The "Glamorous" Life of Auditions - Day 31 (
Audition #35 )
I'm really beginning to love the aspect of auditioning at home...just being comfortable to create your moments is an artistic freedom rarely given in the room. There's a bare white wall with bad lighting, with everyone staring at you...some may feed off this obnoxious energy at times but for the most part, I'd rather not waste my gas fighting traffic arriving in stress sometimes, getting signed in to barely having enough time to catch my breath and use the bathroom before I'm in the room with a maybe a nice but "prove me wrong" casting director with thoughts of only how they might see the scene or the character, get a shot maybe because I gave something different than expected only to be out the door in less time it took me to find parking, which I'm racing back to my car to make sure no ticket was given all the while rehashing my scene as I drive home if I felt I flubbed in any way, caught in enough traffic to cause me to rethink my life's choices - urghhhhh. I do the same thing at my pace, in my house with only love in the air and I'm able to create my magic, my way for a brief moment and if they love it great, I get that call but if not, I'm not in a space questioning if I did every thing right in the room. Usually I'm on point but sometimes I just want to do the work, be the art and forget the noise - give them all of my truth and it's so much easier in my space. If I get off track, run it again - if I question the scene, roll it - if I don't like a certain take, redo and compare...there's none of that in the room, they've got places to be and other artists to see so the pressure is on. I'm truly at the place where I don't feel that as much, it's just all the other crap that comes with it. So in home, self submissions are my friend and I've booked from them, met new cd's from them and have had callbacks after, so they work it's just a process getting use to this new way of doing things but embrace it, you'll be thankful when you're booked on another job across country and can send a video submission in for a role you want that lines up with your schedule...there's goodness is this, you just gotta see the light. 14 pages, 5 scenes, enough monologuey responses to make my head spin and 3 days to get it in my system during work, shooting and play! WHEW...the challenge is real and yes I felt overwhelmed but I reminded myself, one line atta time because this is what dreams are made of so grab it at every opportunity it presents itself to you. Totally excited for this audition because it was for a lead in a low budget feature film and although they were asking for nudity tolerance, for the pay, they were only getting "implied nudity" from me. Remember never to feel any pressure, if it's your thing, fine but if it's not, understand that people like me are telling them the same thing...unless it's relevant, unless it's for something major and unless it pushes the story forward, it's all naked just for the sake of nakedness and that's where my line for me is always drawn. I know there's this "thing" to do it only with a white wall, listen, if you don't have it, you don't have it...just make do, it'll be professional because you're professional. Do your art unabashedly the way you see fit for your spirit, mind and soul because you're the only one who has to answer to yourself, it's not what others think or mind, it's about you and what you want to put out into the world as you....GO DO YOU!!!
So along with the fight and not being viewed as a fighter in this
business because of whatever, I've been waiting for years to take
certain photos to promote the whole idea of me being just that. Not just
a quick shot to show I've got it because that didn't work but more of a
cinematic experience so that I can be looked upon to be in the
film/show. I want an opportunity and within my means, I was able to
create at least the idea that yeah, I can do that too. I love the post
apocalyptic world and dammit, it's a dream to be involved with a big
production of it so I'm putting my bid in now! You can't just sit and
wait to hopefully be called in, sometimes you gotta go out there and
make your mark by making them see it all fully. Took a few months to
find the right boots, dress, top and accessories by thrifting but so
well worth it when I look at the photos....sometimes you just gotta
think outside the box and try other means to get the ball rolling.
Whatever your idea, your concept, put it into motion...the universe will
answer...it has to when you're knocking so hard! 😀 Get those juices flowing and allow your vision to be told....( thanks
www.quainphoto.com )
I'm really beginning to love the aspect of auditioning at home...just being comfortable to create your moments is an artistic freedom rarely given in the room. There's a bare white wall with bad lighting, with everyone staring at you...some may feed off this obnoxious energy at times but for the most part, I'd rather not waste my gas fighting traffic arriving in stress sometimes, getting signed in to barely having enough time to catch my breath and use the bathroom before I'm in the room with a maybe a nice but "prove me wrong" casting director with thoughts of only how they might see the scene or the character, get a shot maybe because I gave something different than expected only to be out the door in less time it took me to find parking, which I'm racing back to my car to make sure no ticket was given all the while rehashing my scene as I drive home if I felt I flubbed in any way, caught in enough traffic to cause me to rethink my life's choices - urghhhhh. I do the same thing at my pace, in my house with only love in the air and I'm able to create my magic, my way for a brief moment and if they love it great, I get that call but if not, I'm not in a space questioning if I did every thing right in the room. Usually I'm on point but sometimes I just want to do the work, be the art and forget the noise - give them all of my truth and it's so much easier in my space. If I get off track, run it again - if I question the scene, roll it - if I don't like a certain take, redo and compare...there's none of that in the room, they've got places to be and other artists to see so the pressure is on. I'm truly at the place where I don't feel that as much, it's just all the other crap that comes with it. So in home, self submissions are my friend and I've booked from them, met new cd's from them and have had callbacks after, so they work it's just a process getting use to this new way of doing things but embrace it, you'll be thankful when you're booked on another job across country and can send a video submission in for a role you want that lines up with your schedule...there's goodness is this, you just gotta see the light. 14 pages, 5 scenes, enough monologuey responses to make my head spin and 3 days to get it in my system during work, shooting and play! WHEW...the challenge is real and yes I felt overwhelmed but I reminded myself, one line atta time because this is what dreams are made of so grab it at every opportunity it presents itself to you. Totally excited for this audition because it was for a lead in a low budget feature film and although they were asking for nudity tolerance, for the pay, they were only getting "implied nudity" from me. Remember never to feel any pressure, if it's your thing, fine but if it's not, understand that people like me are telling them the same thing...unless it's relevant, unless it's for something major and unless it pushes the story forward, it's all naked just for the sake of nakedness and that's where my line for me is always drawn. I know there's this "thing" to do it only with a white wall, listen, if you don't have it, you don't have it...just make do, it'll be professional because you're professional. Do your art unabashedly the way you see fit for your spirit, mind and soul because you're the only one who has to answer to yourself, it's not what others think or mind, it's about you and what you want to put out into the world as you....GO DO YOU!!!
So along with the fight and not being viewed as a fighter in this
business because of whatever, I've been waiting for years to take
certain photos to promote the whole idea of me being just that. Not just
a quick shot to show I've got it because that didn't work but more of a
cinematic experience so that I can be looked upon to be in the
film/show. I want an opportunity and within my means, I was able to
create at least the idea that yeah, I can do that too. I love the post
apocalyptic world and dammit, it's a dream to be involved with a big
production of it so I'm putting my bid in now! You can't just sit and
wait to hopefully be called in, sometimes you gotta go out there and
make your mark by making them see it all fully. Took a few months to
find the right boots, dress, top and accessories by thrifting but so
well worth it when I look at the photos....sometimes you just gotta
think outside the box and try other means to get the ball rolling.
Whatever your idea, your concept, put it into motion...the universe will
answer...it has to when you're knocking so hard! 😀 Get those juices flowing and allow your vision to be told....( thanks www.quainphoto.com )
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