Record yourself reading monologues and short scenes. You can purchase a book of monologues online or through Industry sites giving you hours of potential roles to inhabit.
Pick one and practice it 2-3 times, then tape yourself giving the speech. When you rewatch it, take notes on where you want to improve, what lines sounded great, and ideas you have to make it better.
Then re-do the speech, recording again until you're happy with the results.
Choose a variety of monologues, not just the ones you're most comfortable with. This is practice time, so challenge yourself. It may be worth experimenting, rather than going for a set expectation of perfection. Sometimes a different approach can really make a monologue stand out.What happens if you:
- Slow your lines down
- Stress different words
- Put longer pauses in
- Change your tone
- Switch it up, you may surprise yourself!
Try different accents, and consider learning a new language while you’re at it. New skills to add to your resume is always a good thing.
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Great advice, Tammy Hunt! You said, "Record yourself reading monologues and short scenes." Should actors act out each role in a short scene?
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With so many self-tape auditions this is great advice - record, watch, repeat and continue to improve at that - it will help with auditioning (and when you get on set).
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Love it, Tammy Hunt! The suggestion of watching your own tape and giving yourself notes before re-taping is really great!
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I love this, and I would add have someone there to listen to you and tell you how it landed on them..
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That's a great addition, Brigitte Millar!
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That's what I was going to ask Brigitte Millar Should I have someone listen and give me feedback? How do I know if I am talking too fast?
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Musicians too!! :-)
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Sorry to be late to this post, Tammy Hunt but are there any good book of monologues you would recommend?
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Leonardo Ramirez you can take a look at "Monologues They'll Remember You By" - written by Andrew Biss
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Got it! Thanks so much Tammy Hunt!
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Great post! Thank you for sharing!