The Art Of Auditioning

Author : Jonathan Flom
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442266619
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Get the Callback written by Jonathan Flom and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All great auditions require preparation and practice, but what’s the secret to securing a callback? What are the best ways to prepare for that pivotal moment? And once you’re in front of the casting director, what does it take to make the most out of your moment in the spotlight? In this second edition of Get the Callback: The Art of Auditioning for Musical Theatre, Jonathan Flom provides practical advice on the many facets of preparation, including selection of songs and monologues to suit your voice and the audition, organizing and arranging your music, working with the accompanist, and presenting yourself to the casting team. The book gives a detailed description of the actual audition performance and even offers advice on how non-dancers can survive a dance audition. In addition to extensively revised chapters on the audition process and how to build a repertoire book, this guide also features updated chapters on headshots, resumes, and cover letters; voice training techniques from Matthew Edward; advice from musical director Joey Chancey; and a foreword by casting director Joy Dewing. Aimed at professionals as well as young artists, this second edition of Get the Callback is a must-have for both seasoned and aspiring musical theatre performers.

Author : Rob Decina
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1621538230
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Auditioning written by Rob Decina and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to ace your acting audition from a top casting director! Casting Director Rob Decina highlights the difference between the craft of acting and the business of auditioning, and how those two worlds meet in television. Included are proven-effective preparation techniques, including asking the right questions, making specific acting choices, finding beats and beat changes, using spontaneity, and much more. Also included is advice on headshots and resumes and an examination of the difference between audition preparation and theatrical preparation as well as information on how to succeed with self-tape auditions. This updated edition will include both new and updated tips, as well as reflections on the original edition's advice. Rob's career has spanned primetime television, daytime drama, film, to casting for the one of the most prolific television studios for dramas and comedies across network, cable and streaming platforms.

Author : Rob Decina
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 158115979X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Auditioning written by Rob Decina and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A network daytime casting director highlights the difference between the craft of acting and the business of auditioning, and how those two worlds meet in television. Included are proven-effective preparation techniques, including asking the right questions, making specific acting choices, sitting versus standing, finding beats and beat changes, using spontaneity, and much more. Also included are interviews with top daytime casting directors and actors, advice on headshots and resumes, and an examination of the difference between audition preparation and theatrical preparation.

Author : Anthony Legge
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781843670599
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Auditioning written by Anthony Legge and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edition Peters, the world's leading publisher of vocal music for more than 200 years, has joined forces with Anthony Legge to produce this revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide - The Art of Auditioning. Essential reading for every aspiring and professional singer, it contains: authoritative advice on how to approach and prepare for your auditions a directory of more than two hundred recommended audition arias information about what to expect after your first successful audition and how to prepare for professional engagements Having won many competitions and survived many auditions - and now singing all over the world, including 250 performances of the role of Violetta, and having had the thrill of singing with Placido Domingo - I can recommend this book as an invaluable guide for achieving success.Ermonela Jaho, International Soprano This invaluable and much needed guide to the process of auditioning includes a comprehensive list of suitable arias with helpful comments on how they should be performed. Singers and pianists alike will benefit greatly from it. Dame Anne Evans Anthony Legge has worked regularly with the principal British opera companies, Opera Australia, many European opera companies and at Bayreuth, where he worked on The RingandDie Meistersinger. He spends much time on audition and competition panels. His experience as a conductor, accompanist and vocal coach has given him a broad overview of the profession

Author : Joanna Merlin
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375725377
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Auditioning written by Joanna Merlin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001-05-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself. In this highly informative and accessible book, Merlin provides everything the actor needs to achieve self-confidence and artistic honesty–from the most basic practical tips to an in-depth framework for preparing a part. Filled with advice from the most esteemed people in the business, such as James Lapine, Nora Ephron, and Stephen Sondheim, and charged with tremendous wisdom and compassion, this indispensable resource will arm the reader to face an actor's greatest challenge: getting the part.

Author : Annika Bluhm
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135871299
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theatre Arts Audition Book for Women written by Annika Bluhm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. The Theatre Arts Audition Books offer one hundred speeches from plays of the past twenty-five years, fifty in a volume for men, fifty in a volume for women. Each excerpt is preceded by a note situating the play and the selection. Speeches come from a wide range of plays, including David Mamet's Oleanna, Caryl Churchill's Serious Money, Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Jim Cartwright's Road, and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good, as well as plays by Anthony Minghella, Mark Ravenhill, Sue Townsend, Alan Ayckbourn, and others. Annika Bluhm has assembled two sparkling collections of monologues that will challenge and inspire the actor

Author : Stephanie Barton-Farcas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351131532
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century written by Stephanie Barton-Farcas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acting & Auditioning for the 21st Century covers acting and auditioning in relation to new media, blue and green screen technology, motion capture, web series, audiobook work, evolving livestreamed web series, and international acting and audio work. Readers are given a methodology for changing artistic technology and the global acting market, with chapters covering auditions of all kinds, contracts, the impact of new technology and issues relating to disabled actors, actors of colour and actors that are part of the LGBTQIA community.

Author : Karen Kohlhaas
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879102913
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Monologue Audition written by Karen Kohlhaas and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the elements of preparing a monologue audition - script analysis, staging, voice, timing, gesture, movement and self-presentation skills - are thoroughly explored here. The goal of the book, as Ms. Kohlhaas states in her Introduction, is not only to help you prepare for auditions, but to make working on monologues a regular and enjoyable part of your acting life. As you follow the author along the path she charts, you are not only learning to rehearse monologues effectively, you are learning to turn auditions into exciting ways to grow and challenge yourself as an actor."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Don Greene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135865620
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audition Success written by Don Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audition Success presents a groundbreaking method that has already made Don Greene one of the country's leading audition trainers. Combining specially designed self-tests and real-life examples from the careers of two performers, Audition Success will help performers understand what prevents them from nailing an audition and give them the tools to reach their goals.

Author : James Alburger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136123415
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Voice Acting written by James Alburger and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you just starting in Voiceover? Do you have some experience, but aren't getting booked? Are you a working pro who wants to expand to new areas of VO work? The Art of Voice Acting is a must read if you are serious about a profession in voice over and looking to maximize your efforts for success in the business. Packed with basic acting techniques in The Art of Voice Acting, you will discover * All new scripts * 20 more pages of new and updated information * A completely new chapter of studio stories and 'tricks-of-the-trade' from professional voiceover talent around the world * Updated information for voiceover demos and marketing * A comprehensive index that makes it easy to find what you're looking for * More voice and acting techniques * Contributions from some of the top voice talent in the world * Audio content with the actual audio for every script in the book, http://voiceacting.com/aovaextras/ * PLUS: exercises, demos and more! Written in an accessible and engaging style Alburger shares his experience as a performer, producer, director and performance coach to give you a clear no nonsense introduction to the business and art of voice acting. Audio content and images from the books are available at http://voiceacting.com/aovaextras/