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Auditions & Self-Tapes

Sides, slates, lighting, what to wear, and what happened in the room.

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Slate at the top or the end? I have been told both by people who should know. Does it actually matter? Rhys Cadogan · 3 days ago 1 replies 30 views
Is it ever okay to tape a scene twice and send both? Two genuinely different interpretations and I cannot choose. Rosa Quintanilla · 11 Aug 2026 2 replies 81 views
They gave me eighteen hours for eleven pages Sides came in at 6pm, due at noon the next day. I have a full shift in between. This cannot be a reasonable way to run a business. Isaac Mbeki · 26 Jul 2026 4 replies 133 views
How do you stop over-rehearsing? By take twelve it is technically cleaner and completely dead. I know this is happening and I cannot seem to stop doing it. Tom Whitfield · 23 Jul 2026 4 replies 271 views
How much do you actually memorize for a first audition? Fully off book every time? Or is looking down occasionally fine? Fiona Kerrigan · 22 Jun 2026 2 replies 220 views
Am I allowed to ask why I did not book? Got to a callback, then nothing. My agent says do not ask. Part of me wants to know. Rosa Quintanilla · 2 Jun 2026 4 replies 198 views
What do I wear for a cop, a lawyer, and a nurse without owning three costumes? I keep getting sent these three and I am not spending money on scrubs. Katie Lindqvist · 29 May 2026 4 replies 292 views
Backdrop: blue, gray, or does nobody care? Currently taping against my bedroom wall which is a slightly yellow white. Should I fix that first or is it the least of my problems? Tabitha Vance · 29 May 2026 4 replies 148 views
Lighting on a budget: what is the minimum that looks professional? One light, two lights, a ring light? Ring lights seem to be either essential or hated depending on who is talking. Priya Raghunathan · 19 Apr 2026 0 replies 158 views
What is everyone using to send tapes now? Been uploading to a personal site link. Feels dated. What is standard? Jamie Holloway · 27 Mar 2026 4 replies 465 views
The reader I paid was worse than my flatmate Forty dollars for someone who read the lines like a hostage. My flatmate has no training and gives me more to work with. Is paying for a... Selina Odum · 3 Mar 2026 4 replies 372 views
Framing: how tight is too tight? Seen advice ranging from chest up to a full head and shoulders with air above. What is standard now? Owen Pryce · 21 Feb 2026 2 replies 192 views
Chemistry read tomorrow and I have never done one What actually happens and what are they looking for? Katie Lindqvist · 16 Feb 2026 0 replies 261 views
Redirect on a callback and my mind went completely blank They asked for it "lighter, like you already know how it ends" and I just did the same thing again slightly faster. Katie Lindqvist · 12 Jan 2026 5 replies 614 views
Self-tape fatigue is real and nobody talks about it I miss rooms. I miss reading with someone who has read it four hundred times and knows exactly where the joke is. Taping alone in my... Aaron Beckett · 7 Jan 2026 5 replies 163 views
Is it worth taping for a role I am clearly wrong for? Breakdown says a decade older than me and a different build. My agent sent it anyway. Maya Okonkwo · 6 Jan 2026 4 replies 778 views
Do I have to do the accent if the breakdown asks for one I am shaky at? Role is specifically written with an accent I can do about 80% of. Do I send it and hope, or skip? Owen Pryce · 2 Jan 2026 4 replies 566 views
Six self-tapes this month, zero responses. Is that normal or is my tape bad? Genuine question, not a vent. I cannot tell the difference between "this is the normal ratio" and "something about my tapes is getting them... Jamie Holloway · 9 Dec 2025 5 replies 353 views
The audition where the casting director ate lunch through my scene In person, small office. She did not look up once. I have been replaying it for two days. Nia Caldwell · 10 Nov 2025 4 replies 216 views
Do casting directors watch the whole tape? Honest answers welcome even if the answer is depressing. Owen Pryce · 13 Oct 2025 4 replies 442 views