Conflict is typically avoided by the majority of people. It can lead to fear, anxiety, as well as chaos. However, during an acting audition, conflict is essential to delivering an impressive reading. In order to have a good audition, it is necessary for an actor to find the conflict within a story and within a character.
The majority of persons and characters have internal conflicts between desires and feelings. Persons and characters can also experience conflict externally with fate, the environment, the world, and God. Relational conflicts can also plague a person's life. Typically, an actor is only given the dialogue, a brief outline of the character's personality, and a story overview when they are asked to read. Some form of conflict always exists in a story and personality. The actor has the responsibility of finding the conflict and demonstrating it's effects in their audition reading.
There is no doubt that conflict is interesting. Instability in a character or story adds depth and movement. Once the desires and needs of a character have been discovered by the actor, obstacles are inevitable. That is life. Our life's hurdles must be overcome and manipulated until they become collaborators in our lives. "Midnight Run" is a perfect movie to consider. In the film, Robert De Niro is a bounty hunter who has the responsibility of finding Charles Grodin's character. Jack (De Niro) is required to track down Mardukas (Grodin) in order to collect his bounty. Jack is met with a number of conflicts including his personal insecurities, rival bounty hunters, and the infamous Mardukas.
All of the answers may not be provided to you in the material provided to you at the audition. Improve your acting audition by using the dialogue and the clues therein to create a character full of depth and truth. In this way, you will be more likely to grab onto and hold the auditor's attention and make the performance more real for the viewer. Far worse than creating the "wrong" conflict is delivering a performance without any emotion and depth. With these skills, your auditioning skills are sure to improve.
Keep in mind that conflict typically has more than one dimension. The average character will have several different desires and feelings that are in constant struggle with each other. Keep this in mind when doing your reading and you will be sure to add intrigue to the character you are portraying. The lines being recited are not nearly as important as the character that is created by the actor.
Despite the fact that you may be the only person in the scene, there is no doubt that invisible forces or persons are affecting both the personality and story of your character. To have a successful reading, you as an actor must know how to draw these emotions and circumstances out of the text and take the character to the next level. Another thing to remember about conflict. Conflict should always be slightly comedic. Even the largest conflict will contain some levity. Neglecting to add comedy will make the reading unwatchable. With both conflict and comedy combined, your reading is sure to be a success.
The majority of persons and characters have internal conflicts between desires and feelings. Persons and characters can also experience conflict externally with fate, the environment, the world, and God. Relational conflicts can also plague a person's life. Typically, an actor is only given the dialogue, a brief outline of the character's personality, and a story overview when they are asked to read. Some form of conflict always exists in a story and personality. The actor has the responsibility of finding the conflict and demonstrating it's effects in their audition reading.
There is no doubt that conflict is interesting. Instability in a character or story adds depth and movement. Once the desires and needs of a character have been discovered by the actor, obstacles are inevitable. That is life. Our life's hurdles must be overcome and manipulated until they become collaborators in our lives. "Midnight Run" is a perfect movie to consider. In the film, Robert De Niro is a bounty hunter who has the responsibility of finding Charles Grodin's character. Jack (De Niro) is required to track down Mardukas (Grodin) in order to collect his bounty. Jack is met with a number of conflicts including his personal insecurities, rival bounty hunters, and the infamous Mardukas.
All of the answers may not be provided to you in the material provided to you at the audition. Improve your acting audition by using the dialogue and the clues therein to create a character full of depth and truth. In this way, you will be more likely to grab onto and hold the auditor's attention and make the performance more real for the viewer. Far worse than creating the "wrong" conflict is delivering a performance without any emotion and depth. With these skills, your auditioning skills are sure to improve.
Keep in mind that conflict typically has more than one dimension. The average character will have several different desires and feelings that are in constant struggle with each other. Keep this in mind when doing your reading and you will be sure to add intrigue to the character you are portraying. The lines being recited are not nearly as important as the character that is created by the actor.
Despite the fact that you may be the only person in the scene, there is no doubt that invisible forces or persons are affecting both the personality and story of your character. To have a successful reading, you as an actor must know how to draw these emotions and circumstances out of the text and take the character to the next level. Another thing to remember about conflict. Conflict should always be slightly comedic. Even the largest conflict will contain some levity. Neglecting to add comedy will make the reading unwatchable. With both conflict and comedy combined, your reading is sure to be a success.
About the Author:
Kirk Baltz has been a acting coach for more than 15 years. Kirk helps actors of all levels get the roles that they desire. You can read more about acting instruction at the actor's intensive website.
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