How To Fix 14 Slip-Ups By Most Actors In Auditions

Screwing up an Audition- Fix it NOW!

This Is My Pick Which May Screw Up Your Chances in Auditions

• Don't do anything that isn't about the audition. 
• To arrive at an audition without thoroughly preparing the requested material. 
• Being late is another common mistake
• Shaking hands: Don’t do it unless they approach you and offer their hand
• Apologizing before or after your audition.

Whether you are attending auditions, barging in their offices or visiting production houses, you meet casting directors or directors or producers or may be their clients who are sitting with them. They expect a certain behavior and etiquette from you, which sadly they don't get from some of you.

 So here is 14 Screw Ups and how to correct them

1. Behavior

Don't embarrass them in front of their producers / clients (occasionally they be present in an audition or a meeting) or other direction or production colleagues when you show up and still do not have  a perfect preparation or the material memorized.

2. Clothes On And The Perfume Off

Keep your clothes on and the perfume off. If the role calls for exhibiting six packs or a nude scene, it will be done on set. Not in their office or in an audition room.

3. Don't Loiter

When your audition is over, please leave. They are not best friends and I don't want you hanging out in the waiting room or even chatting with their juniors or receptionists if you are calling them in their offices.

 4. Meet Them Through The Proper Channels

If you have registered with coordinators or with an agent, they will submit. I suggest not to phone or email (only once) or tweet repeatedly.

5. No Unnecessary Questions

Don't question whether you are right for a project. If they call you after scrutinizing your portfolio and resume, they might have discussed you with other concerned people and think that you have a chance at the role. They won't call you in to waste your time or theirs. Go and be prepared.

6. Irrespective Of Consequences "Smile"

Be respectful. Even if you are having a bad day, put a smile on your face and be pleasant to them.
7. Thank them irrespective of an outcome. They appreciate that

7. Be Professional

Be professional. If you are called and likely to be out of town, inform them with regret while  still thanking them for the invitation

8.  Be Truthful In Replies

Don't say that you can do something you can't. For example, don't say Yes to 5 nights continuous shoot if can't. Or nude scenes or horse riding  or bike stunts if you can't

9. Don't Mention Age

Never tell anyone your age if you're an adult . If you're an adult, it only matters how old you play in the room or on camera.  You could look far younger than your years or you could look far older than your years. At the most, you can mention only in resume “Screen look range”

10. Strictly Avoid comments, criticism, change in script

Never comment, criticize or change the script or your lines in front of the writer or director or producer of the project or tell anybody else in their office, audition waiting room or while auditioning. However, you are free to have your choices in performance options.

11.  Questions

Ask questions about the material if you are unsure about something. Only ask questions if you need clarity.

12. Request Should Be Appropriate

If you need more time with the material, it's OK to ask for a re-schedule or for another  opportunity if it's a rush call. Better to do your best and be prepared than to go in and try to waste their time and your chances.

13. Be Flexible

Be flexible and be prepared for a change in your lines or performance.

14.  Learn Relaxation Techniques

Invest in researching relaxation techniques so that you can overcome any nervousness previous to your entering the meeting or audition room.
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Updated on 13 07 2017

7 Steps How To Give Stunning Introduction For Audition

On Camera introduction and video introduction techniques

Why Am I Not selected In Auditions?
How To Give Best Introduction For Auditions Or In Video Introduction?

Auditions

This applies to both-

• Physically on camera in front of auditions
• Prepared Video introduction submitted to casting directors or production dept.

Your introduction (slate, as it 's called) tells those viewing your audition if you can be selected and are “castable."

Video Introduction

Due to the pressure of time and the rents of hiring a place for auditions is expensive hence, much of that decision to watch your video or even physically in an audition is based on whether your physicality fits their requirements and whether the viewing public will convincingly identify you with the character.

In Audition

While in a live audition, how you introduce self (slate), your presence, and how you connect to the camera is really important. Though your physical appearance to the character is considered, your overall introduction is totally up to you and can be your strong asset for selection if done well.

• Speaking out just your name seems so simple, which is why many give it no real thought. This can be a mistake because the intro (slate) provides important information about who you are. It depicts confidence or lack of showing your personality, and so much more. 

From years of my own experience as an actor and teaching, I have seen most of the ways that actors make bad first impressions with their introduction.

