And booked

I just got booked for one of the three jobs. I kinda knew they liked me. I could tell I did a good job in the audition. They're creating a commercial that is supposed to be an almost documentary-like man-on-the-street interview type thing. And they're casting a bunch of people, as interviewers, participants and plain ol' bystanders. 

Even though they had suggested lines, we were supposed to behave very naturally, like it was all off-the-cuff. And for a moment there, I swear I was "acting." Like good acting. The kind I'm supposed to do on stage. I just had a very genuine reaction, something I really felt. As well as some very simple, natural ad-libs. And I could sorta see or maybe sense out of the corner of my eye that it was resonating with the clients. Just like that feeling you sometimes get in theater when you can feel the audience is right there with you, totally along for the ride.

Of course I also knew that, of the three jobs, this would be the one I'd get. How? By the price tag. It pays, depending on whether I'm recognizable in the final spot, between 1/10th and 1/6th of the best paying one, and a little less than the other one.

On the other hand, I could still reasonably get booked for one of the others. Though, wouldn't you know it, they're shooting right within the same several-day time frame next week. But I don't know. There was a guy there today who looked exactly like Uncle Sam.

Crazy, crazy busy. Two more auditions Monday and Tuesday. That would be 13 in 16 days.

Beer now please.