Acting : Self-Tape Auditioning by Steve James

Steve James

Self-Tape Auditioning

I remember speaking to an L.A. based actor on set a few years ago, and he said that he auditioned remotely for most of his gigs. I have now just gotten into this 'groove' - having to do it twice in the last week - and 2 thing come to mind:

1. I run the scene 4 or 5 times before hitting 'record' with my darling reader. I mean run it for real, with costumes, props and her insistence on me being Dead Letter Perfect. We never have the opportunity to do this in a face to face audition.

2. It feels great to announce "We have an audition!" when I see the e-mail. I'm no longer alone, my reader is involved in what I'm doing and understands the logic I use to come up with a performance.

Rahul Kumar Behera

Hi I am an actor from India, I have dream to work in Hollywood I have self tapes, how and where should I post or send my clips Please sir give me some idea

Steve James

We all have the same Dream. Start in your own country o the industry is bigger there. Get training, get experience

Matthew Cornwell

Rahul Kumar Behera I'm not sure if it's available in India, but try setting up a profile on www.actorsaccess.com. You can find auditions there that are legitimate. The big TV shows and movies don't post auditions publicly. You need a talent agent to access those. And of course you would need to fly to the USA for any job. And right now, everything is still pretty much shut down.

Karen "Kay" Ross

Congrats on the auditions, Steve James! Awesome suggestions, thanks for this! Do you work with anyone else before the audition, too? Or is it just solo work?

Rahul Kumar Behera

Matthew Cornwell thanks for the suggest.thanks for help. Actually I don't have that much money so I could make fly to USA.

In India there is no chance for outsider. Only nepotism work here. You also here about to days what's happening in Bollywood. After Bollywood lobby murdered A big outsider actor Sushant sing rajput. Big fight going on here. Thank for the help, I will try tight . Thanks.

Can I get agent from India online

If you have know any agent

Please let me help to get

And how could I make contact to with agent

Please

Karen "Kay" Ross

Hey, Rahul Kumar Behera! We have quite a few members here from India, actually. Maybe you could start a separate post in the Acting Lounge to see if there were others outside of the system you could collaborate with? https://www.stage32.com/lounge/actingAlso, you can look up members by their location and Occupation to find more people near you: https://www.stage32.com/people

Steve James

Karen E Ross , I don;t work with anyone usually, it's all me!

Stephen Olson

Hello Steve James, I am a writer and I am always looking for ways to collaborate. If you would like to have a script written specifically for you for your reel, let me know.

Steve James

Many thanks, Stephen.

Eyiara Olugunna

Thank you for sharing this insight James!

Steve James

Steve !

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