The Sport of Auditioning, Presented By Jane Brody [Audio CD]

Jane Brody (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2001

1. Realities of Auditioning 2. Be who you are 3. Building a career 4. The interview 5. The three suppositions 6. We are all alike 7. Conflict in the soul of Drama 8. The need for relationship 9. The four lists 10. Getting to the dream 11. Trust your instincts 12. The guideposts CD -2 1. Relationship 2. Fighting for 3. Actions 4. The Moment Before 5. Opposites 6. Humor 7. Questions and Clarifications 8. A script breakdown Like sports auditioning should be unexpected, competitive and fun. Jane Brody has been teaching audition technique since 1981; urging prodding and cajoling actors to make their cold-readings personal spontaneous and active. Using the "Twelve Guideposts to a Successful Audition" developed by her mentor and teacher Michael Shurtleff. Jane shows how to get to the heart of a script in a minimum amount of time. With this CD you'll be able to participate as jane leads a discussion of hot to prepare the script for a cold-reading. Jane Brody, C.S.A., has been working for the past 35 years as an actress, producer, director, agent, and casting director. It was while studying with Casting Director and Teacher, Michael Shurtleff, that she discovered her true love, teaching. It inspired her to found The Audition Center (now the Audition Studio) in 1981. It is still regarded as Chicago's premiere school for acting professionals. She has seen her students go on to careers in all media, including film (Michael Shannon, Pearl Harbor), Stage (TR Knight, Noises Off and Sally Murphy, Carousel, both on Broadway) and TV (Melissa Peterman, Reba). Proctor and Gamble's casting director had a chance to observe Jane's perceptive way with actors. That led to the founding of Jane Brody Casting (now Tenner, Paskal and Rudnicke Casting). Over the years, while casting TV, film and hundreds of commercials by day, then teaching actors at night, Jane evolved her unique approach to "breaking down" a script for a cold reading.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000BI3X82
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,080,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Actors Tool!, September 25, 2005

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Keith Beck "Director, Actor," (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sport of Auditioning, Presented By Jane Brody (Audio CD)

This is hands down the best tool you can have to use for auditions and much much more! Jane's clarity and explanation provide a clean and immediately ready to use understanding of the guideposts.