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On Indie Productions, Auditioning is… Different
I had the great fortune recently to audition a few wonderful actors for a role in one of my passion projects.
Every single one of them was professional, courteous, kind, talented, and funny.
As someone who does not consider herself an actress, I’ve never experienced the auditioning process from the other side, and I must say… I cannot imagine what it must be like.
Actors are a special and wonderful kind of gang… they are out there, they keep their emotions in a silk purse, ready to come out… and without them, our work as filmmakers… well… it would be impossible.
I am not a casting director. Nor am I a director. I am first and foremost a writer, with the mantle of producer somehow tacked on. But I have auditioned for 5 of my own projects now — that’s over 100 auditions.
I realize that’s somewhat unorthodox, especially in bigger projects. But I work on a small scale, with tiny budgets, on tiny indie productions — in my world, you wear all the hats you have to wear.
So I wanted to take a moment to address my side of the process when it comes to auditioning.
