The Audition

Hello my dear blog readers!  I'm on my way home from my first movie audition and thought I'd let y'all know how it went! :).

The audition took place on Hull St. in Richmond, Va.  It was scheduled to be from 12:00pm-4:00pm.  After picking up my freshly-printed headshots from Walmart and getting my resume ready, dad and I arrived at "Artworks" around 11:00pm.  The line was already wrapped around two sides of the building! Good thing we got there so early! Though I never saw the end of the line myself, I'm pretty sure it wrapped all the way around the building. ;) We stood in line for about 2 1/2 hours but it didn't feel that long. When you're me or you're with someone like me or my dad, you're bound to make new friends with those around you. ;).  It was neat hearing their back stories and especially interesting to talk with them if they had been in movies before.

Finally we arrived INSIDE the "Artworks" building.  :) There was still a long hallway of waiting ahead of us, but the intriguing pieces of art kept us interested (if not slightly amused ;).  Before I auditioned they got a picture of me with my slate (name, number, email).  Then I handed my resume (with attached headshot), and audition form to a friendly volunteer and turned to face the camera.  The camera guy said the lines of "Sam" and I said the lines of "Pat".

Sam: Did you get it?

Pat: No.  Didn't like the place.

Sam: What do you mean?

Pat: Don't worry about it.

Those are the lines I did with the camera guy.

In order to make a performance realistic, you have to imagine yourself in a real situation.  Because of what the film is about, I imagined that Sam was my white husband and I was Pat, his black wife.  We are standing outside of the court when this conversarion happens.  He is asking me if I got the marriage certificate.  Because we both know it's illegal for us to be married, we are apprehensive.  Thus in my response to the camera man saying Sam's lines, I sounded apprehensive/nervous/concerned.

After I did the cold read with the camera guy he redirected me.  "This time," he said, "pretend you're in trouble." The camera was still rolling so I couldn't just stop and think for awhile about how to sound like I was in trouble or even why. I just had to go. In my head, I was kind of thinking that my last read was read kind of like I was in trouble.....but you can't just tell a VIP no. ;)  So I gave it the best shot I could at the time.  I took a bit more of a defensive role this time.  After the fact, I realized I could have done such-and-such to make it better, but you can't change what's been done. :)

Dad ended up auditioning as well. :) He'd make a good blue-collar buff guy in this 1950's era movie. ;)

If dad/I get a speaking role, we'll hear back sooner as opposed to later.  The filming is from September - November.  If they want to use one or both of us as extras, we could hear back anytime from now until November. ;) And I guess if they don't want us at all, we won't hear from them ever. :)

I'll let you know if we hear back from them! :)

All in all, I think my first audition went wonderfully, and I'm praising the Lord that He kept all nervousness far far away where it belonged. ;)

Here's a picture of my dad and I after the audition:

Have a blessed day!

~Alexis Noel