by CourVO | Jun 7, 2021 | Analysis, Auditions |
Wherever society agrees on a systematic standard for anything, it makes life easier for everybody. time zones weights & measure light bulb socket threads the size of typing paper (by country) electrical sockets and plugs (by country) USB (Universal Serial Bus)...
by CourVO | May 24, 2021 | Auditions
The directions say it right there: “…young, hip, urban sounding male with attitude. No announcery. Casual & conversational, like you’re talking to friends on the street…” Let’s say for the sake of my example, that you hit the...
by CourVO | Apr 19, 2021 | Auditions |
Clients know exactly what they want from your audition. They just don’t know how to communicate that to you in language you both understand. Getting directions from audition leads that are longer than the copy? I rest my case. Your voice will either fit into...
by CourVO | Oct 20, 2020 | Auditions
It’s not you. You did everything right — or as right as you could, given your experience, coaching, equipment, interpretation and commitment. Your audition met the specs just about perfectly. But… The TRUE reason you didn’t win that audition...
by CourVO | Oct 6, 2020 | Auditions |
Tough predicament, huh…. First of all, count your blessings that you have agents, and they’re sendng you good work. Secondly, you can only send out this audition once. Just ’cause you got the same copy for the same client from three different...
by CourVO | Jul 27, 2020 | Auditions |
They pop up in my Gmail, and I exhale deeply. No longer do I gleefully greet each audition request with the hope of opportunity. I used to. But now, they’ve become a hassle. Like a robo-call. “Just go away, willya?” I look for reasons to delete...
by CourVO | Jul 16, 2019 | Auditions
It’s not you. You did everything right — or as right as you could, given your experience, coaching, equipment, interpretation and commitment. Your audition met the specs just about perfectly. But… The TRUE reason you won that audition was...
by CourVO | Jul 10, 2019 | Auditions
Every good actor memorizes their lines. When’s the last time you saw George Clooney in a movie with a script in his hands, reading from the words on the page? Now, granted, we’re not on camera when we audition or act the lines. But mastering the words on...
by CourVO | May 28, 2019 | Auditions
The directions say it right there: “…young, hip, urban sounding male with attitude. No announcery. Casual & conversational, like you’re talking to friends on the street…” Let’s say for the sake of my example, that you hit the...
by CourVO | Mar 4, 2019 | Auditions |
Traveling AuditionBy the time you’re reading this, I’m likely on the road. The four-hour drive to Hollywood in my Dodge Ram pickup on a monotonous I-15 commute across the Mojave desert is just the beginning of my audition gamble. Before the day is done, I...
