Rush of blood to the head

(Listening to Coldplay, while I do computer-y things.)

Is it weird that I've watched my Cox commercial at least 10 times? :)

Had two commercial auditions this week. I'm pretty sure I bombed the first one. I could have definitely made stronger choices in the room--they wanted my character to be one step away from being "crazy cat lady"...I was a little confused by the direction to not make it too broad, though. So, I kept it closer to the vest, and even after the redirect to not be so normal, I still was more "a little off" than "crazy". That's never a fun feeling, walking out of an audition and feeling pretty crappy about your work. However, I just had to look at the experience overall and say, "Next time, go for broke."

The second audition was fun--I thought I did well in the room. It was for the CD that booked me on the Cox commercial. When I walked into the room, the session director remembered me and made a comment about me being a favorite of the CD--always nice to hear!! He had me do the part I came in for, as well as another part they were casting (I think it's either a series of spots or one spot with four characters). I felt like I did well--I had a lot of fun with it and felt like I had good energy. Have yet to hear back on whether I got a callback...and trying to not feel discouraged.

I think booking my first spot was so important to me, and rightfully so...and now I'm in a space of really wanting to book the next one. I'm trying to refocus on just doing other things for my career and not worrying about whether or not I get this particular callback. I was saying yesterday that I think this spot is a good fit for me and that I felt strong about what I had to give to it. I'm trying to have the right energy about it, that's all. So, we'll see! Regardless, I'm still super grateful to have such amazing agents and the have the chance to go on great auditions!! I feel very lucky.

In other news, I finished writing the first draft of episode 2!!!!! I met with Sheryl and Zach on Sunday, to talk about the show. They both really loved the first draft and said that they think it only needs some minor tweaking, which is great! We went over the mock-up for the pitch book, discussing some of the layout options, and tried to line up a time for a table read. Our plan is to create the pitch book around episodes 1 and 2, while including outlines and arcs for the rest of the season and subsequent seasons. Depending on time, we may have episodes 3 and 4 put into it--if I can get them written and polished enough where we're okay with people reading them, then awesome! Zach would like to start meeting with people by the end of the month, if we get the book in good shape. We'll need to start doing photo shoots--so we'll need a good photographer to help us create some of the moments. The idea we had is to make one of the pages in the book a photo collage, treating the book as if it's a scrapbook created by one of the characters. Therefore, there will be photos on that page of past events, that sort of thing--which requires some extra work on our part as far as costuming/makeup, but I think it'll be worth it. More than anything, we need a great photographer (that won't break the bank!) to help give the photos style and depth.

It's an exciting process!! I'm happy episode 2 came out as well as it did. I'm looking for my notes on episode 3, but I can't find anything detailed, just basic stuff I've scrawled on other notes. However, I think I know the three major arcs to hit. I'm looking forward to working on it!

Started the Audrey Wells script in class. I've marked so many scenes to do in class, nearly 4 months worth of scenes (if I do all of them, one per week). This is my second week of working on it. It's exciting to be working on it, as it's a challenging piece, but I think it'll be a great experience!!