How to Research Acting Parts for Auditions

Series Summary

An actor is a person who suppresses or augments aspects of their own personality in order to reveal and illustrate the motivations and aspects of a character's personality. Acting has its roots in ancient Greece and over time has become one of out most compelling and revered artistic enterprises. Actors must possess a range of skills including: singing, dancing, imagination, clarity of speech, physical expressiveness, vocal projection, and the ability to emulate emotional and physical conditions.

One of the most important aspects of an actor's life is the audition. In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to prepare for an acting audition and give you the tips and skills to land that big acting role. Learn how to research an acting role, update your resume, and do physical and vocal warm ups before an audition. Get tips on how to dress for auditions, how to rehearse, and how to be confident in an audition. With these expert tips and advice, you are sure to be the next big Hollywood star!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Teri Lynne and this is David O'Donnell and we're here on behalf of Expert Village. We're showing you how to prepare for an audition today. We've just recently finished publishing a book, Helping Actors Prepare and Research their Roles for Auditioning and you can check that out at www.theactorssvision.com. So you got an audition, now what? I just show up right? No, you've got to treat this like any other audition, in fact, you have got to treat this like a job. So you're going in for a job audition, you've want to do all the research you can. You've got to find out everything you need to know about the company you're auditioning for, the director, the writer, the role that you're doing. If it's for a tv show, have you watched the tv show before, do you know a little bit about the characters? If it's a play,have you read the play? You need to do that stuff ahead of time. You need to do all your homework before you walk into that audition so you are as prepared as possible. And you need to mold yourself into the role they're looking for."