How to Hold an Audition

Posted on September 23, 2009 in Casting Directors | No Comments

Casting is one of the most important aspects of a film – auditioning talent is an important step to get right. This forum article provides some excellent tips

…The follow is a list of steps I’ve taken for each of the audition sessions I have held, which have all been successful and actors who have auditioned have commented on how smoothly it all went. Which is great, because that means they’re more comfortable and will give a better audition performance.

These aren’t necessarily in a 1,2,3 order, but, well, here they are:

1. Determine the role(s) you need to audition for (people who don’t work for these roles can be easily cast in lesser roles)

2. Select small segments from the script (usually around a page or so) that best embody the overall presence of the role(s) you’re trying to cast. These will be your ’sides’.. keep in mind that dialogue AND action is important, and you should have, if possible, another characters dialogue included on these that can be read with the auditioning actor.

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