Whenever I audition for something with the judges sitting 10 feet in front or me i do horribly. Make it stop?

Answer 1

You have to believe in yourself! But I realize it’s easier to say than to do, so I will try and explain it to you better.

What's extremely important is that first of all, you are as well prepared as you possibly can be. If they send you material to look at before the audition, then practice it. Practice and make sure you know your stuff!. Practice. Practice. Practice. That alone will help you to feel more confident.

If they don't send you material beforehand, then you still need to prepare yourself mentally. It is crucial that you focus on what you want and not on what you don't want. You need to focus your mind on what being focused and comfortable in your scene will be like and not on the things you are afraid will happen if you mess up.Go back to the message that you wrote to us and look at what you said. You have put this thought in your mind, that is an association of something that happened in the past at least once and now you think that everytime you are in that situation, the same "horrible" thing will happen. How can you even think about becoming an actor if you take all that negative baggage with you on stage???

Start thinking positively! What will that do for you? Let me give you an example.If I tell you right now, "Don't think about an orange elephant! Don't think about it!"What's the first thing that comes into your mind?

You don't have to tell me, because I already know. It's the orange elephant isn't it? Why is that? Because that's how the human brain works. That's how your brain works. In order to forget something, our brain first has to understand what it is supposed to forget. How does it do that? By first bringing it to the forefront and creating an image around it.So what does that have to do with your feeling comfortable during your auditions? Everything! If you tell yourself before you go on stage in front of 'your audience (and not 'judges') or during any audition or performance things like; "I hope I don't mess up. I hope I don't get nervous. I hope I don't forget anything. I hope I don't freeze in front of the group. I hope I don't do horribly!", you are putting yourself in a position to think about what you don't want. Your imagination will go there and create that image of all those negative things you keep telling yourself. Your focus is on the wrong things!

So now you know what you have to do? What kinds of things will you tell yourself the next time you go into an audition? Positive things! Good things! You will be great! You will be very comfortable in front of your audience! See yourself doing that. If you have to, close your eyes, breathe deeply before you go into the audition and visualize yourself being brilliant. How confident will you be while you are performing? You know your lines. You are that character. You are prepared! You feel it! You can see that you feel it! You are confident and you will be brilliant!

When you talk like that to yourself, you will feel your posture change. You will be erect and your shoulders will be back if you really feel it and if you really believe it. So BE confident and FEEL confident and you will BE the best that you can be. And breathe!Hope that helps!

Tony
www.actingcareerstartup.com

Answer 2

Well, theater is about having fun! It's absolutely normal to have emotions before you audition... I mean, everybody is nervous, right? Especially when you know that they (the judges) are going to "analyze" you from head to toe.
I used to have stage fright... but I learned that theater is what I like most and that I play theater for myself, first of all, and then for a public. I am still nervous before I have to enter the stage, but it all disappears when I start my part... because I enjoy doing it so much!
Your bad experiences in auditioning are caused by a lack of self-confidence. Just relax befor your audition, Sleep well, have fun with your friends a day before... Just take a day off and forget about your audition. This way, in the important day you'll be able to focus only on the audition and only on your part.
Try not looking in their eyes when you are telling your part. Just focus on something in the background and be natural. Pretend that you are the only person in the room. Take a deep breath and... do your best! And even though you are afraid of failure, go to as many auditions as you can. Only this way you can earn experience and you can then analyse what you've done wrong and never repeat the mistake again.
Apart from all these, you've got to be prepared! Rehearse over and over again, until you are absolutely sure that you know the part. And don't forget: have fun!

Answer 3

Having worked in theater and taught audition classes, I feel reasonably sure in saying that the only way to get over audition nervousness is to audition. Over and over.

You might take an acting class (if you haven't or aren't currently) which will put you up in front of the others on a regular basis. Some theaters offer classes; some off audition classes.

But the only way to get over the nerves at auditions is to do it over and over again. It's all part of the process.

Answer 4

audition in front of your friends over and over until your friends are sick of you then when you go to your real audition pretent the judges are your friends imagine it as your friends sitting there. as an actor you have to put yourself into the situation mentally so use your acting skills to put yourself back into the situation when you where just having fun with your friends.

Answer 5

I've heard people say this, too: think of the judges as sitting there naked, and you won't want to look at them. Instead, you will concentrate on what you are doing. Just don't get a fit of the giggles. LOL

Answer 6

That's nothing! Imagine acting in front of a camera knowing that every wrong take will cost someone $10.000
THEN you can really feel the director's breath on the back of your neck :)

Answer 7

do you trust that what you have to show is good?
....would like to see the judges get up there ..relax enjoy yourself ...sing ,dance do what you do like are the best in the show...if you don't give it all you got you got nothing....and know your stuff