New Poll - Frequent Tryers
Thu, 18 Mar 2004, 10:02 pmcrgwllms6 posts in thread
New Poll - Frequent Tryers
Thu, 18 Mar 2004, 10:02 pmNew poll topic: How many auditions have you attended in the past 12 months?
And a question for discussion -
Are auditions the most important part of getting cast?
the Poll-tergeist
And a question for discussion -
Are auditions the most important part of getting cast?
the Poll-tergeist
crgwllmsThu, 18 Mar 2004, 10:02 pm
New poll topic: How many auditions have you attended in the past 12 months?
And a question for discussion -
Are auditions the most important part of getting cast?
the Poll-tergeist
And a question for discussion -
Are auditions the most important part of getting cast?
the Poll-tergeist
Walter PlingeSat, 20 Mar 2004, 10:57 am
Re: New Poll - Frequent Tryers
Craig,
Are the results of the last poll available or did I miss them?
Dean
Are the results of the last poll available or did I miss them?
Dean
crgwllmsSat, 20 Mar 2004, 05:30 pm
Poll toll
Hi Dean
You can view past results of any poll by clicking poll/view poll in the above menu, then scrolling to the one you want ('Dangerous Liasons', in this case).
If you browse back a page in the Greenroom Gossip forum, you'll see I added "Poll results - Dangerous Liasons" to the end of the message that introduced the poll.
Or seeing as you asked, just go here:
http://www.theatre.asn.au/read.php?f=19&i=6533&t=6498
Cheers,
The Poll-tergeist
You can view past results of any poll by clicking poll/view poll in the above menu, then scrolling to the one you want ('Dangerous Liasons', in this case).
If you browse back a page in the Greenroom Gossip forum, you'll see I added "Poll results - Dangerous Liasons" to the end of the message that introduced the poll.
Or seeing as you asked, just go here:
http://www.theatre.asn.au/read.php?f=19&i=6533&t=6498
Cheers,
The Poll-tergeist
crgwllmsSun, 4 Apr 2004, 11:08 am
Poll results/New Poll - Frequent Tryers
202 participants over the past 2 weeks.
How many auditions have you attended in the past 12 months?
0 66 votes 32%
1-2 53 votes 26%
3-4 30 votes 14%
5-7 23 votes 11%
8-10 7 votes 3%
11-15 8 votes 3%
16-20 3 votes 1%
over 20 12 votes 5%
The 'zero' category is most likely effected by those who read the poll but aren't likely to attend auditions anyway....the poll assumes it's talking to actors, but if you are an audience member, director, technician, etc, you'd vote 'zero'. (Mind you, directors may have voted for how many auditions they attended as the director?)
The general trend is that most of us only go for one or two in a year, and proportionately less of us try for more auditions, apart from the small group at the end who are almost 'professional auditioners'.
Interesting to note that the Auditions section of this website is one of the pages with the most hits, yet not many of us go for more than about 3 auditions a year.
Which brings us to the new poll...how does this correlate to the number of gigs we perform? Do frequent auditions mean more success?
The Poll-tergeist
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How many auditions have you attended in the past 12 months?
0 66 votes 32%
1-2 53 votes 26%
3-4 30 votes 14%
5-7 23 votes 11%
8-10 7 votes 3%
11-15 8 votes 3%
16-20 3 votes 1%
over 20 12 votes 5%
The 'zero' category is most likely effected by those who read the poll but aren't likely to attend auditions anyway....the poll assumes it's talking to actors, but if you are an audience member, director, technician, etc, you'd vote 'zero'. (Mind you, directors may have voted for how many auditions they attended as the director?)
The general trend is that most of us only go for one or two in a year, and proportionately less of us try for more auditions, apart from the small group at the end who are almost 'professional auditioners'.
Interesting to note that the Auditions section of this website is one of the pages with the most hits, yet not many of us go for more than about 3 auditions a year.
Which brings us to the new poll...how does this correlate to the number of gigs we perform? Do frequent auditions mean more success?
The Poll-tergeist
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crgwllmsThu, 22 Apr 2004, 10:43 pm
Re: Poll results - Frequent Tryers II ...and a new poll
How many acting gigs have you had in the last 12 months?
163 participants in 3 weeks.
0 30 votes 18%
1-2 46 votes 28%
3-4 30 votes 18%
5-7 21 votes 12%
8-10 3 votes 1%
11-15 5 votes 3%
16-20 4 votes 2%
over 20 24 votes 14%
A bit more than a quarter of us only do 1 or 2 gigs a year.
About half do 1-4 gigs a year.
The large number of people who say they did over 20 gigs....these were most probably very short seasons(!) or maybe they are counting individual performances?
Tricky to get reliable data from this question, because some casts may have been lucky enough to get one very long gig (a schools tour, for instance) and so be in a lot of work and yet not do so many different gigs in the 12 months. Someone else (a variety artist) may do 20 or 30 gigs in a year, each of them a different show but only lasting one night.
Comparing this with the previous poll, it seems to correlate....most only went for a few auditions, and only did a few gigs. So does it follow that to get more gigs you must go for more auditions?
Yet some people may have landed several gigs last year from only very few auditions...(I'm one.)
So are there other factors at play? This poll topic continues...part 3: Just how important are auditions to get performance gigs anyway?
Cheers,
The Poll-tergeist.
163 participants in 3 weeks.
0 30 votes 18%
1-2 46 votes 28%
3-4 30 votes 18%
5-7 21 votes 12%
8-10 3 votes 1%
11-15 5 votes 3%
16-20 4 votes 2%
over 20 24 votes 14%
A bit more than a quarter of us only do 1 or 2 gigs a year.
