In this short instructional video, acting coach Aaron Marcus explains a simple yet powerful audition technique that focuses on where to look (eyeline) during a self‑tape or in‑person audition. He first outlines the standard camera‑left position for a two‑person read, emphasizing that the actor should look at the partner rather than directly into the camera, except for specific roles like news anchors or spokespersons. He then addresses the more complex scenario of reading with two or three partners, advising actors to shift their gaze to each partner as they speak, while staying within a profile range to avoid a full side‑shot. This creates the illusion of a real scene and keeps the casting director’s attention. Marcus wraps up with a call to action, encouraging viewers to like, share, comment, and follow his social media and website for more acting and modeling tips.
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Here's another Acting and Modeling Quick Tip with me, Aaron Marcus. This one little technique can make the difference between having people really interested in your audition and completely losing people's attention. So here's what you need to do. If you are auditioning, whether it's at home or at a casting director's office, if you're reading with one other person, then certainly you always need to look at that person, uh, not into the lens of the camera during the audition itself. The, the few The few exceptions are if you're reading for a news reporter, maybe an anchor person, you're a spokesperson, if it's a commercial. Otherwise, it's always going to be— normally it's going to be camera left, your right, like over here. Some people will go to the other side. I don't know. For some reason, I prefer it here. Most of the time, you'll find the readers to be over here. Then here's the tricky part. What happens if you're doing a scene with 2 or 3 people? You don't sit there and still stare at the reader. Because that's only one person, even though they might be reading all 3 other characters' lines. So what you need to do is create the scene so that it seems like you're really on the set, it's really happening. So if you're gonna be talking to one person here, then when the other person talks, you're gonna look over here, and the other person talks, you're gonna look over here. You never wanna go too far away, you start getting a profile shot. And then that way, as you interact with the other people, You connect with them over here, connect with them here, connect with them here. That way it really feels like you are in the scene. And it is— it sounds like a small thing, it's a huge part of the audition that can be incredibly helpful to you just to make it seem more real. I hope you found this helpful. Please share a comment below, share some, some, a little tip that you think is really helpful for people auditioning. If you're watching this Whether it's on YouTube, whether you're watching this on Facebook, like it, give it a thumbs up, and feel free to share this with other people. I'm giving you permission. Look, that, that's why I do this. I'm trying to help out other people here. So share throughout your social media, and you can always send people back to my website, howtoactandmodel.com, so they can see more videos there. And anyhow, if you're watching this on Facebook, go to my page. It's facebook.com/howtomodel, and make sure you like the page, and that way you can continue to automatically receive any updates that I share there with industry information. I'm Aaron Marcus, and I can't wait to talk with you again soon.
