So I was asking around to see if anyone had some miracle for memorization, and an actor friend of mine (who works in a major way), shared this advice:
He said that for auditions, to help him memorize his lines, he reads all parts into an MP3 file, then downloads it quickly to his Ipod and listens to them when he goes on his runs. He says it helps tremendously.
He said you can go to garageband or something like that and can use the built in mic in your mac...
I don't know about you, but I'm giving this one a shot.
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also there is an app for the iphone coming out very soon called Rehearsal that helps you memorize your lines. you download them from showfax and it highlights your lines and reads them back to you on your way to the audi, or whathaveyou. Too bad I have a blackberry :( good suggestion! love the blog!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know who you are, but I'm fascinated how parallel our career development has been - you even have some posts here that are akin to posts I made regarding the power of Yes, not getting too far ahead of myself, the feelings I have as I'm driving down into the bowels of the FOX Galaxy parking structure, etc. I'm really happy that you're experiencing those gloriously wonderful (and sometimes hideous) moments you get to live through when you actually apply yourself as an actor, and don't just call yourself an actor.
ReplyDeleteTo follow up on Cassie and Amber's comment above on Rehearsal, my iPhone app that recreates the real world of script analysis, line memorization and scene rehearsal, it was, in fact, borne of one of those actor moments: I was sitting in my agent's office in Sherman Oaks when a call came in for an audition for Community. My normal course is to get the PDF file of the sides, record all the lines in the scene(s) as an MP3, then using iTunes' looping function to play that scene over and over as I run lines with myself. I didn't have time to do that - they needed to see me before 5p that day, so I sat in my car, used Voice Memo to record my scenes, and then spent the whole trip down the 101 to Paramount dangerously tapping on the play button in Voice Memo playing back the scene to learn my lines.
If Voice Memo had a repeat/loop function, I probably wouldn't have developed Rehearsal, but there you are.
The character got written out of the episode the next day, so I'll never know if my audition would have gotten me booked or not, but Rehearsal came out of the process, so it was well worth the scramble: we've had 29,000 downloads in the last week or so as Apple made us one of their What's Hot picks (we had no warning of that - and once we faced the firehose of downloads that resulted, ended up acquiring over 400 1-star ratings due to an email glitch that prevented users from registering, but that story will be in the post mortem for the app).
I know this is long, but I wanted you to know that I found you throught Alex's Info, and I'm fascinated as I read backwards through your posts. I'm going to recommend you to Kristine Oller for one of her coffee date interviews.
You're awesome, and your stories reek of persistence, skill, talent and confidence. Go get jets!
David H. Lawrence XVII
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