One of my goals for the 2012 was to intern at three casting offices this year. This particular goal is going along good because today I got to be a reader at a casting office working on an exciting new webseries.
As a reader you get a great insider look into the casting process and if you pay attention you will learn so much more being a reader than you would ever learn at some cold reading workshop.
Today the lesson I learned was that even if you don't think your doing enough you are probably doing too much. So many of the actors came in with all these planned out movements and pantomimes, like knocking on a door or making a kissing face. None of this type of extraneous stuff helped their acting. You could see them trying to remember what they had planned instead of actually listening and responding.
The best actress of the day, the one that gave everyone goosebumps, didn't move from the chair. She spoke quietly, but loud enough for us to hear. Everything was there in her eyes.
You don't have to pad your performance with all that extra stuff. The most important thing is that you are natural and that you listen and respond to the reader.
On a side note, as the reader I hear all the notes that casting has given to the actors that came in before you. I know what they are looking for and will do my best to direct your performance with my read, so it helps you to pay attention to me.
Remember casting is on your side. They want you to be so amazing that they don't have to see anyone else for the part.
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