7 reasons 

How actors create a bad impression

1. When actors desperately try to fake an impression, overdramatize, and appear that they are working too hard to be likable, it may create an impression of insincerity, insecurity, or poor training. 
2. If actors appear moody, sullen, uptight, or arrogant, it gives an impression that actor could have emotional issues. 
3. If they are slick or monotone, they appear unbelievable or unlikeable. 
4. If they don't hold eye contact with the camera, they seem afraid, shifty, or inexperienced. 
5. If actors speak too fast or too soft, it makes them appear nervous, shy or inhibited. 
6. If they speak too slow, it often is taken as patronizing like a saint or a priest. 
7. if they speak too loud, it suggests they have done more theater than film work or that they are trying to reach the camera with their voice.

The above may happen as an unconscious act, habit, or a consequence of their anxiety and tension, which make them look 'one of those hundreds' and inexperienced.

How To Give Best Introduction (Video as well)

1. I suggest that you introduce (slate) as if it were an introduction to someone, not as a presentation, announcement, or to impress. When auditioning, I suggest that you honestly introduce yourself to someone in the room (usually the person running the session) while looking into the camera lens. 
2. You should be positive and enjoy introducing yourself. 
3. Smile, if it feels right, but if you smile just to smile, it will look fake and insincere. Smile because you are confident and having fun, then it will be relaxed or engaging.
4. Be spontaneous! Each time you say your name it should be just a little different. If there isn’t some difference each time, then it may convey you have probably memorized  and it's just a “line reading.” 
5. Add a “Hi, I’m" or a “Hello, my name is” and then your name. This will make it friendly and less like you are reporting for military duty.
6. When nervous, laugh a little bit (to relax) before you start. It helps to release the nervousness and quickly shifts you into a positive energy. If you have been told by auditioners that you are "not really you" in your slate, then you should give it some attention. 
7. There is no second chance to make a first impression. This is especially true for commercial ad auditions.  

Note: Sometimes actors want to know if they should slate in character.  I suggest if you are unsure then ask the AD or audition session in-charge

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15 Types Of Laugh For Camera You Must Learn | How To

Learn The famous laughter style of Navjot Sidhu

If you are acting for the camera, there's good news and bad news. 

The good news: you can create many different takes and an editor/director can choose the one that works best.
The bad news: film crews are expensive, and time equals money. The director will grow impatient if you can't come up with a right realistic la. Depending on the scene and your fellow actors, off camera interaction, can often evoke genuine laughter. Also, surprise moments between actors can work wonders -- as long as the director appreciates!

Studying Laughter

• The sounds of laughter are similar around the world. Most laughter consists of H-sounds: Ha, ho, hee. Other bursts of laughter might contain vowel sounds.
• In fact, there's an entire field of science dedicated to the study of laughter. It's called gelotology. 
• Learning about the mental and physical aspects of laughter can help actors become more adept at producing laughs on cue. 

Facts On Laughter

1. Females laugh more often than men.
2. Men are more likely to attempt to make others laugh.
3. Speakers (joke tellers) laugh almost 50% more than their audience.
4. Laughter often occurs at the end of a sentence.
5. We laugh more when in the company of others than when we are alone.

What can motivate your character's Laughter?

If you can laugh spontaneously and sound believable, you're ready for your audition.
If the laugh sounded forced it might be because you have no idea why your character is laughing. The more you emotionally "Feel" with your character, the more you can feel like her and laugh like her.

How To Laugh

For some actors laughing on *cue can be just as difficult a task as to cry on *cue. Here are a few tips on how to laugh effectively:

• First and foremost, keep your attention on the scene and on your partner. If you are truly engrossed in the moment of the scene, the laugh will come organically.
• Think of the kind of laugh required for the moment. What size or type of laugh is an appropriate reaction to the situation? Sometimes a little chuckle is far more effective than a belly laugh. Although a seemingly inappropriate laugh may work as well, particularly if you are acting in a comedy.
• Be aware of the what the mood of the scene is and decide how your character would honestly react. After that, forget about it. Let the moment carry you through.

When To Stop Laughing

• You cannot continue laughing until eternity unless of course, your character is a maniac. This would depend on the character you are playing. If the role is comedic then an abrupt end and remaining still may work.
• For example, you are playing a character of a subordinate and your boss slips while sitting or mispronounced a word or drops something, which has evoked a laughter in you (natural). You have to stop suddenly and froze realizing that your laughter may be insulting to your boss.
• In a second situation, you are sitting with friends and enjoying jokes. Here laughing belly out may be okay

Watch How Others Laugh

As an actor, you are probably a people watcher already, and if you haven't taken up the pastime of carefully watching others, it's time to begin. Spend the next five days observing different categories of people how others laugh.

