junkogoda (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} junkogoda) wrote,@ 2006-03-28 13:01:00 |
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lessons learned...
Okay, so last time I wrote, I had a few things going on:
1. Suntory commercial audition
2. "Hamlet" and "Much Ado..." auditions
3. a meeting with a potential manager
1. Suntory commercial was pretty 'amusing.' Unfortunately, they were primarily looking for Japanese guys since there were very few Japanese gal's roles. I was paired with another Japanese actor (who spoke Japanese), and they had us improv in Japanese for a while. This was pretty fun because it was my first time auditioning AND improving in Japanese. In the end I wasn't hired, but that's how the biz goes!
2. The "Hamlet" audition didn't go very well. In fact, I completely bombed it by blanking out. LOL. It was just one of *those* moments. I restarted and tried again, but I just didn't get anywhere. I (mentally) scratched my head, said 'oh well,' and gave a nice smile to my auditioners. That following Tuesday I was able to work on the monologue and change it a little bit. When I auditioned for "Much Ado..." I did really well and felt great about it afterwards. I didn't get called back for either of them in the end, but just being able to spiff up the monologue and change it up a bit helped a lot.
3. Ah yes. The manager thing. First off, I checked at the Actor's Network's book to see what others' experiences had been with him. One big red flag I spotted: he charges people. Now, that's a big NO NO. BIG. It's like saying this: "A law firm hires a new lawyer, but the lawyer says 'hey, you guys need to buy me a new suit so I can work for you.' The manager is working for his clients and he gets 15% of the cut. The client is NOT working for the manager... that's why we're called clients. Why did I go? I'm the type of person who wants to know for myself. I didn't know how old the comment was either, so things could've changed since, who knows; I just wanted to know for myself.
Well, I met this guy over at his home office. We had a fairly long chat and through the first half of our meeting, things were sounding good. He originally hailed from MA and spoke about some of his connections to the industry. He also took some calls for his clients to schedule some of their auditions. I liked some of his philosophies and the fact that he seemingly had fairly strong connections to the industry. In addition to being a manager, he is also trying to get his own action film off the ground and was interested in trying to cast me for it... maybe.
Then the latter half of the meeting began and it was basically red flags all over the place and was horrible. First when he got into the topic of casting for his film, he had me stand up and do a 360 turn... something common for slating for an audition. And he commented that I had a nice ass. *sigh* *red flag #1* Although my ex may agree with that (LOL), I really don't want to hear that from a potential manager.
Then he started pulling out pics of the two Vietnamese sisters who work for him and showing them off. *what's the point? I thought* *Red flag #1.5* Next, he was ranting and raving about this one girl's demo and proceeded to show me. It was basically the girl dancing around on stage (I think she's also a singer/dancer), then cutting to a scene where she gets out of bed and looks at herself while in her underwear in a mirror and proceeds to get ready for the day (incl. brushing her teeth). Then a little bit of her working a punching bag. That was it. Afterwards, he says 'that was great!' while in my head I was saying *that was a piece of crap. She didn't talk at all.* *red flag #2*
Finally the killer: he pulls out the contract and goes over it section by section and finally on the second page it says "$480." *sigh* *Red flag #3 or more equivalent to Red Flag #1500* He folded up that contract and sent me home with it.
Later that day, I called him back and told him I wasn't interested. Then just last week he called me to see if I was still interested in hiring him as a manager. He obviously wasn't paying attention when I called him a week and a half ago, just a few hours after meeting him. *red flag #1501*
So, that's about it with my latest adventures. I recently had a commercial audition for an insurance company and I got a really good response from the casting guy, so we'll see if I get called back for it!
That's about all for this entry. Thanks for readin'!
Okay, so last time I wrote, I had a few things going on:
1. Suntory commercial audition
2. "Hamlet" and "Much Ado..." auditions
3. a meeting with a potential manager
1. Suntory commercial was pretty 'amusing.' Unfortunately, they were primarily looking for Japanese guys since there were very few Japanese gal's roles. I was paired with another Japanese actor (who spoke Japanese), and they had us improv in Japanese for a while. This was pretty fun because it was my first time auditioning AND improving in Japanese. In the end I wasn't hired, but that's how the biz goes!
2. The "Hamlet" audition didn't go very well. In fact, I completely bombed it by blanking out. LOL. It was just one of *those* moments. I restarted and tried again, but I just didn't get anywhere. I (mentally) scratched my head, said 'oh well,' and gave a nice smile to my auditioners. That following Tuesday I was able to work on the monologue and change it a little bit. When I auditioned for "Much Ado..." I did really well and felt great about it afterwards. I didn't get called back for either of them in the end, but just being able to spiff up the monologue and change it up a bit helped a lot.
3. Ah yes. The manager thing. First off, I checked at the Actor's Network's book to see what others' experiences had been with him. One big red flag I spotted: he charges people. Now, that's a big NO NO. BIG. It's like saying this: "A law firm hires a new lawyer, but the lawyer says 'hey, you guys need to buy me a new suit so I can work for you.' The manager is working for his clients and he gets 15% of the cut. The client is NOT working for the manager... that's why we're called clients. Why did I go? I'm the type of person who wants to know for myself. I didn't know how old the comment was either, so things could've changed since, who knows; I just wanted to know for myself.
Well, I met this guy over at his home office. We had a fairly long chat and through the first half of our meeting, things were sounding good. He originally hailed from MA and spoke about some of his connections to the industry. He also took some calls for his clients to schedule some of their auditions. I liked some of his philosophies and the fact that he seemingly had fairly strong connections to the industry. In addition to being a manager, he is also trying to get his own action film off the ground and was interested in trying to cast me for it... maybe.
Then the latter half of the meeting began and it was basically red flags all over the place and was horrible. First when he got into the topic of casting for his film, he had me stand up and do a 360 turn... something common for slating for an audition. And he commented that I had a nice ass. *sigh* *red flag #1* Although my ex may agree with that (LOL), I really don't want to hear that from a potential manager.
Then he started pulling out pics of the two Vietnamese sisters who work for him and showing them off. *what's the point? I thought* *Red flag #1.5* Next, he was ranting and raving about this one girl's demo and proceeded to show me. It was basically the girl dancing around on stage (I think she's also a singer/dancer), then cutting to a scene where she gets out of bed and looks at herself while in her underwear in a mirror and proceeds to get ready for the day (incl. brushing her teeth). Then a little bit of her working a punching bag. That was it. Afterwards, he says 'that was great!' while in my head I was saying *that was a piece of crap. She didn't talk at all.* *red flag #2*
Finally the killer: he pulls out the contract and goes over it section by section and finally on the second page it says "$480." *sigh* *Red flag #3 or more equivalent to Red Flag #1500* He folded up that contract and sent me home with it.
Later that day, I called him back and told him I wasn't interested. Then just last week he called me to see if I was still interested in hiring him as a manager. He obviously wasn't paying attention when I called him a week and a half ago, just a few hours after meeting him. *red flag #1501*
So, that's about it with my latest adventures. I recently had a commercial audition for an insurance company and I got a really good response from the casting guy, so we'll see if I get called back for it!
That's about all for this entry. Thanks for readin'!
