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Your Acting audition
information
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
About QUT
Queensland University of Technology Graduate with the skills you need.
(QUT) is a major Australian university During your course, you’ll undertake
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with a global outlook and a real-world hands-on learning in our studios and
focus. QUT is a young university. You work on real projects. You can also gain
can feel that energy from the moment work experience with an organisation in
you join us. The buildings are spacious, your field. This will give you a real sense
open and collaborative. The facilities of what it’s going to be like working
are state of the art. Not just the labs with real deadlines and think-on-your-
and studios, but the creative and feet situations that get your adrenaline
performance spaces, swimming pools, pumping.
gyms, tennis courts and athletics track.
We embrace technology to make your
We are a real-world university that is life easier. At the most technically
transforming the experience we offer advanced creative space in Australia,
our 50,000 students. But what does you can develop your creativity and
that really mean? Well it’s about giving collaborate in technology-equipped
you practical skills to support the exhibition spaces for multimedia
theory so when you graduate, you can displays and final-year showcases. You
step into your career and perform with will develop your craft with assistance
confidence. from wired, black box performance
spaces for live experimental work, fully
You’ll learn from teaching staff who
equipped and staffed performance
are industry leaders. They’re smart,
spaces and studios.
inspiring and exceptional. We’re not just
saying that, they have the awards to Remember, there’s more to uni than
prove it. Courses are taught by full-time just study. The fun starts from day one
academic staff alongside part-time and this is where you’ll form friendships
lecturers and tutors who are working in and creative connections that can
the field and bring real experiences and last a lifetime. There’s a great sense of
contacts to the classroom and studio. community at QUT too. Students who
have travelled from overseas, interstate
or outside of Brisbane feel right at home
here, and so will you.
We recognise the important contribution First Nations people make to the creative and cultural life of Australia.
The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) acknowledges the Turrbal and Yugara, as the First Nations
owners of the lands where QUT now stands. We pay respect to their Elders, lores, customs and creation spirits.
We recognise that these have always been places of teaching, research and learning. QUT acknowledges the
important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people play within the QUT community
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About QUT Creative Industries
Today, in every field, creativity is About the School of Creative This provides you with the opportunity
essential. It opens the door to new Practice to engage in transdisciplinary
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discoveries. It shows the way forward. approaches to learning where you will
Set within the Creative Industries,
It defines and redefines a changing get opportunities to work with students
Education and Social Justice Faculty
world. QUT Creative Industries is from other creative areas – reflective
and based at the Kelvin Grove campus
a world leader in creative practice, of collaborative experiences in the
in Brisbane, the School of Creative
communication and design teaching, real world.
Practice is a connected community of
and research. We create, communicate
creative practitioners and researchers. Specialist research adds depth to your
and design towards a future driven by
The school is home to the Bachelor of studies and can help you in your career
knowledge and technology.
Fine Arts program that brings together management.
Across three schools we deliver the a range of creative practice disciplines,
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of animation, creative writing, dance,
Communication, Bachelor of Design and drama, film and screen, music, technical
Bachelor of Creative Industries degrees. production and visual arts.
This means you’ll be able to specialise
in your chosen field, but also have the
option to diversify your knowledge or
pursue a passion in a different area from
across the faculty or university.
We have over 500 industry partners
to help you connect with real-world
practical work and project experiences
to increase your industry networks
and employability when you graduate.
In fact, QUT has been ranked #1 in
Queensland for full-time graduate
employment outcomes in creative arts*.
* QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) 2017-2019)] 3
About your course
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QUT Acting is Australia’s leading
degree in acting specialising in screen
performance. If your ambition is to
build a career in film and television,
and still develop as an artist on stage
and elsewhere, then this course offers
you the range of learning, training and
performance opportunities you need.
You will undertake three years of
intensive training and performing,
graduating as an employable film
and stage actor. You will begin in your
first year with studio work focusing on
extensive training in movement, voice,
speech production, physical expressivity,
character, acting methodologies
As your course progresses you access. You can view a video tour of the
and script analysis, as well as an
will continue to refine your skills acting spaces presented by two of our
understanding of film and TV industries.
through studio and location modules, students here.
performing regularly in film shoots and
studio productions. Learn from the best
To develop as an actor, you need
Your facilities confidence in the people around you.
You will benefit from small group sizes That’s just what QUT provides. Your
and work with students and experts teachers are working in film, television
across the creative industries in the and live performance. They’re pursuing
best facilities in Australia. These include their own successful careers and love to
digitally equipped black box studios, share their professional insights and tips
breakout and collaboration spaces, as they mentor you and help you to find
and state-of-the-art music and sound your path onto the stage and screen.
recording studios—all with 24-hour
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Your audition preparation
information for
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) – First round application process
Please note that the application process
for 2022 entry will be entirely online.
Acting auditions are conducted in
two rounds: first round and recall. All
applicants will participate in the first
round, and then selected applicants will
be invited to participate in the recall.