About half do 1-4 gigs a year.
The large number of people who say they did over 20 gigs....these were most probably very short seasons(!) or maybe they are counting individual performances?
Tricky to get reliable data from this question, because some casts may have been lucky enough to get one very long gig (a schools tour, for instance) and so be in a lot of work and yet not do so many different gigs in the 12 months. Someone else (a variety artist) may do 20 or 30 gigs in a year, each of them a different show but only lasting one night.
Comparing this with the previous poll, it seems to correlate....most only went for a few auditions, and only did a few gigs. So does it follow that to get more gigs you must go for more auditions?
Yet some people may have landed several gigs last year from only very few auditions...(I'm one.)
So are there other factors at play? This poll topic continues...part 3: Just how important are auditions to get performance gigs anyway?
Cheers,
The Poll-tergeist.
crgwllmsSun, 16 May 2004, 06:07 pm
Re: Poll results - Frequent Tryers III
Poll results - "What's most important in getting an acting role?"
290 participants in 3 weeks
Doing a good audition - 146 votes = 50%
Looking the part - 38 votes = 13%
Having a good reputation - 32 votes = 11%
knowing the director - 28 votes = 9%
extortion - 18 votes = 6%
sex appeal - 12 votes = 4%
pure luck - 11 votes = 3%
pestering the director to cast you - 5 votes =1%
50% say that a good audition is the most important contributing factor. The other contributing factors were apportioned roughly as you'd expect, with perhaps a larger than expected number believing extortion is the only way they'll get a gig..! (Is that from actual experience, or their perception of others, I wonder?)
Yet the previous polls suggested that most of us do very few auditions. If it's that crucial, I guess that's also why the polls also said most don't do so many gigs a year.
But IS auditioning really as crucial as most assume? My personal opinion is that having a good reputation should be far higher on the list. The vast majority of work I've had has been offered on reputation above the audition....usually because I would never have been asked to audition in the first place unless my reputation and CV / experience had already made an impression. And really, the only reason to do an audition is to improve your reputation...showing what you are capable of.
Knowing the director is a big advantage...but only if you have a good reputation with them. Pestering the director to cast me has worked on at least two occasions with different directors, but only because my reputation worked in my favour and I was very careful not to be pissing them off through my persistence..!
Obviously, a reputation is something you develop over many years, so for people just starting the audition is the main door in. But all the time, that reputation will grow and affect the rest of your career....previous threads have talked about all the different qualities good actors bring to their work (work ethic, reliability, good people skills), besides the things that are shown at auditions (acting, looks, voice, sex appeal). A poor reputation in some qualities will tarnish your work opportunities even if your audition qualities are up to par. A good audition is always important, and is the way to introduce yourself to new directors, but in the long run they become a less important part of the total package.
Things like 'looking the part' is something you have very little control of, so it's hardly worth worrying about. For some gigs, looking the part may overrule other factors, and sometimes your other qualities will impress the directors even if they had a different 'look' in mind. In my experience, it's actually rather rare that a theatre show has a definite, rigid, look in mind that they won't waver from. My guess is it's much different for film/TV. Either way, concentrate your efforts on improving what you can, and don't sweat the rest.
All the best with your efforts.
The Poll-tergeist
290 participants in 3 weeks
Doing a good audition - 146 votes = 50%
Looking the part - 38 votes = 13%
Having a good reputation - 32 votes = 11%
knowing the director - 28 votes = 9%
extortion - 18 votes = 6%
sex appeal - 12 votes = 4%
pure luck - 11 votes = 3%
pestering the director to cast you - 5 votes =1%
50% say that a good audition is the most important contributing factor. The other contributing factors were apportioned roughly as you'd expect, with perhaps a larger than expected number believing extortion is the only way they'll get a gig..! (Is that from actual experience, or their perception of others, I wonder?)
Yet the previous polls suggested that most of us do very few auditions. If it's that crucial, I guess that's also why the polls also said most don't do so many gigs a year.
But IS auditioning really as crucial as most assume? My personal opinion is that having a good reputation should be far higher on the list. The vast majority of work I've had has been offered on reputation above the audition....usually because I would never have been asked to audition in the first place unless my reputation and CV / experience had already made an impression. And really, the only reason to do an audition is to improve your reputation...showing what you are capable of.
Knowing the director is a big advantage...but only if you have a good reputation with them. Pestering the director to cast me has worked on at least two occasions with different directors, but only because my reputation worked in my favour and I was very careful not to be pissing them off through my persistence..!
Obviously, a reputation is something you develop over many years, so for people just starting the audition is the main door in. But all the time, that reputation will grow and affect the rest of your career....previous threads have talked about all the different qualities good actors bring to their work (work ethic, reliability, good people skills), besides the things that are shown at auditions (acting, looks, voice, sex appeal). A poor reputation in some qualities will tarnish your work opportunities even if your audition qualities are up to par. A good audition is always important, and is the way to introduce yourself to new directors, but in the long run they become a less important part of the total package.
Things like 'looking the part' is something you have very little control of, so it's hardly worth worrying about. For some gigs, looking the part may overrule other factors, and sometimes your other qualities will impress the directors even if they had a different 'look' in mind. In my experience, it's actually rather rare that a theatre show has a definite, rigid, look in mind that they won't waver from. My guess is it's much different for film/TV. Either way, concentrate your efforts on improving what you can, and don't sweat the rest.
All the best with your efforts.
The Poll-tergeist