If your dream is to be an actor in TV serial ? or do you just want to act for name & fame? Do you know how to do an audition for TV Serial or Daily Soap ? Are you still struggling to beg a single role of TV Serial? If any of these (or all of the above) are yours, you came to the right place.
Most of you think that audition for film & TV Serial are alike and keep on auditioning pillar to post ; resultant the phone doesn’t ring for call backs. Up to a point audition for TV Serial and Film may be same but not completely, how? Curious to know! Then be with me.
Film and Daily Soap is two different entertainment zones therefore obviously their Level , requirement, content , quality & way of presentations will be different from Big Screen Movie. Now I am not going to find differences in between. Actually In short, Daily Soap or TV Serial demands a fundamentally different kind of performance work from its so before stepping towards audition room for Serial Audition you must know the eject what casting Director is looking for in you.
Once I asked to my friend who is working as a casting Director and do cast for different projects "What are you looking for when you're casting?" “It depends on for which (means its for movie , Commercial Ads or for daily shop) am I casting for” he replied frankly. “My requirement varies with the 2C i.e category and the character but generally many people giving the same performance in audition disappoint me” he further added. In fact they don’t know the differences and as due to lack of time during audition it’s impossible to teach each of them so I have to move to the next, a tiring process. It doesn’t look like it’s just me with this peculiar problem indeed every CDs of the industry have been facing the same. Further he told me more about their untold secrets words to win tv serial audition, then I decided to bring those secrets words for you so that all of can take advantages of that,secrets words are ;
#1. No agreement should be signed with others – Long term agreement with other production house can be bottleneck to get selected . Television soap opera is the continuous & long going programme with stories spanning several episodes where actors’ works full time & have variable schedules. During shooting actors have to spend 14-15 hours daily on set. As final decision for the selection of lead actor or actress are performed by the director and producer that’s why they looks for an actor or actress must not be working in any other daily soap or other long going programme . Actor must not have working or long term agreement or agreement period is about to over before shooting of current show.
#2. Proper professional acting training - To become one of the leading actors in television, you must have proper acting training, and while not all TV actors have official training. Lots of actors get but its better to have professional acting training already to transform probability to surety. As a television actress or actor you will also have to attend rehearsals or on set training before or during shooting of the scene by professional trainer . Here you might be taught certain skills that you need for the part. The actors salaries will also depend on the type of role they have, with TV actors doing their own stunts, getting paid more.
#3. Emotion - Every actor comes to the audition must understand the difference between on-camera for TV acting and theatre acting. Unless this difference is clear, you can’t win film or TV audition. Fresher or People from theatre who comes to the audition doesn’t emphasize on emotion that is very necessary in TV acting. Performance of emotion is the most difficult aspect of TV acting to master but if you could excel on it , you won 90 percent audition.
Always keep it into mind that television is medium of Close-up and Mid Shot. Each scene consists of mainly close-up and mid shot and every frame of a shot tailors your quality acting work; your facial expression, eye movements, eyebrow movement. Either camera is focusing on you or not if you are into frame you gesture and facial expression must be working according to scene & situation since film captures even the smallest gesture and magnifies it 20 or 30 times, cinema demands a less flamboyant and stylized bodily performance from the actor than does the theatre.
#4. Don’t Shout – As casting director tells you to start. (Sometimes they say, "Action!" and other times they'll just say, "Go," "Start," or some other monosyllabic grunt of exasperation.) At this point, you're supposed to start acting the role but lots of people from theatre always make the same mistakes into the audition room, delivers the dialogue loudly. They put all efforts and talent into making the dialogue loud instead of their expressions & gestures. People must not forget that the attached microphone is much powerful to catch your every single breath even with your voice and into audition room casting director or producer or Director sitting just near you can hear you very clearly.
#5. Peculiar quality - Auditors are also human beings, not robots who want to see actors fail. During audition casting director looks for specific type of acting quality, the difference in terms of the everyday keeping of it, is keeping it fresh. The important part during audition is to see how well you can interpret the part, not how well you can memorize a script on short notice. The TV Serial actors have the job of bringing a story to life. They are the characters and must be able to act out scenes convincingly while remembering their lines.
#6. Must be hard working – works hours for actor are long and irregular. Evening, weekends and holiday work is common. Few actors works full time, and many have variable schedules . Those who works in theatre may travel with a touring show across the country . During outdoor shooting actors have to spend 14-15 hours daily on set, where do face hot , extreme cold ; in that case your pre-settled illusion world may destroy where you had be ready to work with unusual situations at a moment's notice. Actors should be in good enough physical condition to endure heat from stage or studio lights and weight of heavy costumes. Many television actresses and actors learn sword fighting, how to hold and shoot guns, how to do stunts, and more. They may work long hours including acting in more than one performance a day , and they must do so without getting overly tired.
NOTE : Preparation is the key to success, always keep it in mind. In your audition be you, confident, socialize with the cast and possible future Co-stars. Be Polite and funny and be yourself.
Failure brings perfection. So never be disappointed. In audition room you can bring a small tape recorder to record and then later evaluate your performance in the comfort of your home, hide the device so that it doesn't distract from your performance. Don't ask for permission to tape record because it will take time and distract the casting director. Just hide it in your pocket or purse and let it run.
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