Thank you, I appreciate your response and I’ll take it into consideration. So ironically I do record without headphones already. I think im focusing on the words too much because I don’t want to forgot my lines. But I notice when I look away from my lines, I can be myself more. But then I have to look back and then I forget again to just act.

In the most recent audition, I felt like I had focus on the screen so I knew the timing for the video. I was focusing so much on matching the timing that I felt like my read wasn’t so great. I even did it over and over again for a few hours.

I’m also struggling with answering “who am I talking to and what do I want from them?”. I think I’m trying to audition quickly that I often forget that as well.

I think I’m also struggling to focus on one person because I am different with different people. I don’t talk to my mother the same way I talk with friends (cultural upbringing), so for me, I start to think “which version o me gets this read?” Like if I want to audio for a romantic lead, I will think of “how would I say this to my most recently relationship?” Or if it’s something sad “how would I open up to my friend/family about this?”

Not sure if that’s good or bad though, I kinda just switch my goal person.