VA Pet Peeves

[Sapphire]

It's stupid stupid STUPID when people will go "Awwww, man! I didn't get a part! Oh well! ;o;!11" in an auditon thread. I want to whack them in the head and go, "Of course you didn't get a part, your name isn't on the castlist just like the rest f the people who didn't get a part, but you don't see THEM complaining, do you?"

That's REALLY childish.

>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!

[mongtsatsa]

I'll have to agree with you on that. I mean, just because you didn't get it doesn't mean that you have to go around telling everyone. =.= Just congratulate the cast or something instead of whine about it.

[BRAINofDOOM]

I guess this is kinda what codeblackhayate was saying, but I dislike it when producers only give one audition line for a character, especially if it's just like


"Bob"

Bob is the hero.

Audition line 1: "Hey, my name is Bob."

[mippa]

I think it's equally bad when they do audition lines that are nothing but battle cries. Those don't require acting! Anyone can scream "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" but that doesn't mean they can act. >.>;;

[Batgirl]

I think it's equally bad when they do audition lines that are nothing but battle cries. Those don't require acting! Anyone can scream "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" but that doesn't mean they can act. >.>;;

I agree. >< I also hate when they DO go through the trouble of picking out "normal" auditions lines, but its FOUR LINES OF THE EXACT SAME THING. Like...

(Upset)
(Hurt)
(Desperate)

... Really, there is never a single point in this show where this character is mad/happy/confused/drunk/tired/ANYTHING OTHER THAN SAD? Blah. ESPECIALLY if the description is "She's a tough girl that doesn't take crap from no-one." ... How are you going to know if the actress can play a tough girl if ALL the lines are vulnerable? ><

[Zangya]

"Bob"

Bob is the hero.

Audition line 1: "Hey, my name is Bob."

This has to be the greatest post in this thread so far. x:

[rebelcheese]

I hate it when people post a deadline, say, a month in the future, then close casting within the week. >__<

Also, parts with only one short audition line, especially if the character has a potentially large range of emotions.

Edit: I also hate it when threads have really bad spelling or strange formatting/color combinations.

I think that's more of a "producer pet peeves" than a "VA pet peeve", but that's a good point. You need at least three audition lines for a part, if not four or five, and have them cover a wide range of emotions and moods. Sarcasm, sadness, happiness, determination, etc.

The 'edit' part you listed I tend to take as a neon-colored warning sign to "stay away". A few typos is one thing, we're all human, we make mistakes. But if you show no concept of spelling and grammar you really shouldn't be writing something until you get better at that.

[Haushinka]

The fact that everyone expects me to mix and produce stuff for them for free... even though my rates are DONATION ONLY so it would be like $10 for a super awesome demo reel D: and then they get mad that it's not free even though if someone were to mix everything for free they'd never get any sleep x_x

Oh, and 1-2 day deadlines. If it's an urgent last minute thing like it's a school project due tomorrow and your original VA dropped out I understand, but... no one's going to be able to do 100 lines in a day.

[Zangya]

When it takes someone 100 years to do ONE line. Especially when syncing the line with mouth flaps isn't necessary. D:

[Russ]

When a VA sends in all lines except one... and then vanishes.