I am what I imagine myself to be.
I can’t believe it. I actually have a theatrical audition! My agency is sending me in for a guest-starring spot on “Malcolm in the Middle”. And get this - I’m suppose to be playing a “17-25 year old muscular American-Chinese” guy who is Jessica’s boyfriend. It was just recently at the VC Film Festival workshop when I was asking the VP of Casting for FOX “when will we see an Asian guy with the blonde engenue?”
Maybe they actually heard me?
0 CommentsSo I went to the audition yesterday feeling a little nervous about playing the violin. I had been able to nail the intro to “The devil went down to Georgia” a couple times in practice but not with 100% consistency. I just wasn’t sure if I could do it under pressure and in front of the camera. When I arrived at the casting studio there was another person there as well. His violin case was much more sophisticated than mine and when he took out his violin and played he sounded professional. I got a little worried but decided to not let it phase me. I read the storyboards for the commercial and noticed that this was going to be a hip-hop version of “The devil went down to Georgia” with Jay-Z rapping over the violins. I felt more confident because I was way more hip-hop than the other guys that started showing up. I also figured that the violin playing would only be half of what they are looking for. The primary factor would be if you can act. The violin part could always be dubbed in at post. So I practiced for 15min in the lobby really nailing down the intro. When it was my turn I just told myself to really concentrate on the acting and hope I can nail the violin part. Well, the rehersal went ok, then the first taping I screwed up the violin part. The casting director liked what I was doing acting wise and gave me a small adjustment and told me to try again. Once again, I screwed up the violin part. The casting director seemed pretty happy with my acting but I told him I wish I could just nail the violin part down on camera so he gave me one last try. BAM! I nailed it.
So the audition went pretty good and I think I have a pretty good chance. Of all the people that were there when I was I’m pretty confident that I gave the best acting performance since most of the guys there looked and sounded more like professional violin players than actors.
We’ll see what happens.
2 CommentsIt’s been a while since my last entry. Honestly recently I’ve been feeling pretty un-inspired, un-creative, un-motivated, and generally depressed. I can’t seem to focus on things lately. But things have been moving along. Last weekend I traveled to Washington DC to play the small role of detective in a short film entitled “Mother’s Day”. Other than the fact that my call time changed everyday up to the actual shoot, and they only had 15min to shoot my scene, it was fun. We got to visit my brother in VA and H’s friends in MD. Walking around the capitol in 95 degree heat and 100% humidity is not recommended though. I think I lost 2lbs in sweat from just walking.
I’m STILL finishing the edit on the short film “Supernova”, and this coming Friday is the 1st day of principal photography for the comedy pilot “Jake-Off”. We finally found a location for our shoot - a downtown loft apartment in a very sketchy neighborhood. Should be interesting. At least it’s close to my house.
I also have an audition coming up for Pepsi. Here’s the catch - I have to be able to play “The devil went down to Georgia” on my violin fiddle. I was called by my agency on Friday and asked if I was good enough to play it. I said maybe, but that it might take me a while to learn. Since I didn’t hear back from them that day I figured the casting director passed on me. But today I get the call and they really want me to be able to play that song so I dusted off my violin, found the sheet music online and was able to learn the first 30seconds of the piece. Should be good enough for the audition. I think I have a pretty good chance at getting this. I also happen to be going out for “the devil”! Luckily I impressed myself on how well I’m still able to play even though I haven’t touched my violin in YEARS. We’ll see how it goes!
Tomorrow I have an audition for an infomercial selling pre-fab houses. I downloaded the script tonight to study and it just kills me how the announcer says “You’ll meet REAL (company name) homeowners”.
You can’t believe everything you see on TV!
This wouldn’t be a “glamorous” job, but it would be good money and a free trip to South Carolina.
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