• Do they giggle in a high pitched spurt?
• Do they do a courtesy laugh just to please others?
• Are they intoxicated?
• Maniacal? Childish?
• Are they laughing sarcastically? Uncontrollably?
• Are they trying (but failing) to hold it in?
• Take notes if you can.

Here are some of the contemporary laughing style for actors to learn. Few of them are never taught in any acting school and are great to surprise a casting director or a Bollywood director. You can find these laughs in the live video attached below:

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5 Audition Success Steps To Let Your Audition Go With Bang

Not Winning Auditions?Here Are 5 Great Audition Steps To Grab Film/TV Roles

1 – Learn Your Lines 

You’ll be asked to perform a piece from the script – so make sure you know it and remember if possible, word by word. In a regular audition, you’ll get a minus mark if you’re less than word perfect. So I expect the same from you here, at the start of your career.

2 – Make Decisions How To Play The Character

Think long and hard, and decide what’s really going on in your character’s world (The one you are going to portray). What’s that about the character not mentioned in the script? Don’t just speak your lines like hundreds of others. Don't be uncertain. Decide.

3 – Don't Hesitate To Take Risks 

You’ll get nowhere by playing it safe. So listen to that inside voice of yours, telling you to "go out and don't worry". Do something different, to bring out hidden qualities in your character. Free and open up...

4 – Make The Best Use Of Space Allowed In Front Of Camera Or The Room

If there is a scene, may be your co-actor in the audition room, think how would your character move, do things and fill the space? For example, would the character pick things up? Play with objects? Use the doors and windows? Fiddle with light switches? Involve the furniture?

5 – Be On Time

The casting people are looking at your attitude just as much as your talent. So even if there’s valid reason, a train or bus strike and the city grinds to a halt, they want to see you there on time. That shows how you are committed.

Okay – so follow these steps

And your audition should go with BANG!

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22 Reasons Of Your Terrible Failure As An Actor

Rejection in auditions

You Just Dream To Be An Actor. No Research Done

Do Not Know The Requirements To Be A Successful Actor

Did Not Try To Find Out The Struggle Stories Of Top Actors

Never Bothered To Learn Professional Acting

Never Knew Competition

Don't Know How To Market And Promote Acting Career

Result

You Are Bound To Fail

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Yes, I’m writing about why you DIDN’T get the role in an audition. Yes, even though your audition was amazing and you lit up the room with creative acting genius, you still might not get the part. I know,… you’re probably thinking, “.. But Kiran Sir, you are always so positive. Why are you talking about something negative?”
First, it’s not negative to understand why you didn’t get a job because it will free your mind of all that silly thoughts and reasons when you find out you didn’t get it. Second, and this is one of the most  important parts of learning so pay attention.
Since this is one of the most frequently asked questions to me by my present and ex students, I decided to answer it, hitting the bull’s eye!
Based on my years of experience as an actor and a short filmmaker, these are some of the reasons you didn’t get the role. They are for both-male and female actors

The Reasons

1. You’re too tall.
2. You’re too short.
3. You’re too pretty.
4. You’re not pretty enough.
5. You’re too fat.
6. You’re too thin.
7. You’re too old.
8. You’re too young.
9. You’re too serious.
10. You’re too funny.
11. You look too much like the lead (Hero/Heroine).
12. You don’t look enough like the lead.(Hero/Heroine).
13. You’re taller than the lead. (Hero/Heroine).
14. You’re shorter than the lead. (Hero/Heroine).
15. You remind the producer of his sister, and he hates his sister.
16. You are too ethnic. (For example villager, farmer, Punjabi, South Indian, Oriental looking etc.)
17. You are not ethnic enough. (For example villager, farmer, Punjabi, South Indian, Oriental looking etc.)
18. You were the first one to give audition that day.
19. You were the last one to give audition that day.
20. You look more like a friend than the lead.
21. You’re more like a lead than the  friend.
22. You look like the director’s wife and he had a fight with his wife right before he left the house this morning.
Okay, this is a small sample of the some of the reasons you didn’t get the role.
Remember, none of these are within your control. NONE!
However, there could be a positive aspect.
I strongly recommend you to do some research before you go for an audition. Perhaps, try to contact casting directors, assistant director or director before and find everything about the character you would be auditioning for. In case if you are not meeting some of the above mentioned, at least, physical profile of the character, reconsider your decision of going to auditions.
What you must understand is that your only job in an audition is to do your best work. Everything else is not up to you. The role for which you are performing in an audition is one piece of an entire puzzle. All the pieces of the puzzle must fit, for you to grab the role. The casting director, producer, and director are also fitting pieces of the puzzle together all day long. Your only job is to be the best “piece” you can be. Whether your piece of efforts fit in the slot for that piece is not up to you.
Just go to your audition. Do your best and let it go! If you’re good, they will remember you.
And now, cheer up!
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Casting Director Are Ruining Actors | 9 Tips To Ensure Job

