Dec
04
The mention of “sides” to anyone who is not involved in the television or film industry or who is not already going on acting auditions or taking a child to acting auditions is likely to result in a confused look. So today I have chosen “sides” to be the “Showbiz Term of the Day.” I …
Nov
19
My daughter just got an audition request from a casting director where the acting auditions must be submitted on video. This is for a theatrical audition (see “Do You Know What Theatrical Acting Auditions Are“ for more on this topic) for a feature film. We’ve created a number of videos of acting auditions since we’ve …
Jun
29
Yet another thing I was confused about after I came to Los Angeles was the term breakdowns. When my daughter’s manager called to tell us about her acting auditions, often he’d say he was reading the description of the character from the breakdown. The only breakdowns I’d heard about before that were those related to …
Jun
23
When you hear the term theatrical auditions, what kind of acting auditions do you think that means? You probably think of theatrical as defined by Mirriam-Webster – “of or relating to the theater or the presentation of plays.” So theatrical acting auditions should be auditions for theatre or for a play. Right? I know when …
Jun
20
One of my daughter’s very first theatrical acting auditions in L.A. was actually in the director’s house. This was NOT typical for acting auditions. But this was an independent project for a children’s educational video. The Best-Laid Plans … (for acting auditions) The day before the acting audition, I used mapquest to get directions, drove …
