New Poll - A Matter of Degrees
Sat, 20 Nov 2004, 05:28 pmcrgwllms4 posts in thread
New Poll - A Matter of Degrees
Sat, 20 Nov 2004, 05:28 pmNew poll topic:
Do directors take into account whether you have a theatre/arts degree?
The Poll-tergeist
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crgwllmsSat, 20 Nov 2004, 05:28 pm
New poll topic:
Do directors take into account whether you have a theatre/arts degree?
The Poll-tergeist
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Walter PlingeTue, 23 Nov 2004, 09:26 pm
Re: New Poll - A Matter of Degrees
Once again, a poll for the pros!! I thought this site was for Community Theatre
crgwllmsWed, 24 Nov 2004, 12:41 am
Re: New Poll - 40 Degree heat
Stuart wrote:
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> Once again, a poll for the pros!! I thought this site was for
> Community Theatre
Hi Stuart
Just to let you know that I don't discriminate amongst the poll topics submitted...when it's time to change the poll I trawl through the lists of topics (unfortunately, the mechanics of reading and comparing them is a bit laborious due to the poll engine layout) and as soon as I find one that looks interesting it goes up. Occasionally I use my editorial mandate to edit or re-word them, usually make up a catchy title, and I reckon about 25% of the time I devise totally new ones according to the discussion topic of the day in the forums.
For the ones I compose, I apologise if they don't seem relevant. Please help me out by submitting more suggestions for me to pick from.
For ones like the current topic, I have no idea whether the author was a pro actor or a community theatre actor, but the way I read the question it never occurred to me that you might not think it relevant to community theatre...I thought the question was aimed at ALL theatre. If not, please answer it as if it WAS...then we'll get some idea of how relevant having a degree is to being cast in a community show.
In my experience, there are a hell of a lot of people with a theatre degree who never become professional actors...look at the number graduating EVERY YEAR from Curtin, UWA, Murdoch, Edith Cowan, WAAPA...and then compare that number to the number of professional actors you reckon there are in Perth (maybe 250 in total, of which only about 15% are actually working at the moment.) The two figures just don't correlate.
So chances are, when you hold an audition for a community show, you'll be getting non-professional actors turn up who nevertheless have qualifications. So the question the poll is asking you is...does it matter to you?
The Poll-tergeist
PS for what it's worth, my opinion is that experience counts wherever you get it from...that's all a degree is really, a couple of years of concentrated experience.
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> Once again, a poll for the pros!! I thought this site was for
> Community Theatre
Hi Stuart
Just to let you know that I don't discriminate amongst the poll topics submitted...when it's time to change the poll I trawl through the lists of topics (unfortunately, the mechanics of reading and comparing them is a bit laborious due to the poll engine layout) and as soon as I find one that looks interesting it goes up. Occasionally I use my editorial mandate to edit or re-word them, usually make up a catchy title, and I reckon about 25% of the time I devise totally new ones according to the discussion topic of the day in the forums.
For the ones I compose, I apologise if they don't seem relevant. Please help me out by submitting more suggestions for me to pick from.
For ones like the current topic, I have no idea whether the author was a pro actor or a community theatre actor, but the way I read the question it never occurred to me that you might not think it relevant to community theatre...I thought the question was aimed at ALL theatre. If not, please answer it as if it WAS...then we'll get some idea of how relevant having a degree is to being cast in a community show.
In my experience, there are a hell of a lot of people with a theatre degree who never become professional actors...look at the number graduating EVERY YEAR from Curtin, UWA, Murdoch, Edith Cowan, WAAPA...and then compare that number to the number of professional actors you reckon there are in Perth (maybe 250 in total, of which only about 15% are actually working at the moment.) The two figures just don't correlate.
So chances are, when you hold an audition for a community show, you'll be getting non-professional actors turn up who nevertheless have qualifications. So the question the poll is asking you is...does it matter to you?
The Poll-tergeist
PS for what it's worth, my opinion is that experience counts wherever you get it from...that's all a degree is really, a couple of years of concentrated experience.
crgwllmsMon, 13 Dec 2004, 01:40 am
Results :Poll - A Matter of Degrees
Poll results:
Do directors really care about whether you've studied and done a degree at NIDA or elsewhere?
218 participants in three weeks
If youÂ’re right for the job youÂ’re right for the job 112 votes 54%
It all gets considered 37 votes 17%
Depends where you studied 20 votes 9%
The audition is all that matters 17 votes 8%
DoesnÂ’t matter, if you have equivalent experience 11 votes 5%
Depends what kind of audition it is 7 votes 3%
Depends what the Degree is 2 votes 0%
Depends on the number of years of training 0 votes 0%
So according to this poll, the number of years of training and the type of degree hold no especial sway; having equivalent experience is not a big substitute for training; only 8% believe the audition is all that matters, whereas 17% think all factors are taken into consideration; only a small consideration is given to where you studied; ...and all this is true regardless of what sort of audition it is.
The majority of us believe if you're right for the job, you're right for the job...
...so the question is - Is there even any necessity to hold auditions?
The Poll-tergeist
Do directors really care about whether you've studied and done a degree at NIDA or elsewhere?
218 participants in three weeks
If youÂ’re right for the job youÂ’re right for the job 112 votes 54%
It all gets considered 37 votes 17%
Depends where you studied 20 votes 9%
The audition is all that matters 17 votes 8%
DoesnÂ’t matter, if you have equivalent experience 11 votes 5%
Depends what kind of audition it is 7 votes 3%
Depends what the Degree is 2 votes 0%
Depends on the number of years of training 0 votes 0%
So according to this poll, the number of years of training and the type of degree hold no especial sway; having equivalent experience is not a big substitute for training; only 8% believe the audition is all that matters, whereas 17% think all factors are taken into consideration; only a small consideration is given to where you studied; ...and all this is true regardless of what sort of audition it is.
The majority of us believe if you're right for the job, you're right for the job...
...so the question is - Is there even any necessity to hold auditions?
The Poll-tergeist