Anecdotes on the job: They're listening!

I was recently doing a little background work. I had been placed on a street corner with another lady and we were standing in one spot take after take. I started to get a sore back about an hour (or lets say 5 takes) into the second to last scene of the 10-hour day. It was late, the sun was fading, people were beginning to get silly. I discovered that if I, in between takes, crouched down into a squat it relieved my aches. This was an unfortunate discovery on my part primarily because anything that can peak my scatological sense of humor.

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You've been framed! - Acting for camera

If you are auditioning for an on-camera project ask the CD/shooter/director what the frame is - or in very poor lay-terms where the outside of the shot is in relation to your face. Is it close-up, medium (head and shoulders) or a wide?

WIDE

<-- This is the outside of the shot/FRAME

MEDIUM

CLOSE UP

EXTREME CLOSE UP

Why ask?

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