'THE ALCHEMY OF AUDITION TECHNIQUE' ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
1. Introduction
2. 'The Alchemy of Audition Technique'
3. Venue
4. Booking
5. Workshop Director
6. Participants' Credits
Due to popular demand, a new one-day workshop is being offered, concentrating entirely on much-needed audition skills.
2.’THE ALCHEMY OF AUDITION TECHNIQUE': TBA
The fact is that most actors do not do themselves justice in screen auditions due to nerves and inexperience. This is frustrating from the director’s point of view, who wants to find the very best actor for the role on offer and hasn’t much time to do it. The director often has to choose between a number of potentially good ‘doormats’ (ie. actors waiting to be told what to do) in the hope that the actor who is cast will rise to the occasion on set. With TV schedules getting ever faster and pre-production time being continually eroded, directors have little or no time to direct a performance from a standing start and need actors (who have read the scenes prior to the audition) to come in prepared to offer something believable, entertaining and surprising!
Experienced television director, Andrew Higgs, shares his insight into the audition process in this unique one-day workshop, explaining and demonstrating how actors new to screen work can make a lasting first impression and significantly increase their hit rate by doing themselves full justice in an ever more competitive and stressful environment.
Topics covered will include:
How to prepare for an audition - what to do in that vital 10/15 minutes between receiving the script and meeting the director;
Typecasting - what directors will be thinking about you as soon as you walk in the room;
The ‘triple whammy’ strategy - how to make a director want to work with you even if your type isn’t right;
Audition readings - what directors are listening for in a ‘reading’. The difference between soap and feature film scripts. What to do with stage directions.
The day will consist of camera exercises, analysis of each participant’s screen persona and extensive practice and coaching in audition readings.
Central London: SW7
Timings: 1000-1800 hrs
The workshop fee is GBP 56.00 (inc. VAT).
ENROL NOW by emailing your acting CV (plus head shot) to: andrew@macheath.u-net.com
CAPACITY
Only 10 places available.
Andrew Higgs trained at the London International Film School, graduating with distinction having won the Fuji Scholarship Award for 'Macheath' starring John Hurt. Subsequent directing credits include 'Brookside', 'The Bill', 'Jupiter Moon' and the German police series 'Die Wache'. He recently set up Macheath Productions and is in development with a first feature film. He is also a member of the current Council of The Directors Guild of Great Britain and was recently one of only three people granted an interview by Roman Polanski to discuss his Oscar-winning film 'The Pianist' (see www.dggb.co.uk/publications/article11_100.html).
Click here for Andrew Higgs' CV
6. POST WORKSHOP CREDITS AND FEEDBACK
For a list of broadcast and feature film credits subsequently received by participants of the “Alchemy” workshop, together with feedback from them, see here.
