Television Broadcasting - General & Miscellaneous, Acting & Auditioning, Television - Production & Professional

Art of Auditioning: Techniques for Television

Name: Art of Auditioning: Techniques for Television
Author: Rob Decina
ISBN: 9781581153538

by Rob Decina

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Overview

A network daytime casting director highlights the difference between the craft of acting and the business of auditioning, and how those two worlds meet in television. This practical and specific guide reveals to actors in a step-by-step format how they can empower themselves as they begin to audition for television work and start mapping a career. Included are proven-effective preparation techniques, including asking the right questions, making specific acting choices, sitting versus standing, finding beats and beat changes, using spontaneity, and much more. Also included are interviews with top daytime casting directors and actors, advice on head shots and resumes, and an examination of the difference between audition preparation and theatrical preparation.

Synopsis

In this invaluable guide, Emmy-nominated casting director Rob Decina highlights the difference between the craft of acting and the business of auditioning and reveals how these two worlds meet in television. Using a step-by-step format, The Art of Auditioning shows actors how to empower themselves as they begin auditioning for television and mapping a career.

About the Author, Rob Decina

Rob Decina is the Emmy-nominated casting director for the daytime drama Guiding Light. His other casting credits include the independent film, A Tale of Two Pizzas, and casting searches in New York for Dawson’s Creek, The Scorpion King, and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. Before Guiding Light, he was the associate casting director at Warner Bros. Television in New York, where he was involved in the casting for The West Wing, Third Watch, and more than forty other primetime television pilots.