So today I had a casting for an online commercial - i wont say just yet for which company/product but it's a worldwide known one.
The nervous creature in me meant I arrived in the location ridiculously early, for fear of it taking a long time to find - it didnt. so I procrastinated for half an hour in the nearest Starbucks (I think that's how actors become obsessed with coffee in the first place)
once I had just 15 minutes until my allotted casting time, I deemed that a normal amount of time to show up early, and let's not forget I didn't know if I'd have to learn some sides or do some sight-reading when I turned up. Being early is obviously key.
As it turned out I did have to fill some forms out, on my avaliblity for shoot days, measurements, contact details, and a photograph with my name scribbled on the back of the paper.
The casting itself was fun, improvised and with another auditionee and as much as it didn't feel too much like it at the time as we had very different looks, I knew we were in competition. It was filmed and was over within 15 minutes and felt like a blur, it hadn't gone awful but I couldn't tell if it went well or if it was what the casting director was looking for. As Helen Mirren had said just last night at the BAFTA event, A life in pictures with Helen Mirren - "Never go home at night & re-do the scene in your head, drop it and let it go". Now this may have been just an audition and I will probably go back and analyse where I went right or wrong, but for tonight atleast I'm not going to dwell on anything.
Instead I just got back from seeing Django Unchained. Shear Brilliance. I regretted ordering a large drink as I didn't want to leave the film at any point to use the ladies, something I did have to succumb to. This is a film I will be going to see again, definitely. The writing was witty, the performances were so heart-breakingly honest of the slaves and what's not to love about Leo with a temper. Tarantino leaves his stamp all over this film with more killed off than seemed to be alive in the whole of southern US. I love a period piece that brings history to life, even in an extreme manner - go see this film!
The nervous creature in me meant I arrived in the location ridiculously early, for fear of it taking a long time to find - it didnt. so I procrastinated for half an hour in the nearest Starbucks (I think that's how actors become obsessed with coffee in the first place)
once I had just 15 minutes until my allotted casting time, I deemed that a normal amount of time to show up early, and let's not forget I didn't know if I'd have to learn some sides or do some sight-reading when I turned up. Being early is obviously key.
As it turned out I did have to fill some forms out, on my avaliblity for shoot days, measurements, contact details, and a photograph with my name scribbled on the back of the paper.
The casting itself was fun, improvised and with another auditionee and as much as it didn't feel too much like it at the time as we had very different looks, I knew we were in competition. It was filmed and was over within 15 minutes and felt like a blur, it hadn't gone awful but I couldn't tell if it went well or if it was what the casting director was looking for. As Helen Mirren had said just last night at the BAFTA event, A life in pictures with Helen Mirren - "Never go home at night & re-do the scene in your head, drop it and let it go". Now this may have been just an audition and I will probably go back and analyse where I went right or wrong, but for tonight atleast I'm not going to dwell on anything.
Instead I just got back from seeing Django Unchained. Shear Brilliance. I regretted ordering a large drink as I didn't want to leave the film at any point to use the ladies, something I did have to succumb to. This is a film I will be going to see again, definitely. The writing was witty, the performances were so heart-breakingly honest of the slaves and what's not to love about Leo with a temper. Tarantino leaves his stamp all over this film with more killed off than seemed to be alive in the whole of southern US. I love a period piece that brings history to life, even in an extreme manner - go see this film!