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Gather the playable evidence
Supply the sides, brief, current instinct, and recording constraints so the analysis stays tied to the actual audition.
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Build a Character Choice Casting Can See
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35 min
Advanced
Creative Planning
Build a Skill
Use the sides and casting brief to develop one specific, playable character choice instead of a collection of vague traits. The result is a compact performance score you can rehearse and test on camera.
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Make Your Play
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Casting can't evaluate an internal backstory unless it changes what the actor does.
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What you'll do
This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.
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Compare three defensible choices
Have the AI separate facts from interpretations, locate the scene's turn, and score three contrasting choices for support and camera readability.
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Build the performance score
Translate the selected interpretation into a relationship tactic and repeatable physical and vocal behavior.
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Verify that the choice reads on camera
Record two controlled versions and determine whether the choice is visible, sustainable, and appropriately scaled.
Make Your Play
Build a Character Choice Casting Can See
Tell us what the prompt needs to know
Start with the questions below. Each answer personalizes the playbook and builds the prompt you’ll use at the end.
Your situation
The full scene text available to you, including character names and stage directions.
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Role description, tone, framing requirements, and any performance notes supplied by casting.
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Enter current interpretation, including anything that feels predictable or unclear.
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Practical limitations that should shape the choice, such as framing, reader position, movement, dialect, time, or accessibility needs.
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What you'll do
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01
Gather the playable evidence
Supply the sides, brief, current instinct, and recording constraints so the analysis stays tied to the actual audition.
02
Compare three defensible choices
Have the AI separate facts from interpretations, locate the scene's turn, and score three contrasting choices for support and camera readability.
03
Build the performance score
Translate the selected interpretation into a relationship tactic and repeatable physical and vocal behavior.
04
Verify that the choice reads on camera
Record two controlled versions and determine whether the choice is visible, sustainable, and appropriately scaled.
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Assembled prompt
Beginner instructions
Paste the complete audition scene, including stage directions, and any casting instructions you received. If you don’t have an initial instinct, write “none.” Rehearse the final Character Choice Card rather than trying to perform every analytical detail.
Advanced instructions
Challenge the selected choice by testing whether the relationship tactic is active before the first line and whether the turn produces a measurable change without changing the scene’s objective. Record both test takes at submission framing, then retain only the variable that remains legible at normal playback speed.
Use this when
Use after receiving sides and before rehearsing or recording an audition, especially when your first interpretation feels accurate but generic, overly intellectual, or difficult to see on camera.
You'll need
- Audition sides
- Casting brief and instructions
- Initial instinct
- Performance constraints
You'll get
- The Playbook is complete when you have one selected character choice supported by at least three pieces of script evidence; a playable objective, relationship tactic, physical behavior, and vocal quality; an exact turn cue with an after-turn adjustment; and two reviewed camera tests that differ by only one controlled variable.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- The Playbook is complete when you have one selected character choice supported by at least three pieces of script evidence; a playable objective, relationship tactic, physical behavior, and vocal quality; an exact turn cue with an after-turn adjustment; and two reviewed camera tests that differ by only one controlled variable.
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