Four down, how ever many to go
Mar. 22nd, 2009 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prusikGot back from the Harold audition. Technically, we did an Armando. i.e., a 3 monologue opening rather than a group game opening. I can totally see why they asked us to do an Armando instead. Not everyone may know the same opening games. The choice of game may disadvantage some people. An organic opening can be really painful to watch if the group doing it has never worked together before. If I were auditioning improvisers, I wouldn't want to see them do an organic opening either.
The funny thing about auditions is that we're all so eager to show we know what we're doing. The casting directors said, not in these words of course, that the basic straight forward Harold with training wheels was ok. They're looking for good, solid scene work within a Harold structure. So, of course, we do this totally tricked out Harold with organic group games and a third beat which unifies all three plot threads. What's kind of embarrassing for me personally is that the group games we improvised tonight were better than the ones two Friday ago at the Level II grad show with the people that I've been working with for half a year. Such is improv, I guess.
Anyway, I had a horrific first beat. I'm not too bummed about it because I don't think I had a chance. It would have been nice to show that I'm actually capable of scene work though. I went to the audition mostly to practice dealing with stress situations. I don't really perform well under stress and it's a hump that I really need to get over. I need more practice. No surprise there.
Bottom line: I don't really care that, technically speaking, Clarion hasn't gotten back to me yet. I'm having my ice cream and watching The Amazing Race. (EyeTV has been recording it for me while I blogged.)
[ETA: Apparently, CBS is almost an hour behind due to, probably, basketball. I'll be watching The Amazing Race Live. Actually, I may do something else for another 10-15 minutes so that I can skip commercials.]
The funny thing about auditions is that we're all so eager to show we know what we're doing. The casting directors said, not in these words of course, that the basic straight forward Harold with training wheels was ok. They're looking for good, solid scene work within a Harold structure. So, of course, we do this totally tricked out Harold with organic group games and a third beat which unifies all three plot threads. What's kind of embarrassing for me personally is that the group games we improvised tonight were better than the ones two Friday ago at the Level II grad show with the people that I've been working with for half a year. Such is improv, I guess.
Anyway, I had a horrific first beat. I'm not too bummed about it because I don't think I had a chance. It would have been nice to show that I'm actually capable of scene work though. I went to the audition mostly to practice dealing with stress situations. I don't really perform well under stress and it's a hump that I really need to get over. I need more practice. No surprise there.
Bottom line: I don't really care that, technically speaking, Clarion hasn't gotten back to me yet. I'm having my ice cream and watching The Amazing Race. (EyeTV has been recording it for me while I blogged.)
[ETA: Apparently, CBS is almost an hour behind due to, probably, basketball. I'll be watching The Amazing Race Live. Actually, I may do something else for another 10-15 minutes so that I can skip commercials.]
