Auditioning for Film and Television

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE Audition Success Strategies
Chapter 1 Enjoy Auditioning
Chapter 2 Prepare
Chapter 3 Make Choices
Chapter 4 Determine the Stakes
Chapter 5 Tell the Story
Chapter 6 Act and React in the Moment
Chapter 7 Play in the Eyes
Chapter 8 Possess an Inner Monologue
Chapter 9 Commit to the Scene
Chapter 10 Stake a Claim on the Role, take a Risk
Chapter 11 Listen
Chapter 12 Make Your Own Work
PART TWO Actor Marketing in the Internet Age
Chapter 13 Archetype as Branding
Chapter 14 Winning Headshots
Chapter 15 CV or Resumé
Chapter 16 Show Reels and Video Clips
Chapter 19 Social Media
Chapter 20 IMDb: We Love It, We Hate It
PART THREE The World Market
Chapter 21 Where to Live as an Actor and Other Conundrums
Chapter 22 Success Stories: Actors Who Live and Work Internationally
Chapter 23 Regional Casting Directors
PART FOUR Perspectives From the Other Side of the Looking Glass
Chapter 24 The Casting Director is on Your Side
Chapter 25 Showbiz Ain't Fair
PART FIVE Frequently Asked Questions: The Nuts and Bolts Of Casting
Chapter 26 Frequently asked Questions About Auditioning
Chapter 27 Frequently Asked Questions about Casting Directors, Agents and Managers
PART SIX Practical Exercises
Exercise 1 Pre-casting Warm Up
Exercise 2 Telling a Story
Exercise 3 Blank Scenes
Exercise 4 Listening and the Inner Monologue
Exercise 5 'Over There'
Exercise 6 Improvisation/Playing the Objective
Chapter 17 The Self-taped Audition
Chapter 18 Internet Casting and Online Presence
Exercise 7 Telephone Conversation
Exercise 8 'Get Out of the Chair'
Exercise 9 Sight Reading Techniques
PART SEVEN Scene Analysis
Scene I Mirrors
Scene II 360
Scene III Crossing Lines
Scene IV Crossing Lines, second scene
Bibliography
Index