Da Huang Pictures audition

With college coming nearer,
I’d avoid going to auditions unless I can gain something from the audition ITSELF.

And THIS is one of the few auditions that I’ll feel accomplished just by going there.

On Saturday & Sunday (3rd - 4th May 2008),
Da Huang Pictures had their Web Shop Launch on those days,
aside from also having auditions for their future films.

So I went there for two reasons:

• Purchase ‘Flower In The Pocket’.
• Go for the audition.

 

This was held at The Annexe during the Art For Grabs that weekend.
Too bad I didn’t pay much attention to this ‘funfair’ at first.
(Yep, I call these types of events- Funfair)

There was a lot going on there and so many things to do.
It would have been really fun.

* Click ‘read more’ for details of the audition.

 

I went straight away to Da Huang’s stall and purchased the DVD,
only to give it back after seeing,

“20% concession on DVDs for audition participants!”

Heh, it seems like it’s a sign from God pushing me for the audition.
(God knows that I have a very very soft spot for free and discounted items.)

After filling in the form and taking profile pictures,
I was handed a paper describing three scenarios.

• You called your boyfriend to tell him that you’re leaving him forever.
  (Sounds too mushy and jiwang for me)

• You’re being raped by a stranger. You tell him to be a gentle and use the condom that you have with you.
  (Err…?)

• You wake up from a three-years coma and realized that you’ve lost both of your arms. You are alone and a mosquito landed on your cheek and starts sucking blood.
  (……)

As you can see from my responses above, I’m definitely not familiar with any of the scenes.
Then again, I don’t have much experience to start with in the first place.

And they’re MONOLOGUES!
I’ve learnt from previous auditions that I’ve yet to be able to interact alone,
so monologues are absolute nightmares!

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I went up to the audition space and was greeted by Da Huang’s filmmakers.
- Liew Seng Tat & Tan Chui Mui

Alright, so among the scenarios above,
Which one did you think I would choose?

If your answer is the THIRD scenario,
then that’s proof that you indeed know me well.

 

She woke up confused as to where she is.
Then she realized that she have lost both hands.
She struggled to try and remember what’s the last thing that happened to her.
Then she remembered that there was a man before who kidnapped her and raped her.

And this was the cue for the mosquito to come buzzing over and sucked on her blood.
There was some fidgeting to get it off of her cheek.
Eventually, she got so frustrated that she banged her cheek at the wall for three times.
(Three days have passed. And it still hurts!)

(Because I forgot what I wanted the ending to be, I came up with some drastic changes on the spot to end things)

As the girl was still coming to terms with her current situation,
she was surprised to see a man came in.
She remembered him as the man who raped her before.

She was terrified and screamed as she backed off to the wall until there was no more space left.
The man came nearer and nearer to her with a wicked grin…

 

Yeeaaahhh, that’s the end of it.
Sorry for the scarce details.

I always find it awkward talking about my own acting.
I can’t evaluate myself.

I know I’m not superbly good.
Somewhat decent for screen,
but terrible for stage.

TAN CHUI MUI:
So you’re doing both scenario 2 and 3…

ME:
Mainly scenario 3. I mixed them up a bit.

TAN CHUI MUI:
(Scribbling on clipboard)
Hmm… Interesting…

She actually called my attempt -interesting-.
That was enough of a reward for me.

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Went down to their stall again and purchased ‘Flower In The Pocket’,
grinning like an idiot chanting in a holy manner,
“20% concession! 20 percent cooooonncessiioonn!”

(Me and my infatuation for discounted price)

 

GOALS COMPLETED:

I’ve always wanted to audition for an Indie Film Company.
Check!

Attempt a monologue audition and at least have 25% of the fear thrown off my shoulders.
Check!

Purchase ‘Flower In The Pocket’ to finally fulfill the desire to watch it after seeing the trailer.
Check!

The only regret I have so far is forgetting to ask for a picture with both of them.
But all in all, it has been a really good day!

UPDATES:

Congrats to the two winners announced!

Based from the e-mail I got,
it seems that there are about 15 participants who came for the audition.
And I was the last one to audition there.

Oh yeah, and here’s Da Huang’s own report of the auditions:
Da Huang’s Audition For Grabs