Hello I’m An Actress!

Hello,

So I guess that I am going to become an actress now. I know that I will. It’s quite funny how you can start networking with people once you have the motivation to do so.

Just the other day I ran into a lady who was looking at books on writing screen plays. I built up the courage to ask her about it and she told me how she has written a book, is wroking on a comedy, and is about to shoot a short film about HIV/AIDS. I told her that I wanted to be an actress and would love to work with her!

She’s holding auditions in October for her short film, which she plans on shooting in December.  I emailed her immediatly and basically told her how serious I am about persuing an acting career just so she could remember me. I am going to email and call her again at the end of September to see if she has any definite dates for her auditions. I hope I can get a part!

In the mean time I have an audition to go to this Saturday. It will be my very first audition! It’s supposidly for a sitcom… but you never know until you actually get there to really know what it’s for, hehe. They gave a brief description of what they are looking for and I decided that I fit the bill. Yay! Basically they are looking for a light skinned, and likely a preferablly mixed (black/white) looking actress. I have light skin, hazel eyes, and sandy gold hair, and my hair is curly enough yet soft enough to “almost” look like I have something mixed inside of me.

I’m not sure how I want to present myself though. I think about how the other girls may present themself and think “I don’t want to be like that”. I imagine that most will wear the cutest outfit with heels, and probably look urban. I think that I kind of want to go in there looking like a bad arse. Clean and cute, but something rugid.

I say this because I want to go in there looking the part, thus I want to go in there looking as “biracial” as possible. And slipping into preppy clothes (white) with my features (black), I don’t think that would make look to unique from anyone else, and defintily not “biracial” looking enough. lol.

So I am going to for a heavy metal t-shirt, maybe some colorful jeans (i see these purpple jeans and they are really cute), and maybe some converses. I know I have the money for a tshirt, but I don’t know about the other stuff. I think that perhaps that can make me look a little bit more different, and maybe perhaps noticed from others.

On top of that I emailed the person that is organizing the audition just to confirm that it is still being held. He told me that I should bring a portfolio and resume if I have one.

I don’t.

But I am going to try to make a portfolio…. have my mom or someone take the pictures. HEY! Tyra Banks had her mom take her pictures, and she got discovered! So I am going to have to do the same I guess because I am soooo broke.

I am going to take them, get them developed, put them in a bind and we’ll just see from there. I hope they don’t laugh at me. You gotta’ start somewhere though, right?

Well I am off to search for more possible auditions!

Adios!

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