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TIP OF THE WEEK // Getting ready for a casting

If you’ve been selected to participate to a casting, there’s alot of preparation to do. After some information about applying to a casting, this week’s tip is on how to be ready for a live audition.

As usual, it’s essential that you read instructions. But much more beside it.

What are they looking for? Before you even start preparing your outfit for the live audition, you should have clear in your mind what the agency or the designer is looking for. Study their style and vision, visit their stores, or carefully read their website. Review photo sets or videos of previous shows, and if you have a chance, talk to someone who already works with them to have some insight and feedback. This prep work may take some time, but it will pay off. If you know who you are casting for, you will be able to be more focused in your preparation, and address your style choice towards something that the agency or designer really wants and needs.

Think You will be usually assigned a theme and you will have to prepare one or more outfits to present during the live audition on the runway. Once you’ve learned more about the agency/designer, it is time to think… think how you want to interpret the assigned theme, explore your favorite stores or fashion blogs, go through your inventory and check if you find an item that inspires you: it may be a piece of jewelry, a hair, a single prim of any outfit. That may be your starting point and you can build an outfit around it. You may often change your mind, because the more you work and try different combinations, better ideas will come to you.

Fitting It is important to have a folder of your outfit ready, including all the items you’re going to wear, along with the selection of poses you’ve picked. I’m going to tell you what I look at, first thing during a casting or a fashion show: fitting. No matter how stylish and creative the outfit you present is, if prims are not correctly edited, prims’ and layers’ textures are not matching, or if you distort textures or alter a prim with a wrong pose, there’s a good chance you will not be chosen for the job. I’m not a designer myself, but I understand how important is to “sell” a design in the correct way. This doesn’t apply to clothing only, but also to hair, jewelry, lashes, shoes or any other accessory you may be wearing.

Take your time This may sound obvious, but you really should put time and care in thinking first, and then styling your outfit. Just as an example, selecting poses for an outfit usually takes me hours, or days sometimes. Do not rush it and make sure you have enough time to prepare for the casting, if you’re not satisfied yourself with the result for sure designer or agency will not pick you. On the other hand, if you’re happy with your presentation, you know inside you you’ve prepared at the best you can, whatever the outcome is.

Next week, what happens during a casting? and how to get the best out of it?

(Source: wp.me)