2nd Edition

Auditions The Complete Guide

By Richard Evans Copyright 2014
    342 Pages
    by Routledge

    342 Pages
    by Routledge

    Auditions are an integral part of every performer's life. From getting into drama school through to a successful career in an overcrowded industry, Auditions: The Complete Guide offers crucial advice, resources and tried and tested techniques to maximise success before, during and after each audition.

    Written by an established casting director and former actor, with over 35 years of experience on a wide range of productions, this book offers a wealth of personal and professional insights, covering:

    • drama and theatre schools

    • showcases

    • amateur and professional auditions

    • contemporary, classical, physical and musical theatre

    • television and commercial castings, movie screen tests and self taping

    • voice-overs and radio drama

    • networking

    • recalls and workshops

    • handling job offers, and rejection

    From training to triumph, nerves to networking and camera to casting couch, Auditions: The Complete Guide is an entertaining, accessible and indispensable read for every performer.

    Richard Evans CDG has cast a wide variety of productions in all media since 1989 and, prior to this, worked as an actor for 10 years. He has devised and presented audition and career development workshops at many top drama and theatre schools worldwide, and at the Actors Centre, London and has written Auditions: A Practical Guide (Routledge, 2009) and 'A Casting Director’s Perspective' for The Actors’ Yearbook, 2005. He is a member of The Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain and Ireland.

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    Contents

    Introduction

    Acknowledgements

    PART 1 BEFORE

    1 How a Production is Cast

    2 Where to find Auditions

    3 Preparation and Research

    4 Submitting Yourself for Work

    5 Showreels

    6 Showcases

    7 Networking

    8 Agents

    9 Audition Log

    10 Audition Wardrobe

    11 Perceptions

    12 The Power of Positive Thinking

    13 Gatecrashing

    PART 2 DURING

    14 Entrances and Exits

    15 Nerves

    16 Drama and Theatre Schools

    17 Amateur vs Professional

    18 Theatre

    19 Musical Theatre

    20 Actor/Musicians

    21 Recalls and Workshop Auditions

    22 Television

    23 Films and Screen Tests

    24 Self Taping

    25 Commercial Castings

    26 Roleplay

    27 Corporate Training Films

    28 Radio Drama

    29 Voice Work

    30 Presenting

    31 Interview Technique

    32 Awkward Questions

    33 Is Timing Everything?

    34 In the Mood

    35 Friend or Foe?

    36 Actors Who Know Too Much

    37 Same Old Faces

    38 Recasts

    39 The Casting Couch

    PART 3 AFTER

    40 Red Letter Days

    41 Success

    42 Negotiation

    43 Rejection

    44 Follow Ups

    45 Turning Down Work

    46 Help! What if . . . ?

    47 A Diary of an Audition

    48 Final Thoughts

    Index

    Biography

    Richard Evans CDG has cast a wide variety of productions in all media since 1989, and worked prior to this as an actor for 10 years. He has devised and presented audition and career development workshops at the Actors' Centre in London and Manchester, and at many top drama and theatre schools, as well as writing 'A Casting Director's Perspective' for The Actors' Yearbook, 2005. He is a member of The Casting Directors' Guild of Great Britain and Ireland.