The frustration of Aspiring Bollywood actors 

Yes, Casting Directors Will Wreck Your Future!
You Will Be Rejected In Every Audition
Do You Know Why?
You  Don't Know The Level Of Competition And Pressures
Your Audition Etiquettes And Performance Is Mediocre
Are You Scared?
Don't Worry
Learn 9 Sure And Simple  Steps To Force Casting Directors To Select You

How To Enter | Introduce And Shoot 

1. Smile! A smile from the moment you walk in the door to greet them! It's an important sign of friendliness, and it lets your possible future employers know what kind of professionalism they can expect from you.

2. Stand at the marked place

3. Enter like a star but without any arrogance. Just express confidence. 

4. Hand over your headshots and resume, if not given earlier

5. Since every audition is different, be flexible and pay close attention when given instructions prior to (and during) an audition.

6. Wait for few seconds for instructions. If no instructions are forthcoming, ask a polite question like "May I introduce myself, please?

7. Then speak your name and contact details and may be few words about your background and experience, if you have any.

8. Then, again wait for further instructions on auditions

9. Relax and shoot!

Ways to Improve Your Auditions

Prepare your audition pieces. Rehearse them as you would rehearse a play. Work on them with a coach, director or another knowledgeable colleague. Be as confident with the piece as you would a role you were performing. Work on them outside of the context of an upcoming audition. Work on them in front of people. Don't wait until the night before your audition to search for, memorize and rehearse an audition piece! Practice, practice, practice!

Speaking Your Lines

When auditioning for a role in a TV commercial, you read from cue cards. Cue cards are like large flash cards that have an actor’s script printed on them in big letters. If a TV performer forgets the lines, she ever-so-subtly looks at the cue cards and reads from them. The viewing audience doesn’t see cue cards because the person holding them is standing next to (not in front of) the camera.

 Keep the following script etiquette in mind when auditioning

If you just received your copy of the script moments before your audition, do an analysis of script  or may be just lines, create the character with your imagination and try to memorize the lines
Don’t be afraid if you have forgotten a line or two or words. Just continue without a break. The important part is to see how well you can interpret the part, not how well you can memorize a script on short notice.
If you completely mess up your lines, it’s okay to ask if you can start from the beginning again.
During an open casting call or casting audition, another person may read lines with you. This person could be anyone from the casting director to another actor to the man who just delivered a pizza to the casting director for lunch. Many times, the person reading with you is not a professional actor and, therefore, may not give you much to work with. Don’t let any acting inadequacies bother you; stay focused, and give your best audition.
Luckily for you, there may be a callback. However, you may be asked to audition and read lines with an actor who already has been cast. The casting director wants to see how you look and sound next to an actor who has already been assigned a role.

Confidence

Enter the room with confidence. If hands are offered, shake them. Look the auditors in the eyes during introductions if there are any. Introduce yourself and let them know what piece you are doing and who the authors are. Then let them know which of the pieces you will be performing first. Remember to smile and show off your confidence.

Minding Auditioning Manners 

A lack of courtesy shows disrespect, no matter where you are in life. If directed toward the folks running the audition like a spoiled brat, it can kill an acting opportunity faster than you think
Never touch the casting director or any of his or her possessions, such as the notepad, laptop computer, food, and such. Doing so is rude and definitely, works against you.
Never smoke or chew gum during your audition. If you must smoke, do it outside where no one can see you and where your smoke won’t interfere with others.
If you bring a small tape recorder to record and then later evaluate your performance in the comfort of your home, hide the device so that it doesn’t distract from your performance. Otherwise, the casting director may be looking at your tape recorder rather than watching you. Don’t ask for permission to tape record because it will take time and distract the casting director. Just hide it in your pocket or purse and let it run

Making Your Exit

After you complete your audition, thank everyone (the casting director, the camera operator eating a sandwich in the back, the receptionist who helped you check in, and anyone else who may be sitting in the room). If you read from a script, be sure to hand that script back to the casting director or his assistant. In general, you want to leave the room exactly the way it appeared when you arrived.

