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ballenberg · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:22 pm Post subject: "Fixing" an audition

So...what do you guys think?

Audition comes in..it's not that the grammar is shaky..it is...it's that the writing throws away the musical rhythm the spot is meant to have .. They aren't big changes..more tense change than anything else. I want to fix it and read it the way it should be. It's an audition...not a gig..really I can do whatever i like I guess. But should I?

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Rob Ellis · M&M Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit

Read it the way you want to . A job is a different story, but an audition?

Do it your way and hit send. I think sometimes they are looking for a little take- charge from the talent.

But then again you could totally turn them off by doing so, but what the hey that's show biz eh? cool

Frank F · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:57 pm Post subject:

Try having someone read the copy to you. You might find a different patter or rhythm emerge.

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Bob Bergen · CM Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 981

This is why God created take two. And, this is my process for most auditions. Take one is exactly what they ask for. The script went through miles of approvals before it gets to the audition. In take two, give em what will book you the job.

Mike Harrison · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:46 am Post subject:

I feel the same way Bill does; not only because I've experienced the same issues, but there have been times when I've had to pick myself up off the floor while saying, "They can't actually MEAN that, can they?"

So I agree that submitting two takes is the best way.

Although, I must admit, there have been times I chose not to submit at all in those extreme cases; imagining a session from hell, dealing with the work of (or, worse, being directed by) someone who appears to have chosen writing as a career on the advice from a fortune cookie. Wink

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todd ellis · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:31 am Post subject:

also --- take two!
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ballenberg · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:36 am Post subject:

LOL--I read it as written, in both takes...it was minor enough not to deal with it....I made the phrasing work okay

Thanks for your comments and poll votes.

Lee Gordon · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:49 pm Post subject:

If I catch a small grammatical mistake, I will automatically correct it and assume, when they hear it, they'll just think they had done it right all along. If they ask for a re-do, I will provide it.

If I encounter errors in a live session, I will usually say something like, "I could be wrong, but I've heard this said like this ..." and offer to do it for them both ways, just in case. But even when I know I'm right and they're wrong, I always cast the doubt upon myself, not them.
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ballenberg · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:48 pm Post subject:

It's a great technique, Lee..I do the same thing. As Maice Tobias said, "accidentally" read it right..that way, it's recorded.

Karyn OBryant · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:29 pm Post subject:

ballenberg · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:26 am Post subject:

Right, Karyn LOL I usually make a little apology, and that's often when they notice I'm right. Otherwise I "fix" it for them so it's...uh...wrong. Wink

paulstefano · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:34 am Post subject:

glittlefield · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:50 am Post subject:

+1 for two takes.
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Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:30 am Post subject:

So, we're all agreed just read what's written!

ballenberg · Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:10 am Post subject:

LOL, yup. Let's be real..they'll never hear Take 2 on a self-audition. If we can get their attention past the slate. we're lucky if they listen to 10 secs..that's all they need to know if you're in or out..