So Sunday was my first actual audition workshop at Screen Actors.
I've been going to Screen Actors in Geelong since the beginning of the school term and it has been amazing. The people are awesome, with the youngest at about 17 and the oldest a little older than my 'rents, and they are easy to get along with and good fun!
This workshop, however, was at the Ascot Vale location, so, with Caitlin as cheerleader and train entertainment (lol), I booted up Pokemon Go and headed off - at ten in the morning, which for me, on a weekend, is an early start!
It took about an hour to get there, with two train swaps and a five minute walk down some very pretty, quiet suburban streets; about 70% of the houses had roses in full bloom in the front gardens and the scent wafted around us on the warm breeze.
We entered a little late, towards the end of the mini-info sesh at the start of the workshop, and we soon got into filming the audition scenes. Only two others from my class were there, and there was no time to even greet each other properly, but I think we were a little too nervous to chat anyway!
My partner and I ended up being the last pair of the afternoon, and my turn in front of the camera last, so I'd had plenty of time to stew in my anxiety, but I was actually quite surprised to realise I didn't actually feel as anxious as I expected to!
The actual shooting went amazingly well - the casting director said she had no direction for me, that I'd pretty much nailed the character and she had no ideas on improvement - win! If I had to choose between the two shoots we did, I'd pick the first one, the one without the prop, as it threw me off a little, but I still did well. I also learnt something about myself - I'm not as English-sounding as I used to be! I knew my accent had faded a little, as it was taking longer for people to ask 'The Question', but when the director mentioned my accent seemed to slip between British and Aussie I was a little surprised myself.
We came straight home after 'dismissal', to a very, very happy-to-see-us Daisy dog, and after a good hug and a mug of tea I went back to bed for a nap.