Congratulate Self

Well after exit, there is nothing more you can do. So don't think about audition you have given. Just congratulate yourself for doing a great job and celebrate. Have a coffee and go back home smiling

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2. http://www.indianmodelagency.com/more.php?flg50=listing
3. http://www.bollywoodhunts.com/
4. http://www.timesjobs.com/jobskill/actor-Jobs
5. ttp://www.rkfma.com/media-jobs-careers-india.html
6. x http://www.alchemyindiaonline.com/index.php
7. http://chain2bollywood.com/
8.  http://www.auditioncalls.com
9. http://www.indiwood.com/search_jobs.php

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Better Quit Acting | You Create A Bad First Impression

Failing in life due to bad first impression

Why Creating  A Good First Impression Is Important For An Actor

• There is no doubt you've heard the common saying that you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. What many actors don’t realize is just how important a first impression can be. As a rule, people judge others within the first 3 to 5 seconds of meeting them. The judgment is made subjectively, without conscious thought.

Unfortunately, actors seldom pay any attention to this art of “Creating a good impression” and the consequence is disastrous-

You Are Rejected Instantly!

 It is paramount importance that actors when they are meeting with directors and other cine/TV industry people or for a camera auditions, do their best to make a good impression, professionally and personally. Oftentimes, it is the simplest concepts of good manners or social etiquette that are forgotten. Nevertheless, there are steps that anyone can take to improve the impression they make in those crucial first moments.

The Basics of Good Impressions

The cornerstones of result oriented and proper etiquette for actors are the following:

• Be on time.
• Dress appropriately for an occasion.
• Address everyone respectfully, such as by their last name.
• Maintain eye contact, but do not stare.
• Speak clearly, confidently, and do not rush through your thoughts or sentences.
• Offer a firm handshake.

Smile, Smile, Smile

A confident, relaxed smile is the best way to put other people at ease. Analyzing hundreds of successful and great actors, it has been found that smiling is an important social catchword, and that other person will respond to smiles on both as at known (conscious ) and at unknown (subjective) level. If a person smiles in joy, others around them will smile, and their brain activity will actually copy the activity in the brain of the person that initiated the smile.
While people have some ability to detect fake smiles, this ability is not well-developed, and a good fake smile can fool most people. Whether or not you really feel it, put a smile on your face when meeting new people and, indirectly, people will also feel happy to see you. That feeling will resonate every time they think of you.

How to make smile a habit?

Start your day practicing a smile on a mirror as soon you get up in the morning. Every day till it become a permanent feature of your profile, your “essence”

Good Manners Never Go Out of Style

While your parents should have taught you good manners growing up, here’s a quick recap on the basics that can really make a difference on your first impression.

Mind Your Language

Good manners are indicative of your respect for yourself and others. “Please,” (Krupa kar key) “Thank You,” (*Dhanyavad) and “You’re Welcome,”(Aap ka swagat hai) are not meaningless words; they demonstrate to others that you value their effort, thought, and/or generosity. this is particularly true when engaging with your elders.
Make this as your habit and I’m sure it will definitely help you in getting acting jobs

Should I Speak Names?

Furthermore, it is rude to use someone’s first name unless given permission to do so, since it indicates a degree of familiarity the other person may not desire. Always address others in business by their title (Mr., Mrs., or Ms.) or just say “Sir” or” Madam”, unless they request you use a given name or nickname.
However, abroad especially in USA or UK, it may be customary or normal to address everyone by their first names, but it is best to wait for an invitation and avoid offending potential managers or co-workers.

What Care Should We Take On Attire and Dress?

It is usually better to lean towards formally-dressed unless advised otherwise than informal, weirdly, or under-dressed. Once again, the way a person dresses can demonstrate their respect for whoever they are meeting.
Here are a few factors to keep in mind and prefer:
Less skin – long skirts, shirts with sleeves, nothing too tight
Simple colors – light blue/cream/light gray, and if wearing suit then dark blue, gray, dark brown with a tie without designs
Hide tattoos

Eye Contact

Eye contact is another important cue, and those who do not make eye contact place themselves at a social disadvantage, especially during meeting directors, artist co-coordinators, giving a monolog or in public speaking. Most people believe that those who do not make eye contact are lying or avoiding something, or that they lack the confidence to interact effectively with other people.
While it is impolite to stare at other people, it is important to watch their faces, make regular eye contact when communicating, and occasionally look away.

