A New Perspective on the Audition Process
Actors often see auditions as trying to please someone else – casting, but the truth is that you already please those casting by being yourself. Actors will often see an audition as a chance for validation of what they are doing as ‘right.’
An audition is not there to emotionally satisfy you as valid – but it is the reverse.
You are auditioning – not to get approval for what you do – but to validate casting! WHAT?? How can that be?
Your audition is the first time casting hears this text brought to life. You are showing the writers, producers, and casting – possibilities in the text. You are strong in your process enough to show us a point of view. Casting is trying to GET IT RIGHT.
**You are not auditioning for validation of the value of your work – YOU AUDITION TO VALIDATE CASTING – TO KNOW THAT THEIR MATERIAL WORKS.
**That is the truth behind your daily auditions. They are infused with confidence, knowing you have the skills to bring this copy or character to reality. It is YOUR HUMANITY in auditions that validates the material. If you need more skills in bringing that work to life, it is time to return to class and refresh your confidence in your voice-acting skills.
On your next audition – know that you are the solution and not the one on the chopping block – the material and casting are on your chopping block.
Understanding and seeing the audition process in a new light will often give you renewed energy to do the next audition. And the next. And the next.
You are not auditioning to get it right – you are auditioning to show us your understanding of what YOU see as right to bring the copy to life.
Paul Liberti
https://paulliberti.com/
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