Real-Life Communication
You have to be able to think quickly on your feet if you want to
be an actor.
That's because anything can happen at an audition. The
audition is the way directors choose the actors they want in their production.
Essentially, an audition is a job interview. How well you do means the difference
between success and failure.
To test the actors, a director might ask
them to act in different scenarios. You might prepare for one scenario, but
be asked to play in a totally different one!
Ready to try out your
audition skills?
You are on a darkened stage with no props, wearing
your street clothes. You're blinking in a bright spotlight. Only the director,
an assistant director, a playwright and a producer sit somewhere in the darkness.
They
want to see what you can do, so they tell you to act in the three following
scenes. Give them your best shot! The important thing is to be creative and
to bring your own personality to each scenario.
Scene 1:
You
are Tommy, a nine-year-old boy who has lost a dog in the park. You are panicked
because it's not your dog -- it belongs to Mr. Greeley, the richest and meanest
man in town. You have been asked to watch Fluffy for one hour and now she's
disappeared. How do you react?
Scene 2:
You are Ted
Bread, a hard-boiled private detective. You are waiting in your office for
your next big case. The phone rings. On the other end is a woman, crying.
She needs your help. Show us Ted's half of the conversation.
Scene
3:
You are an alien and have landed on Earth for the first time.
You stumble into a supermarket. What is your reaction?