How To Speak?

When meeting someone for the first time, it is important to make your words count, for example, especially meeting casting director, director or producers when you are answering interview questions. Additionally, others may not be able to understand you if you do not speak clearly and in a voice loud enough to be heard.
A clear, well-modulated speaking voice is an important social tool and contributes to the ease of communication and a good first impression.

Handshake

If you are prompted to shake hand (India) having a firm handshake shows self-confidence, an important asset for any employee. While the handshake should be firm, too much pressure shows a desire to dominate and can be a negative signal. Keep handshakes friendly and painless. However, shaking hands is a social ritual in many western countries/entertainment industry

What Not To Do

Be careful about humor. Though it may be welcomed by some, tasteless jokes should be avoided. Avoid showing your talent of comedy in normal discussions, unless asked to show

My Final Word

While it may be trite, the best advice may be to treat other people as you wish to be treated yourself. A friendly, courteous demeanor is always a good way to make a favorable first impression on the people you meet. When you think about the way others will think about, perceive you, consider your reaction when meeting different people, and emulate the ones who made the best first impression on you.

Wanna Be An Actor? Don't Jump | It's Hard | Not Everyone Can

Why am I failing as an actor? What can I do?

Don't Just Dream To be Actor | You Will Be Foolish And Destroy Life

• Do you have some inborn acting talent?

• Have you as a kid, performed in parties, school plays, with friends? 

• As a child or even now, do you like and enjoy to observe, mimic and copy people?

• As a young aspiring actor, have you taken an extensive acting training preferrably from a personal acting coach or a good school?

Most acting problems stem from 

• We think of acting as the process of copying life of the character as portrayed in a script, narrated by the writer or briefly explained by the director. What does that mean? Simply this: in life we laugh, cry, and say things with a certain amount of emotional investment, so if we duplicate that emotional attributes and say our characters’ words, we will do Great Acting!
• And when that doesn’t work out the way we think, we are baffled: “I thought that if I said it just like I do in real life it would be REAL.”

The Fact No 1.

However, most acting problems stem from

• That we forget our own inborn or learned essence (archetype), our type, style- our physical attributes, physical movements, voice, language, gestures, body language and our emotions and attitudes.
• That as a "life" our glass is full, our slate is all written with no place for anything new
• That when we try hard to live a new and imaginary life of a different character than what we truly are, to the audience it looks labored and fake. People identify easily that the actor is not truthful and is "bad".
•  To dig deeper, the problem with that line of thought is this: we can’t copy the appearance of life, in the same way, that we can’t take a photograph of something and present it as the original and "live" itself. The photograph may be an external representation of the subject photographed, but that’s about it.

So how do we solve this problem, or what are the true underpinnings of great acting? 

Learn 

A. First and foremost, observe yourself keenly, know your type and undertake exercises (Michael Chekov) to learn to get rid of your type and how to be neutral to be able to create a new life of a character.

B. Acting for the camera and for a stage. The different techniques and how to market and promote yourself as a product in a highly competitive market where every aspiring actor is better than the other.

Then what's an acting technique?

• Acting technique is the process by which you create the appearance of life (a character from the story) by creating spontaneity and emotionally truthful behavior as you tell and show the story you were hired to tell.
• Learning acting is understanding and practicing this process by triggering the power of imagination and getting to the NEEDS and ACTIONS underneath the outward appearance of a character's behavior. 

The Fact No 2.

The human behavior we observe around are too diverse, leading to a creation of people of different attitudes with underlying emotions.  To transform yourself into this unique and dynamic character truthfully becomes difficult, may be practically impossible if you don't have at least some inborn power of imagination, and on the top of it, may get compounded with the lack of knowledge and training.

