Fractured Atlas is a national organization designed to support both individual artists and arts organizations. They offer fiscal sponsorship for companies, liability insurance, online classes/tutorials in business skills for artists, and the service that I use is their access to health insurance. Community level membership (which has access to health insurance, online classes, and member discounts) is free.
You should have health insurance, and this is an easy way to get a basic, no-frills level of coverage.
Fractured Atlas is here.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Dressing the Part
For a recent commercial audition, I was asked to read for a character called 'diner waitress'. I wore jeans, comfy shoes, and a solid colored plain (no logo) knit top. At the audition, I saw women sporting aprons and carrying order pads.
When I auditioned for a scientific expert character, I wore a suit, and watched others walk into the audition wearing white lab coats.
What gives? To me this behavior is gimmicky. It's called acting. In terms of wardrobe for auditions, I always do my best to give a suggestion of the character with clothes that are in my closet. After seeing this extreme costuming behavior at several auditions, I checked in w/actor friends, and it was almost universally agreed that dressing to give the suggestion of character is the way to go.
This coming Monday, I'm auditioning for a drill sergeant character. Instructions from my agent were to 'dress the part'. When I queried further (they don't really want me to show up in fatigues, do they?), I was told boots, khakis, and a plain top. I think I'm going to bring my mirrored sunglasses as well, in case they want to see them. I'm curious to see what others wear to the audition...
When I auditioned for a scientific expert character, I wore a suit, and watched others walk into the audition wearing white lab coats.
What gives? To me this behavior is gimmicky. It's called acting. In terms of wardrobe for auditions, I always do my best to give a suggestion of the character with clothes that are in my closet. After seeing this extreme costuming behavior at several auditions, I checked in w/actor friends, and it was almost universally agreed that dressing to give the suggestion of character is the way to go.
This coming Monday, I'm auditioning for a drill sergeant character. Instructions from my agent were to 'dress the part'. When I queried further (they don't really want me to show up in fatigues, do they?), I was told boots, khakis, and a plain top. I think I'm going to bring my mirrored sunglasses as well, in case they want to see them. I'm curious to see what others wear to the audition...
Monday, January 17, 2011
Resource of the Week: Online Shakespeare and the International Dialects of English Archive
Hey - since I was sick last week, there was no resource of the week. So for this week, two of them.
1. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ - all of Shakespeare's plays are online here. The punctuation can be a little wonky, but the words are there.
2. http://web.ku.edu/~idea/ - the International Dialects of English Archive or IDEA is a resource for recordings of native and regional speakers. Just choose a continent, then a country, then a state or region, and you'll see a list of recordings with a short biographical note about the speaker. Each recording begins with the speaker reading a passage that linguists constructed to contain every sound made in English, and then has the speaker talking a little bit about themselves or their life. Whenever I need to learn a new dialect for an audition or project, I always start here, and pick someone to sound like.
1. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ - all of Shakespeare's plays are online here. The punctuation can be a little wonky, but the words are there.
2. http://web.ku.edu/~idea/ - the International Dialects of English Archive or IDEA is a resource for recordings of native and regional speakers. Just choose a continent, then a country, then a state or region, and you'll see a list of recordings with a short biographical note about the speaker. Each recording begins with the speaker reading a passage that linguists constructed to contain every sound made in English, and then has the speaker talking a little bit about themselves or their life. Whenever I need to learn a new dialect for an audition or project, I always start here, and pick someone to sound like.
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