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 Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:28 pm
So I've got an audition for La Casa de Bernarda Alba in about 2 hours and 6 minutes. Not like I've been counting, or anything. ^_^; Anyway, I thought this would be the perfect time to find out what everyone else does to erase those 'audition jitters' while preparing for an audition.
(*especially jittery this time because I've never done a cold reading before...GAH!*)
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:59 pm
I usually drink four or five cups of coffee and get so hyper I can't think of anything except my hyperness. Then when I get onstage the stagefright kicks in enough that I lose some of the buzz and am just nervous enough to focus. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:15 pm
I used to be like that before an audition. All nervous about whether or not I'll do well enough to get cast.
Nowadays, I've auditioned enough that I'm not nervous at all. But, I also come to realize the fact that I'm not going to get every role I audition for. So, I just go in, do my best, and pray that it's good enough.
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:03 pm
I used to get nervous as well then I just changed my look on auditioning. The auditioner is not judging your talent. If you don't get the part you audition for it doesn't mean that you suck. All they're interested in is finding who they feel, in their minds, will fit closest to what they imagine the certain role that's being auditioned to look and sound like. Your job as an auditioner is not proving yourself to them. Your job is to go in there knowing that you could do the part and are offering your services. If they don't want to use you it's because you don't fit what their mind perceives the part should be like. It's kind of like, the apple doesn't get depressed when you chose to eat an orange instead of them. I guess be the best apple you can be and if they want an orange, well that's their choice and perhaps their loss.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:01 pm
PossessedByDevil I used to get nervous as well then I just changed my look on auditioning. The auditioner is not judging your talent. If you don't get the part you audition for it doesn't mean that you suck. All they're interested in is finding who they feel, in their minds, will fit closest to what they imagine the certain role that's being auditioned to look and sound like. Your job as an auditioner is not proving yourself to them. Your job is to go in there knowing that you could do the part and are offering your services. If they don't want to use you it's because you don't fit what their mind perceives the part should be like. It's kind of like, the apple doesn't get depressed when you chose to eat an orange instead of them. I guess be the best apple you can be and if they want an orange, well that's their choice and perhaps their loss. ^_^; Yes, I know all this. I was just wondering what everyone did to get rid of those damn butterflies that decide to live in stomachs.
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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:11 pm
DispatchNA PossessedByDevil I used to get nervous as well then I just changed my look on auditioning. The auditioner is not judging your talent. If you don't get the part you audition for it doesn't mean that you suck. All they're interested in is finding who they feel, in their minds, will fit closest to what they imagine the certain role that's being auditioned to look and sound like. Your job as an auditioner is not proving yourself to them. Your job is to go in there knowing that you could do the part and are offering your services. If they don't want to use you it's because you don't fit what their mind perceives the part should be like. It's kind of like, the apple doesn't get depressed when you chose to eat an orange instead of them. I guess be the best apple you can be and if they want an orange, well that's their choice and perhaps their loss. ^_^; Yes, I know all this. I was just wondering what everyone did to get rid of those damn butterflies that decide to live in stomachs. For me, I just think "******** it." That actually stops me from getting nervous.
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:45 pm
I wish it was that easy for me...XD
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 2:46 pm
I wish it was that easy for me...XD
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:46 pm
Most of the shows I audition for are within my school and I usually have a friend or two with me and that definitely helps. Sometimes we'll even get to audition a scene together and while the chances of that happening are up to luck that's probably what has the most calming effect on me.
During call-backs for our musicals having 3 good friends in the "audience" helped too...knowing that you have some people who aren't there to judge you is awsome.
That doesn't work for dance auditions, though. THOSE are nerve wracking!
So I guess my best advice is: go in with somebody you know, or at least imagine them there with you. Hope that helps.
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