So Wednesday was my big exciting day.
I went off to the valley to audition for the pilot just after lunchtime. I worked on all of my lines previously, but I got to the location about an hour early so I would have time to relax and work on the lines some more.
Once it was about 15 minutes before my audition time, I headed upstairs to the office where the audition took place. And I have to say, this post from Marci Liroff really came in handy! While there weren’t too many people waiting in the room (and I was going to be the first person to read), there were plenty of things that could have psyched me out.
Instead of hearing another actor brag about auditions, it was hearing the receptionist in the office call agencies to get quotes for actors that they wanted to test for the pilot I was auditioning for. They could have already chosen the actor they wanted for the part and were just auditioning us as back-ups. But I tried not to listen to her and just focused on the scene that we had to do (we all prepared 3 but only 1 was required).
Also, instead of spending all the time in the waiting room sitting down, I stood up and walked around a little (always still in earshot of the room so I could hear my name called). I think that helped my energy in the room a lot.
I don’t know when/if I’ll hear about a callback for this part. It’s just an honor for me to get to audition for something this awesome! And to me, it’s more important to book the office and not the part. That way the casting director will know that I’m good and will keep bringing me back. Eventually I will book the part that I am meant to book.
Right after my audition was done, I headed straight to the location for the music video. I don’t know if I can say who the artist was or what song was for the video, so until it’s released in about a month, I’m going to stay quiet. I will say that I bought the artist’s album before going so that’s what I listened to on repeat the whole drive (I heard the song about 9 or 10 times).
When I got to the set, I was immediately taking to wardrobe to have my outfit selected and makeup to get pretty (which is still really fun for me).
After getting ready, we headed over to the exact location where we were filming. We ended up using my car, so it was nice to have all my stuff nearby. The first set up required me to cry a lot. I’m lucky that crying on cue isn’t too tough for me, so we only had to do 2 takes of that. Then there were a couple of close up shots of me walking, and we had to do those about 3 takes each (there was some technical difficulties as well as me not doing exactly what they wanted).
The final shot (for me and for the shoot), was a zoom out from a close up on my face to a full body shot. They had a pose for me in mind, and while I was waiting for the lighting to be set up, I joked with the director that I wanted to try the Superman pose. He asked me what that was, and I explained that it was something that I saw done on an episode of “How I Met Your Mother”. Although the pose in the episode was done naked, I just liked the idea of the pose.
After he saw me demonstrate it, he decided that he liked it and we did a couple of takes with that pose. I was totally kidding when I suggested it (and felt like it was the type of set where I could joke), but I’ll be super excited if that makes the final cut.
I was scheduled to be on set for up to 8 hours, but managed to be done in 1.5. It helped that I was the last set up for the day and that we only did a few takes of each set up.
I’m really excited to see the final cut of the music video and can’t wait to share it with you all! And I hope that I have more days like this (without the congestion) in the near future!
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