From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors
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Evaluating auditions
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 04 Working with Actors
Evaluating auditions
- When an actor comes in to audition, how do you know what's a good performance and what isn't? I'm sure every director is different, but for me, I'm looking for four main things, and that's what we're going to cover in this tutorial. The most important thing for me is, the audition needs to get me to feel something. If I don't believe the actor or if I'm not stirred emotionally while they're performing, then I can probably assume that I won't feel anything on set or in the edit. The next thing I'm looking for is an actor's ability to play a three dimensional character. Now, that phrase is tossed around a lot in the film world, but what exactly is a three dimensional character? Well, let's first back up and look at a one dimensional character. These are characters that really don't have anything to them, so, in The Assurance, the Sick Boy is a one dimensional character. Many of the extras that were just listening without emotion in the council scene were one dimensional characters. We…
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