The answer to everyone's question is always so subjective. How it went for me: I was emotionally prepared, and I had an idea of what I would do. I felt comfortable with the director, and I loved working in my village. I loved that we had all afternoon to show up, not booked in tight 5-minute slots, like so many numbers in a machine. I adored meeting the beautiful older woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico who now lives nearby, and watching the other woman in the polka dot blouse emerge from her car after she parked, and loved pegging her for the same role I was auditioning for. I enjoyed doing the improv and calling upon truth I knew. I was so pleased that the director told me the story of the man whose mother I would portray, should I get cast.
Now, how it was for the director, I don't know. I don't think he was bored, at least. There was a certain sparkle in his eyes when my emotions took over for a bit.
This part is for a mockumentary. It's a great way to shoot these days, with lightweight video equipment, giving stories a cinema verité edge while using actors to portray real-life events. [This is how the local series "I (Almost) Got Away with It" is shot.] I really want the role.
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