For example.
You’re shooting a scene and your director tells you – “More anger!”. OK, so how do you do that? You decide to be louder and FEEL the way you do in life when you’re angry. The director yells “Cut!, What the f*** are you doing? That’s terrible!”
You’re baffled and also in a panic – if you don’t get this right, you’ll never be hired by this director ever again or his friends.  But if you have been learning acting, and at the right school or with a good personal coach, you will have a way to solve this. You will know that what the director really wants is more intensity, more emotions of action. Meaning that if you fight for whatever you’re fighting for in the scene, anger will happen naturally, if you are feeling the situation in a scene as 'happening really' rather than trying hard to generate an emotion of increased anger.
The result will be believable, your director will be happy, and you will keep your job.

• The point is, you need to understand and learn the process of acting (especially developing the power of imagination and creating a physical and emotions generation center within you. 
• You will be shocked how very few directors understand that process and rely on YOU to understand it and give them the results they need in order to move on to the next shot.

Conclusion

So a word of advice, it’s OK to call yourself an actor before you are one, but also "Know How To Do The Job". 

You may get acting jobs because of your looks and body or with excellent communication skills but how long? Without learning and mastering the fine craft of acting, If you’re just faking it, you will be found out and it won’t be pretty. You may fool them for a bit, but eventually, someone is going to ask you to act and act well.

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Why Actors Fail | 3 Stupid Audition Mistakes | Correct Them

Causes of Repeated Audition Failure

• Poor Acting Technique
• No Or Wrong Marketing And Promotion of Acting Career 

Acting Career Success Factors
A. To be a Good Product: Get yourself trained to master acting craft and go on updating till you die
B. Marketing Self:
Let the people know who are you
Vigorous promotion your career with planning, action plan and its implementation

Mistakes committed, how to correct and create a winning strategy

1. How do you “look” or “perceived”?

It’s time to talk about your “look,” your “casting,” your “type,” etc. Many of you are marketing yourselves poorly, which creates more opportunity for those actors who are doing it “right” and you lose the role to these smart guys.
Unfortunately, many of you have not taken a strategic approach to your look.
The most important thing that the auditioners want to see in you is more than what you “look like” and that is what your “personality” is. In other words, your look and how you have promoted yourself through the portfolio, showreel etc should be such that casting understands and perceives you clearly.
Now here what do we mean by “marketing” yourself for auditions? Here in simple terms, it means the moment you enter and start talking, are you projecting those aspects and qualities of your personality which are suited best to the project (Role) you are auditioning?

How to find how you look and accepted (perceived)?
The best way to find out is through friends or through social media like Facebook. Let people describe you. Ask them what they take you, find you and perceive you?
Are you smart, caring, humble, funny, suspicious, indecisive, a good friend, sweet, hot, sick, intelligent, dependable and so on? Ask these questions on social media
The great thing is that the more you understand how others accept and take you (as a character)  or perceive you, you can
 A. select specific casting calls suited to you and offer “a perfect” choice to casting directors on how you are perceived in general with right qualities of a role they are auditioning.
In the beginning of your career, you may like to explore as many opportunities as possible to learn auditions or improve your selection chances. In such a situation
B. Or turn off  those qualities from you while preparing for audition
For example, if you are accepted normally as a funny may be a shy guy but this doesn’t fit the story, with efforts you can turn that part of you off.
In this way, you can always add, subtract, or explore new aspects of yourself, suited best to a particular character in an audition or just to present the right aspect of your personality to impress upon auditioners. After all, they are keen to know whether you could be a good team member or not.

2. Another big mistake!

Take your physical appearance, for example. The way we dress and style ourselves can often be random, thoughtless, or even a direct contradiction to our “self” (how we are perceived).  That’s because many of us use or construct (re-create) our “look” as a personal statement against or to the world, or to hide, or show off, or as a defensive reaction, or to try to be something we may want to be but just isn’t true to who we are.
Like actors styling and marketing themselves like 20-somethings when they’re clearly in their mid-30s or older.
Then, there are the unintentional issues. Some of you have colored your hair weird, or it’s a bad cut, or you over-pluck your eyebrows, or never fixed your teeth, or are carrying too much weight for no good reason, or feel great of showing off-putting weight on one leg with shaking your head and hands.

3. Next, when determining what roles you’play

You’ve got to accept what your age category is.  So, what kinds of roles do men or women in their early 18, 20, 30 or 40s play? Collegian or a typical city boy /girl, Hot and Sexy, Young professionals, Fathers / Mothers, Doctors, Athletes, Workers, Villager, Friends, Neighbors, Boyfriends, Taxi drivers etc.
Definitely, you have a better chance of winning an audition if you consider and develop your Personality Marketing Strategies suited to an audition requirement

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