Janett Salas
Jun 8, 20161 min
This was our first weekend doing auditions for capstones. If you don't know, capstones are the big senior projects that you spend a year working on in the Film and Media Productions major at ASU. Other majors have their own versions of capstones as well. This video is a bit short and random but hopefully gives you an idea of what happened.
This is what worked for me:
1. Be descriptive in the character breakdowns, include age range.
2. Reserving a room ahead of time.
3. Scheduling appointments instead of a cattle call, makes things more organized.
4. Film the auditions for review.
5. Having a form for basic contact info, scheduling conflicts, and other info.
6. Have water, and if it's a long day, also food.
7. Put up signs to guide people to the audition space.
This is what I now know to fix/do different:
1. Remind actors to bring their headshot and resume.
2. Remind actors to prepare a monologue...
3. Charge all your batteries for the camera! :)