How to Audition for Camera
The Audition.
For some it is the most intimidating and sterile environment to work in. Other love the pressure cooker feel. I love it because I get to act in a professional setting. To add complexity there is a camera as well. Now what? These thoughts race through your head “I better be good. I better be intense”. You end up blowing your performance all over the room and it looks like crap on camera.
You have to be on camera to understand the camera. I was just teaching a workshop in Europe. It was a really awesome experience. Other instructors brought their expertise and we shared ideas and thoughts. Very good time had by all. The major difference between what I taught and the other classes is that mine was based on the camera. The camera is very objective. The camera doesn’t have an opinion, it just records what is in front of it. Most theater acting classes are experienced subjectively. How did I feel? What was it I experienced? Etc. What I focus on is the transferring of that technique to a marketable performance. So that you can end up acting in a film or TV.
You have to get up and get in front of the camera. If you go to freeactingtips.net and sign up, you can see a bunch of free acting tutorials. These will give you a foundation. A bit of information to operate off of. They are for you to reference. They are not going to make you an actor. No sooner would fight tutorials make you a fighter. You have to simply get out there and do it. The camera has a very specific set of factors. It only see’s what you want it to see. The human eye see things in a 270 degree view, which is very different than the camera. Most people own a camera of some sorts. It may be in your phone, your parents have one etc. What ever it is, you need to start acting in front of it. You have to start to see what the camera see’s. Find out the difference of what a medium shot does compared to a close up. How big does your performance need to be? How much is too much? Too little. Watch your favorite movie with the sound off. Watch the shot sizes. See what the actor is doing in that shot. Find the same script on line and do your own version of it. Review and see what happens.
Ultimately you need to train with a professional at the professional level if that is what you want to be. You will have to move to the nearest market. United States is Hollywood or New York. Canada is Vancouver or Toronto. England is London. If you want to be an actor, go for it!
For some it is the most intimidating and sterile environment to work in. Other love the pressure cooker feel. I love it because I get to act in a professional setting. To add complexity there is a camera as well. Now what? These thoughts race through your head “I better be good. I better be intense”. You end up blowing your performance all over the room and it looks like crap on camera.
You have to be on camera to understand the camera. I was just teaching a workshop in Europe. It was a really awesome experience. Other instructors brought their expertise and we shared ideas and thoughts. Very good time had by all. The major difference between what I taught and the other classes is that mine was based on the camera. The camera is very objective. The camera doesn’t have an opinion, it just records what is in front of it. Most theater acting classes are experienced subjectively. How did I feel? What was it I experienced? Etc. What I focus on is the transferring of that technique to a marketable performance. So that you can end up acting in a film or TV.
You have to get up and get in front of the camera. If you go to freeactingtips.net and sign up, you can see a bunch of free acting tutorials. These will give you a foundation. A bit of information to operate off of. They are for you to reference. They are not going to make you an actor. No sooner would fight tutorials make you a fighter. You have to simply get out there and do it. The camera has a very specific set of factors. It only see’s what you want it to see. The human eye see things in a 270 degree view, which is very different than the camera. Most people own a camera of some sorts. It may be in your phone, your parents have one etc. What ever it is, you need to start acting in front of it. You have to start to see what the camera see’s. Find out the difference of what a medium shot does compared to a close up. How big does your performance need to be? How much is too much? Too little. Watch your favorite movie with the sound off. Watch the shot sizes. See what the actor is doing in that shot. Find the same script on line and do your own version of it. Review and see what happens.
Ultimately you need to train with a professional at the professional level if that is what you want to be. You will have to move to the nearest market. United States is Hollywood or New York. Canada is Vancouver or Toronto. England is London. If you want to be an actor, go for it!
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