6th Acting Class

My 6th and final On-Camera Commercial Acting Class took place this past Thursday. It's hard to believe its been 6 weeks already. It feels like I just started. For the last class we had 2 commercials we had to memorize and audition. One, was a Root Beer commercial, and the other was a lip treatment commercial. When we walked into the office there were two other adults inside, besides Barbara. Barbara told us that they were commercial agents, then sat us in the lobby while we waited for our turn to come and audition.

I did the Root Beer commercial first. I felt like it was really good. The guy asked me how old I was. I told him and he said "Really?". I said yes then he said I can play a lot younger which is really good. I was happy to hear this because I want to play as young as I can for as long as I can. Anyways, then he asked if I was in SAG (the biggest actor's union 'Screen Actors Guild'). I said no, but that I just got two vouchers for working this week. He said that's good. Then Barbara told me to do the commercial a second time. I did. I felt like it was just as good as the first. They all said it was good. The guy said "You'll get an agent right away." I was so happy and a little surprised to hear that. Then him and Barbara talked back in forth for a minute about it and both concluded that as long as I get the chance to get in front of an agent and audition/meet with them that I'll get signed right away. I was SO happy to hear that!

For the second commercial, I messed up right at the get-go, when I blanked and couldn't remember the first line. After I had a minute to breath and think, I went right on through it all. It was a little rough, but I thought it was ok. Then they talked to me, giving me some tips, etc. and asked me to do it again. I did. It started out good but then I was so busy thinking about everything they had said that I left out like half of it (the end) and just ended it too soon. They said that was ok, they had given me so many things to think about. I was just like yeah, but still a little disappointed. But the guy said not to worry about it, that I'm so cute anyway and have such a big smile, that they would call me back anyway, even if I messed it up like that. I was just like ok, really?

After everyone did both commercials we watched the tape with all of them on. They didn't give us many corrections - since they had already done it when we 'auditioned' the commercials. Then Barbara told us that the two guests weren't really agents. She just told us that because she wanted to see how it would effect us if we thought there were agents sitting watching us. The lady who was there is a recording artist and the guy was a commercial agent for a short period of time but is an actor. The feedback we got was really good though.

The guy gave me the name and phone number of a commercial agent and told me to tell the guy that he referred me. So that's cool. I haven't called the guy yet but I'm going too. Image's poster has also just went out to all of the agency's, so hopefully I will hear something back from some. We'll see. I have a week off now and then I begin my 3-month in depth acting class. It's all so exciting!