How to Audition for Amazon Prime
This article is going to be exploring how you as an actor can land an audition, and, ultimately, a role on an Amazon Prime project. We’re going to take a deep dive into three actors...
Auditioning
If you’ve landed here, chances are you have an audition coming up.
Auditions are terrifying.
They’re terrifying for two reasons:
- You have to perform and be vulnerable in front of a casting director, director, producer or all the above.
- You want the role. You are an actor and so you want to be working. This pressure can make auditioning a nerve-racking experience.
For guides, articles and resources on every aspect of the auditioning process check out what we have to offer below:
Audition Articles
5 Ways to Calm Remote Audition Nerves
The location of auditions may have changed, but that doesn’t mean the anxiety has gone away. In fact, many performers find auditioning remotely to be even scarier. If you’re one of them – never fear!...
Stop Doing This Before Every Audition
Warning: potential trigger phrase ahead. “Whenever you’re ready.” Those three words may make you itch all over, but I want you to comb the audition files in your brain for what they elicit. Make sure...
Best Camera for Self-Tapes
What camera you use for self-tapes could be the difference between booking a job, and not. If it’s out of focus, the quality is low, the frame rate all over the place – you will...
How to do a Slate for an Audition
“IDENTS AND SELF-TAPES AND SLATES! OH MY!” Do not fret, my dear uncertain, auditioning thespians, wandering through the treacherous online casting woods. As if the process of auditioning isn’t daunting enough, these days the do’s...
An Audition Checklist
Alright ladies and gentlemen, you’ve got an audition and you think you’re prepared, and hell, maybe you are! But there is no harm in checking yourself before you wreck yourself. This is an audition checklist...
How to Stay Audition Fit
Auditions. They’re like the mythical creatures that Eddie Redmayne keeps in his suitcase, the minute one leaps out you’ve got to be ready to drop everything, take it down and make it your own. Unlike...
What to expect at a Film or TV audition
Film and TV auditions are the big ones when it comes to career progression as an actor. More than anything else success here can have a roll-on effect to other jobs. As with all auditions,...
What to expect at a theatre audition
Theatre is a broad church: ranging from musicals and opera through to schmick main stage productions and big theatres to tiny, hole in the wall, black boxes with auteur directors smelling of cigarettes and essential...
What to expect at a commercial audition
Commercials are an actors bread and butter. They are a big cash earner and the most common thing you will audition for, especially early in your career. They also require a unique style of performance...