strong at all times as this is the only thing the audience would so you have to make your strong like a theatre audience to make sure the energy is high when you are speaking.

 

Finally, for an audition in general it is important not over act as this can look fake and look like your trying to hard. This will make the director not want to hire you as you are not planning the character well. Also, in an audition it is important not to show every emotion you can play as it’s a sign of overacting and is unrealistic as you wouldn’t burst into tears then 30 seconds start making jokes and laughing.