Timing and preparation
I had a call today from the theatre company who will be putting on the Ibsen play. Apparently I may be losing out on the chance to audition, because I took the time to re-read the play in order to refresh my memory and make some qualified and intelligent observations about the character, which has now delayed me sufficiently so the audition slots are full... Great.
Why do people do that, get you to read the play again before they book you in for the audition, don't they reckon you may read it once you know you are going up for it?
I mean I certainly assumed that I was, and they said they asked actors the question about their part to make sure they were familiar with the play because they had so many responses, but that's what acting's all about, to become familiar with a part through reading and rehearsing the play!
I once lost out on the chance to audition alltogether because I wrote the company an email asking about their conditions and rates of pay (to make sure I wasn't wasting our time by applying for a job I won't be interested in doing)- by the time they replied, the slots had filled anyway. A shame, because I would have been interested to do it. How come that any ads for receptionists, cleaners, CEO's and IT nerds carry a full job desctiption and details of the pay and bonuses, and acting jobs just promise a "good rate of pay" which could mean anything from 180 (plus accommodation! Wow... Like I'm gonna take my tent on tour)
The guy from the job center (a "resting actor" himself) called to inform me of an extras casting they are holding for some commercial. I went to one of them before, it's a bit pointless because you wait around for ages, and also seems to just serve to save the production company money by cutting out the extras agency and employing people who don't know how much money they should be getting.
70 quid for a 10 hour day isn't exactly great, nor is it to my knowledge the Equity minimum. My agencies pay around 89, but then they take commission and I tend to not do extra work nowadays. It sucks especially if it's this cold!
Plus my successful friend who's with ICM never did a day's extra work in her life as far as I'm aware, she just goes off filming with Johnny Depp or Hayden Christenson (that's how you spell it?) only to return to her job at the juice bar afterwards...
Why do people do that, get you to read the play again before they book you in for the audition, don't they reckon you may read it once you know you are going up for it?
I mean I certainly assumed that I was, and they said they asked actors the question about their part to make sure they were familiar with the play because they had so many responses, but that's what acting's all about, to become familiar with a part through reading and rehearsing the play!
I once lost out on the chance to audition alltogether because I wrote the company an email asking about their conditions and rates of pay (to make sure I wasn't wasting our time by applying for a job I won't be interested in doing)- by the time they replied, the slots had filled anyway. A shame, because I would have been interested to do it. How come that any ads for receptionists, cleaners, CEO's and IT nerds carry a full job desctiption and details of the pay and bonuses, and acting jobs just promise a "good rate of pay" which could mean anything from 180 (plus accommodation! Wow... Like I'm gonna take my tent on tour)
The guy from the job center (a "resting actor" himself) called to inform me of an extras casting they are holding for some commercial. I went to one of them before, it's a bit pointless because you wait around for ages, and also seems to just serve to save the production company money by cutting out the extras agency and employing people who don't know how much money they should be getting.
70 quid for a 10 hour day isn't exactly great, nor is it to my knowledge the Equity minimum. My agencies pay around 89, but then they take commission and I tend to not do extra work nowadays. It sucks especially if it's this cold!
Plus my successful friend who's with ICM never did a day's extra work in her life as far as I'm aware, she just goes off filming with Johnny Depp or Hayden Christenson (that's how you spell it?) only to return to her job at the juice bar afterwards...
posted by Anonymous Actress @ Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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