Mastering On-Camera Audition Technique

Mastering On-Camera Audition Technique with Amy Gossels

Class Description


This Master Class with Casting Director and Producer Amy Gossels, owner and head casting director at Amy Gossels Casting, will touch on the many critical things actors can do to vastly improve their on-camera auditions. At the seminar, commercial copy will be on hand for demonstration purposes, and Amy will direct, coach and adjust the actors who attend using copy she will provide. As one of her main focuses is how to deliver a seamless cold read, theres nothing to prepare! The beauty of Ms. Gossels' approach and her innovative technique is that it will markedly elevate ALL of your on-camera auditions. Amy’s teaching style is specific, transformative and 100% results-oriented and tailored for both seasoned and emerging actors. This seminar will consist of a talk by Casting Director Amy Gossels and a brief demonstration of her technique. Amy will then coach each of attending actors through a couple of on-camera takes (the transformation she achieves will be clearly visible on a monitor for all who are there) and she will wrap up with a brief Q&A.

Instructor: Amy Gossels

Shortly after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, Amy Gossels began working as a producer and casting director in New York and launched her company, Amy Gossels Casting, which has maintained its reputation as one NYC’s most highly respected casting offices for more than two decades. During Ms. Gossels’ 20+ years in the industry, she has cast more than 1500 commercials (including many CLIO winners) and has been the casting director, and in many cases a producer, for more than 90 film and television productions. Feature film credits include Something's Gotta Give and Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors, short films she cast and produced include Academy Award Winner Zen and the Art of Landscaping. Television casting credits include Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Trevor Noah, Night of Too Many Stars, VH1’s Big Music You Oughta Know and HBO’ s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Ms. Gossels has also established herself as one of the most highly sought after on-camera technique teachers, coaches and speakers, with regular teaching and speaking engagements for countless organizations ranging from SAG-AFTRA Conservatory, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Atlantic Theater School to the Brown University Club and Fordham University as well as the Intensive Evening On-Camera Series she offers by invitation and referral.

Full Session Schedule


Session Schedule*

  1. Nov 3, 2018, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
    at The Magnet Training Center
    (22 West 32nd Street, bet. Broadway and 5th Ave., 10th floor)
This class does not have a show/performance