Audition by michael shurtleff pdf free download

#Audition by michael shurtleff pdf free download professional

Shurtleff explains that вЂњevery scene is a love scene.вЂќ (p.36) In every scene, the question is вЂњwhere is the love?вЂќ and the answer is yes. There are twelve guideposts, but each one is related to the other eleven and are subparts of something that canвЂ™t be described as just a single element of acting. Relating it to my experience as an athlete, the first things to collapse under pressure are the fundamentals, unless it becomes a part of your subconscious through repetition. I like that Shurtleff hammers out the basics before going in to anything else in the book. You have to open and reveal yourself at every audition/interview, knowing the response could be rejection.

This also emphasizes the fact that acting is a vulnerable job. Especially in an interview, the point is to show yourself, not a prepared character. The main point he stresses in the opening chapter is that the auditors look for workability, not perfection. Reminding the readers that auditors are also human beings, not cold robots who want to see actors fail, Shurtleff says itвЂ™s okay to ask if you are standing in the light, can be heard and if you can have time to read over a script. In the first chapter, Shurtleff outlines the fundamentals of an audition such as being heard and being seen. An awareness of the actorвЂ™s life, prejudices, emotions, memories and experiences will allow the actor to be the ideal instrument to express and represent any character. After reading this book, I believe that a truly talented actor will have to be, above all else, aware. He says actors have to know more than their characters and act as the subconscious which drives particular behaviors. The substories he included gave his critiques and advices credibility.ДЄccording to Shurtleff, acting is more life-like than life itself. He included throughout the book his personal experiences with different actors as well as how he got started in the business of theatre.

#Audition by michael shurtleff pdf free download professional

Reading Audition was like reading an autobiography of Michael ShurtleffвЂ™s professional life.