How to Audition

Simon Longmore: Hi! I am Simon Longmore. I am the director of the Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts. I am going to give you some pointers today on how to audition. This is Peter, our camera man; Renae, our reader and Lynda is our actor over here and she is already selected, so we are going to get started. Alright, so Lynda is going to be auditioning here and she is a three-line waitress girl. Let's see what she will do. Action. Lynda: What can I get you? Renae: A coffee and what type of toast do you have? Lynda: White or brown. Renae: Okay, coffee and eggs scramble, brown toast. Lynda: Anything else? Simon Longmore: Cut. Alright, that was pretty good. I am going to give Lynda some notes. See what she will do with it. That was good. This time what I want you to do is to have a moment before. So I want you to kind of walk on to the mark and give it like a sense of discovery, okay. Second, I want you to use your script as a notepad, so you are taking the customer's order and then to speed it up a little bit like you are in a hurry and on a final note, give yourself a moment after, just walk off the mark, in that way we will put a cap on the scene. Lynda: Okay. Simon Longmore: Okay, let's do that. Okay, action. Lynda: What can I get you? Renae: Coffee and what type of toast do you have? Lynda: White or brown. Renae: Okay, coffee and the egg scrambled with brown toast. Lynda: Anything else? Simon Longmore: Cut. As you can see there is huge improvement in this small audition piece. 1, moment before; 2, add a bit of business; 3, hurry up and 4, have a moment after. Hope those tips will help you out on your next audition. See you on TV.