If you are in actor, no matter how successful or well-known, you have to audition. Being able to do it is still the best way to break into theatre, film and television. But not all auditions are alike. A television commercial must be approached differently from a movie or stage show. This guide examines the various kinds of audition actors are likely to encounter, and teaches them how to try out for commercials, radio, television, movies, corporate and industrial films, and the stage. This revised edition covers topics such as computerized casting and CD-ROM work for voice-over actors, and provides expanded help on auditioning for commercials, cable television jobs, and corporate or industrial films, particularly as they relate to CD-ROM and interactive video.
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Ed Hooks, whose acting and teaching careers span three decades, is the author of The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook. He lives in Palo Alto, California
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The Best Audition Book Ever,
This review is from: The Audition Book: Winning Strategies for Breaking into Theater, Film and Television (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This book is on of the best I have ever read. Not only does it make you extremely confident about your acting ability, but it's hilarious. Hooks has made such an amusing book that I would even suggest it to people uninterested in acting. The book gives you a feeling of, "The casting directors can take me or leave me. I'll just get famous with someone else. Hooks tells you all the facts, like what to wear to different auditions, how to relax yourself before one, and how to choose an agent. Any time you start to lose hope in acting, read this book!
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I wish everyone in the business was this honest.,
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This review is from: The Audition Book: Winning Strategies for Breaking into Theater, Film and Television (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
In a very honest and inspiring approach, Mr. Hooks paints a picture of the experience involved in auditioning for various media (theatre, film, commercials). Every beginning actor should read this book.
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A No-Nonsense Set of Guideposts to the Industry,
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This review is from: The Audition Book: Winning Strategies for Breaking into Theater, Film and Television (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
You must read this book. Along w/ Michael Shurtleff's book "Audition" on theatre auditions, a book which Hooks recommends, this has been one of the best audition tools I've come across. The book will definately pay for itself if you take Ed's advice to heart and into action!
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We are auditioning in one way or another for most of our lives, first as children crying for mom's attention, later for that perfect after-school job, then for the favors of a lover; we audition for the limited space in the best colleges and for positions on the good rungs in the corporate ladder; we audition for the basketball team, the cheerleading squad, and, if we go into politics, for votes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audition room, audition technique, commercial audition, casting director, actual director, videotape camera, casting session, talent agents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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We are auditioning in one way or another for most of our lives, first as children crying for mom's attention, later for that perfect after-school job, then for the favors of a lover; we audition for the limited space in the best colleges and for positions on the good rungs in the corporate ladder; we audition for the basketball team, the cheerleading squad, and, if we go into politics, for votes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
audition room, audition technique, commercial audition, casting director, actual director, videotape camera, casting session, talent agents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Los Angeles, Screen Actors Guild, United States, Daily Variety, Madison Avenue, Blair Witch Project, Bob Newhart, Joe Smith, Marlon Brando, Stella Adler New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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