Working Actress =D

So the callbacks were Sunday for that film (by the way, the name is Inside Out).  Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to try and memorize it.  Since I was auditioning for another film on Saturday night, I was practicing for that all Saturday.  Then Sunday I had to work on a Promotional event that I had already committed to before I knew of the auditions, and of course, I wasn't even allowed to use my phone so there was no way I could practice.  I went straight to the callbacks after the promotional event and had about one hour to memorize as much as I could.  The scene was 5 pages long. 

So it turns out that the guy playing my character's brother was going to be either Hispanic or White.  I guess they couldn't find an Asian guy that they liked for that role or they just really liked one of the two guys and wanted them as a lead.  It turns out one of my friends was auditioning as well, which was a very pleasant surprise!  He was auditioning for the role of the character I was doing my scene with so that was awesome.  We ended up practicing together and they allowed us to use our sides.  I thought the audition went pretty well considering I only had an hour to review the scene. 

They told my friend that they were choosing that night and letting people know the next day.  I was on the damn computer all day long refreshing the page every 2 minutes and checking my email over and over.  I saw they posted about two or three of the roles as cast, but no email for me.  Then my friend told me texted me saying they told him to come back on Tuesday and to make sure he memorized his lines.  I was freaking out because they had not told me anything.  I kept waiting a few more hours then at 7pm they sent me an email saying I needed to come back as well.  That was a relief because at least they were still considering me.  That night I went to practice with my friend and yesterday I spent all day trying to memorize the lines.  We met up about two hours before the audition to practice. 

During the audition we were doing great but then my friend skipped a line which caused me to skip a line to catch up but we were able to keep going smoothly even though we both got nervous.  We missed a few other things but we just kept going and they probably didn't even notice it =)  At the end of the scene they said it was very good and that we took direction well and that it was a very hard scene but they liked it.  They were talking to us as if we were already cast but kept saying "if" lol

That night I got an email from them at 11pm saying that I was "shortlisted" for the role, which I didn't know what meant, but the rest of the email gave me instructions like I had been cast and told me my pay and to reply to confirm.  I confirmed and checked their casting call but my character still was not changed to cast.  I kept refreshing and when I went to bed I had dreams about it.  This morning it still had not been changed.  I talked to my friend and he said that they didn't send him anything.  Later on he told me they shortlisted him as well.  I checked the casting call again and now my character had been changed to "Cast" but still not real confirmation.  I decided to clarify with them and yes.....I AM CAST FOR THE ROLE =D  And I'm getting paid for the first time to act!  It's only $75 per day but it is something and I am very excited!!!!

I'll be updating more soon!

Exciting News!!! =)

A list of exciting news actually! =)

-My large dog is back home! At least for a few days anyway so I'm happy!

-Single Daddy has been picked up by a network! Yay! It's called Mi Casa Networking, and while it is a small network, I am happy! It's a great start.  We will be reshooting the pilot episode and shooting 10 more episodes throughout the summer!  I sent a link to the writer of where he can post an ad looking for crew he needs and can work as interns or with deferred pay so that he can get a more professional editing.  I am getting my sister to help as well since she has lots of awesome ideas and is not afraid to criticize.

-About the audition that I went to last week, I got a callback! Yay! They are not offering me the role that I auditioned for but they are offering me to audition for one of the lead roles! It's surprising though because that role was supposed to be an Asian girl but we'll see what that's about.  Call backs are tomorrow =)  Oh and I just received a message from them saying that Joe Estevez, brother of Martin Sheen, will be directing this film!!!

-I'm getting lots of promotions request which means really good money so that I can continue trying to do what I love =)

-The local TV show that I was on last week where I auditioned to be one of the presenters turned out really cool and it looks like I'm the best one out of the three that auditioned so I might be doing that as well!  Here is a link to that video: http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc6/231711/706/175283265858272_464.mp4?oh=db67d145ba2ae7e5925959bbd6f4db38&oe=4DDABF00&l3s=20110521125936&l3e=20110523130936&lh=0efc2e600b058cd7f0890

The audition for the 20's reporter is later on today so I need to find a good monologue and memorize it.  About the dance lessons, I didn't get to go this week but I'll go for sure next week.  Looks like I'm gonna be super busy again! =)

Checking In

So lately haven't been doing much acting or much of anything that I really want to do.  I have been taking care of my pets, and the home.  Had to give away my large dog and that was very sad for me =(  but I won't get into all the details or I'll end up crying.  Anyway, I ended up going to the private screening of Single Daddies last week and it was a bit better than I had expected (I had very very very low expectations after seeing the preview) but it needs lots of work.  It seemed a bit rushed.  The writer has great ideas and the show has huge potential but it needs the right people, professional people, to work on it.  Specially the editing part.  I did go to an audition last week which was very refreshing for me since I had not done any acting in a while.  I'm sure I won't get the part because it was asking for someone much younger...a teenager, but still.  I have another audition this coming Saturday that I'm really looking forward to.  They asked for a 20's Hispanic reporter.  It's perfect!

I'm gonna start taking acting lessons again very soon.  I finally withdrew the money from my 401k account so once that is done I am officially broke and jobless.  No more partying lol.  But thankfully I have landed some opportunities.  I have joined the promotions business and already have a few lined up with pretty decent pay.  At least enough to pay my bills.  As for UH for Theater, I guess it's safe to say they didn't pick me.  They could have at least had the courtesy to say so and not just leave me hanging but that's that and I need to move on to bigger and better things.   I also had two belly dance performances last week and was on a local tv show and had what I guess you can call an audition to be music video presenter.  It feels good to start being active again =)

Another one of my plans is to sign up for dance lessons.  I'm planning on going tonight for jazz.  I've never taken it so I'm nervous and I am no longer flexible at all!  My bigger plan is to try out for the Rockets Power Dancers.  Auditions are in about two months.  They have prep classes but I want to have some kind of experience before showing up and completely ridiculing myself lol.  I'm pretty sure I won't make it this time around but at least I can have knowledge of how the auditions are and what to expect.  If at the end I decide no to try out again next year than it will still do good on my resume to have some kind of dance background besides belly dance.

Well, that's what is going on right now.  Still working on remodeling the home and been wasting lots of time on Guitar Hero thinking it will help me learn how to play the real drums lol.