It’s a common misconception that in an audition room, the people hosting the audition might not be on your side.
Yes, you’re expected to be nervous and anxious especially with a few people staring and judging everything you do. However, keep in mind that you are all there for a particular reason, and you will sail through the audition effortlessly.
The casting hosts are looking for brilliant performers for the show, and they need the best from you. Therefore, if you do a good job right from the start, you can save everyone time and money without recasting several people for days on end.
Therefore, don’t expect that the hosts are rooting for your failure, rather your success works perfectly for their schedule.
If you are about to attend an audition, here are some useful tips from London acting course provider BASSA that should help you get through just fine.
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Anxiety
It might sound obvious and silly, but you should know that anxiety and nerves might screw up the whole audition.
If you are nervous during the event, you will not deliver the best performance. As a result, you will not breathe properly thus affecting your voice output.
If you are tense about the audition, you should know that the casting agents will know about it. Therefore, they might not be comfortable casting you if you are nervous right from the start.
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Research
Many people breeze past their auditions without any research. Avoid making the same mistake by studying about the show, the casting agents and everything else about the part for which you are auditioning.
If you are auditioning for a series show, you should view the past episodes and imagine yourself as part of it. Research what the director has previously done with the show. All this information will come in handy because you will gain confidence about the audition.
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Appropriate Dressing
You don’t have to spend a lot of money trying to make costumes for the part you are auditioning.
During the first stages, the casting panel might not be sure about what they are casting. Therefore, don’t give them the wrong idea about your performance.
You can either choose to wear official or casual clothes depending on the audition.You can also decide to mix both styles of dressing.
However, you should keep in mind that wearing high heels or very tight clothes might affect your breathing and thus your sound. Therefore, choose comfortable clothes that allow you to perform during the audition without any constraints.
Unless the casting panel informs you differently, you should wear the same clothes to any recalls as you did in the first audition. That way, you can be more memorable.
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Professionalism
Upon meeting the panel, you shouldn’t be too familiar with the hosts. Of course, there are no rules set in stone about what you are supposed to do once you get into the room. However, if there are many people on the casting panel, you can’t go about greeting everybody.
On that note, you can always say a confident ‘hello’ once you’re inside and go about your performance.
If you’re asked to talk about yourself, you should be attractive and appealing without crossing boundaries.
All the casting panel needs is a good performance from you, so go ahead and do it.
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Know Your Material
If you are asked to pick a song to perform, you should know it by heart. Choose a song with unforgettable lyrics and in the right range.
Naturally, most performers botch their auditions by choosing hard songs that they have to repeat over and over again because they forgot the lyrics.
Finally, don’t sing a song that you haven’t had the time to practice with a choir or a pianist.
Yes, you might know the lyrics by heart only because you heard the song on the radio. However, during the audition, there might be a pianist accompanying you.
If you haven’t practiced with any instruments, you will most probably give a bad performance.
