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Casting Call Jitters
So I go to castings almost every week, I rarely get nervous but occasionally my body gets jittery. I'ts like mentally I'm not nervous but physically I guess I am and in my head I try to make myself stop shaking and then I think about how it might affect my walk and that ACTUALLY makes me nervous. Any advice?( lol yes i know i'm kind of a weirdo) Feb 24 17 06:48 pm Link I'm not a model; I'm a photographer, consultant, amateur 10k runner. But , my experience is it is very hard to self-judge when you are in the middle of something. Sometimes you think you did great and you were awful; other times you might think you totally blew it and, in reality, you blew them away. My advice: just hold your head up, do your best, and let the judges make the judgments. Feb 24 17 07:04 pm Link One model I new who had shot a lot, and a lot with me, told me that she got sick to her stomach every morning when she had a shoot. It can be normal.........just channel it to energize the shoot. Feb 24 17 07:11 pm Link Write it off! Be willing to fail. Then you have nothing to lose, and work up from there. Study the Yerkes-Dodson inverted U stress curve (1908) and how you can control your stress levels along the X axis to optimize performance on the vertical axis. Suggestions include but far from limited to: breathe work, exercise, yoga, meditation, massage, coaching, visualization, etc. I have written about it somewhere else on MM but your case of nerves is not out of the ordinary. Feb 25 17 07:09 am Link Armesha00 wrote: Physical jitters are caused by your body creating adrenaline in anticipation without you actually using it. As an actor, I utilize physical activity while I am preparing to expend that energy. Deep leg bends are good because they require a lot of energy. Move your arms and legs repetitively (but not enough to start sweating) and use slow, deep breathing to return to a calm state. Focus on your task and be positive. Good luck. Feb 25 17 08:24 am Link Hmmm...well, I'm crazy about yoga and meditation, so I often recommend that to people with similar anxiety symptoms. Personally, I find that even a minute or two of meditation with deep, even, abdominal breathing helps to soothe my nervous system, and I also find that keeping a regular, vigorous schedule of physical activity really helps to cut down on physical anxiety symptoms, which might help with your casting jitters. Good luck! Mar 01 17 03:31 pm Link I used to nearly faint before going on stage or have crazy jitters before a runway show.. It's just nervous energy. I found doing 20 or so jumping jacks or another quick high- energy exercise helped (actors do it all the time, bouncing, rolling shoulders, doing the Lion breath... ) Mar 21 17 07:11 am Link Designit - Edward Olson wrote: Yup! Mar 25 17 11:01 am Link |
