Commercial Auditions

Commercial Auditions

Auditioning for commercials is a very specific skill set. Learn the tips and techniques to book them.

Commercial Auditions
  • Should I Wear The Same Costume I Wore To My First Audition For The Callback?

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    Do I keep a consistency of look through my auditions?
    Should I keep the same clothes from audition to call back?
    Should I change my look for my call back?
    Am I expe...

  • My Agent Has Asked Me To Bring Friends To My Audition? Help!

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    Why would Casting want me to bring my friends to an audition?
    Do I have to bring friends to an audition if asked?
    Who do I bring to a commercial casting if I'm aske...

  • The Wait Time For This Commercial Audition Is An Hour, Is This Normal?

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    Why do I have to wait so long at a commercial audition?
    Why are commercial casting offices always such a long wait?
    What is the maximum time I should wait at a comm...

  • Will The CD Or Commercial Agent Notice If I Skip This Casting Today?

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    Can I get away with flaking on a commercial audition today?
    Will the CD even care if I don't go to this commercial audition?
    Will I get black listed if I miss a com...

  • Should I Sign In/Out Accurately On A Commercial Casting Director's Sign In?

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    Can I charge casting for going over time?
    Who pays the fee for going over time at a commercial casting?
    Who pays the fee for going over time at a commercial call ba...

  • Why Doesn't The Commercial Casting Director Remember Me?

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    Is it bad the commercial CD doesn't remember me?
    How can I build a rapport with a commercial casting director?
    Why does the commercial casting director not know my ...

  • I Am Going For A Very American Brand - Should I Conceal My Foreign Accent?

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    Can I be honest about my accent in commercial castings?
    Should I reveal my true accent in commercial castings?
    Is being foreign not good for all american brands?
    Ca...

  • The Casting Director Has Asked My Age In An Auditon - What Do I Do?

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    How do I avoid my age in castings?
    Why am I being asked if I'm 25?
    Why am I being asked if I'm 18 by casting?
    If I'm under 18, why does that affect my casting in an...

  • How Important Is Improvisation In Commercial Castings?

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    Should I improve my improv skills for commercial castings?
    Why is improv helpful in commercial castings?
    Why does casting look for improvisation experience for comm...

  • What Do I Do If I'm Partnered With A Bad Scene Partner In A Commercial Audition?

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    My scene partner is ruining my commercial audition - help!
    Can I ask to do my commercial audition with a different scene partner?
    How do I get out of working with a...

  • My Commercial Casting Went Really Badly - Should I Tell My Agent?

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    I bombed, do I tell my commercial agent?
    I'm worried a damages a relationship with a casting director, do I tell my agent?
    How honest should I be with my agent abou...

  • How Do I Stand Out When The Commercial Audition Is Just Talking About My Life?

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    What is the best way to do personality commercial castings?
    How should I answer get to know questions at commercial castings?
    How specific should I be in my chat to...

  • How Important Is The Photo That The Casting Director Takes In My Audition?

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    Why do commercial CD's take my photo at my audition?
    Where does the photo at my commercial audition end up?
    What is with the photo and slate at my commercial auditi...

  • How Important Is The Slate In My Commercial Audition?

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    Why do I do a slate?
    What is the value of a slate?
    How should I view a slate?
    How can I capture the clients attention in a slate?
    Should I be friendly in my slate o...

  • The CD Has Asked If I've Done Fast Food Commercials Before, Should I Lie?

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    Should I avoid telling casting about conflicts?
    Should I offer up conflicts to casting?
    How can I avoid telling a CD that I have done similar ads in the past?
    How c...

  • What Are Some Tips For Doing Direct To Camera Commercial Auditions?

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    How can I get better at direct to camera auditions?
    Are direct to camera auditions common?
    Who should I pretend the camera is at direct to camera auditions?
    How can...

  • What Is Required At A Print Campaign Audition?

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    Do I do direct to camera chats for print auditions?
    Is it a photoshoot for print campaign auditions?
    Do I slate at a print campaign audition?
    What should I expect a...

  • The Casting Director Is Being Really Directorial In My Audition, Why?

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    Why is casting dictating my performance so much in my commercial casting?
    Why are commercial casting directors so bossy?
    This commercial casting is directing me to ...

  • Who Is At A Commercial Call Back?

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    Will the casting director be at the call back?
    Will the producer be at the commercial call back?
    Is the ad agency at a commercial call back?
    Which creatives will be...

  • Would There Ever Be A Time Where I'm Paid For A Callback?

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    When do I get paid for callbacks?
    I keep going back in for callbacks on a commercial, should I be paid for this?
    Do I get paid for coming back in for a commercial c...

  • What Takes Precedence, My Theatrical Auditions Or My Commercial Auditions?

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    Should I move my commercial or theatrical casting if there is a time conflict?
    Should I prioritize my theatrical casting over my commercial?
    Is commercial or theatr...

  • Casting Is Seeing So Many People, Should I Just Sneak Into Friends?

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    Can I get away with just rocking up to commercial auditions?
    Will casting be mad if I ask if I rock up and ask to audition?
    Can I hover round the session and ask if...

  • What Is A Third Call Commercial Audition?

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    Why would I need to go back in for a casting after a commercial call back?
    Are there chemistry reads in commercials?
    Do I get paid for third call commercial auditio...

  • Casting Wants To Change My Hair Colour/Cut! What Should I Do?

    With Shaan Sharma, Storytellers Conservatory, Working Actor, Educator, Casting Pro, & Union Leader
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    Casting wants me to change my look but I have conflict with other projects - help!
    Will the commercial contract pay to return my hair to normal after the job?
    Can I...