13149: Auditions Are Not A Test

Raw transcript:

so you open your email inbox you find an
audition waiting for you how many of you
immediately think to yourself in some
way shape or form oh another test
another test I have to
pass okay I’m going to make a statement
auditions are not a test let’s talk
about that in this episode of the vo
Heroes
podcast
I’m going to repeat it and I’d like you
to repeat it with me auditions are not a
test because a
test insinuates or infers that there is
a correct answer and an incorrect answer
to the test question or to the test
itself and there is no correct answer
there are answers that serve the project
and there are voices that fit within the
story
but note that both of those are plural
it’s not a voice a thing you if you sit
there and you try to figure out how to
make your audition the right audition
for the casting director uh or the
casting entity in this case it doesn’t
even matter if it’s direct to a client
because they’re going to listen to what
you have to say and see if it sounds
right to them um the moment you do that
you’re cutting off a whole bunch of
possibilities uh as my friend Michael
kostov said says there is a reframe
available for you for this and that
reframe is it’s not about getting the
right answer to a test it’s about making
a choice that’s right for you period
just for you don’t worry about whether
it’s right for the casting director
don’t worry about whether it’s right for
the
client uh and it matches with what they
had in their head because you could
surprise them you could give them
something they weren’t even expecting
how many times have we heard that story
oh my God we he was putting things in
there we didn’t even we didn’t even
think we wrote Into The Script right so
just take a moment if this is the
overwhelming feeling that you have when
you get an audition and it even starts
to Vanquish the whole joy of the
audition just remember it’s not a test
it is your
opportunity to make some reasonable
choices about the story and about the
the Project’s purpose and if it’s for a
commercial helping the viewer or The
Listener get their job done with your P
your clients potential client’s product
or
service those are the choices that lead
you to is it right for you as opposed to
is it right is it correct is it not
wrong is it right for the casting
director is it right for you what’s your
take on this what’s your best take on
this that takes it out of the space of
oh I got to get this right I got to get
I can’t get this wrong this test I’m not
going I’m not going to pass this test
don’t worry about that and it’s in All
Phases of what we do on camera
voiceover anything anything that we do
auditions are not a
test go for what’s right for you you
might just surprise yourself and you
might just surprise the person casting
the
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I’m David H Lawrence the 17th I thank
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