A select number of applicants in the
recall group will then be offered places
in the BFA (Acting). For 2022 entry,
both audition rounds will be conducted
entirely via online processes, and will
require access to the following:
• video making technology
• a comparatively ‘neutral’ and quiet
place in which to make the video
• simple editing software
• one personal statement video, and the second and third containing
• access to the internet
maximum three minutes your two audition pieces. Please include
• access to Zoom.
• two audition videos, maximum three the URL of your personal statement
The first round audition process has minutes per piece, submitted as two video in the first field, and then your
been designed to be achievable using separate YouTube URLs audition pieces video in the remaining
only a smart phone. The recall audition • supporting documentation, two- two fields.
process is also achievable using only page maximum resume or CV plus Please note it is the quality of the
a smart phone. However, as the recall headshot, submitted as a single performance, not the quality of
audition involves interacting with Microsoft Word or PDF file. recording that is most important.
the selection panel in real time via Your video may be shot on any device
Zoom, applicants invited to participate The QUT online registration form will
including a mobile phone. Please see
in a recall audition may feel more allow you to upload your supporting
‘How to audition for QUT Acting’ video.
comfortable doing so via a tablet, laptop documentation as either a Microsoft
Word or PDF file. When uploading videos to YouTube, be
computer, or desktop computer.
sure to set them to unlisted.
For the first round audition, the For the personal statement and audition
videos, the QUT online registration form Recall auditions will be conducted
application process for 2022 entry will
will allow you to provide URL links for via Zoom.
consist of the following components,
all submitted via the QUT online your videos, which you will be uploading
registration form: to YouTube. We require three videos: the
first containing your personal statement
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Supporting documentation
Your supporting documentation must
be in a single Word or PDF file and
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include the following:
• resume or curriculum vitae, no more
than two pages
• headshot or large passport-style
photo.
Your resume should include the
following:
• a summary of any previous acting or
drama experience you have had
• your most recent educational
institution and what subjects you
were/are studying
• community, cultural or organised
sport achievements
• work experience
• other.
Your headshot should:
• be well lit so that your face and eyes
are clearly visible
• have no one else in the photo Personal statement video • What are you currently doing? (Are
• be without makeup or jewellery you working, or at school? If at school,
Record a short video (three minutes
• and if possible, incorporate your name which one? etc)
maximum) of you talking directly to the
at the top or bottom. camera, responding to the questions • What are your interests outside of
below. acting?
This supporting documentation should
• If you could change one thing in the
be uploaded to your QUT Online Please note that there is no right or
world what would it be, and why?
application form (as one combined wrong answer. We want to understand
• What makes you want to study acting
file) or, for international applicants, a little about you.
at QUT?
be submitted with your international
• Who are you? • What else would you like us to know
student application.
• Where do you live? about you?
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Your audition video
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Choose, memorise and prepare When deciding on your choice of Do not use audition pieces you have
for performance, two contrasting monologues, please note that the QUT devised or written yourself.
monologues in English, of no more than acting audition pieces are provided as a
Do not use audition pieces extracted
three minutes per piece. guide and it is not necessary to choose
from poems or novels.
any of them. You could choose both
By contrasting we mean two pieces
your pieces from similar lists published We recommend you read Dean Carey’s
that show two different characters, or
by other acting/drama schools or make book, The Actor’s Audition Manual,
aspects of yourself.
your own selection from other sources. Currency Press.
Set up your equipment to make
For QUT there is no requirement If you are looking for a book you can
two videos of you performing your
or recommendation to perform a download to Kindle, we recommend
monologues to the camera (one
Shakespeare piece. Contemporary Monologues for
monologue in each video).
Women (Good Audition Guides) or
When preparing material for your
For one of your monologues you should Contemporary Monologues for Men
audition consider how the piece affects
film yourself in a mid-shot (so we only (Good Audition Guides) by James Trilby
you, what emotions the character is
see the upper part of your body and and the Playlab Monologue collections
going through, what the character
face). for Men and Women.
wants, what the circumstances are and
For the other monologue you should what the character is doing physically. Make sure each piece is no longer than
film yourself in a wide shot (so we see three minutes.
Know the lines well enough so that
your whole body moving about in the
nervousness will not paralyse you. Submit your two audition pieces as two
space).
separate YouTube URLS. You do not
Make bold choices in your interpretation
Do not make any edits of the need to use sophisticated equipment
and in your performance.
performances themselves other than to shoot your video. You can shoot
to ensure that the lighting and sound Only use audition pieces sourced your video on your smartphone. You
levels are satisfactory. from plays. simply need to ensure the selection
panel can see and hear your audition
pieces properly. Our online audition
preparation tutorial will show you how
to record your video, what title to put
on the front, and how to name your
file. It’s important that you get these
requirements right, to ensure your
pieces are visible in our system, and can
be easily viewed.
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Selection criteria – first round
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In the first round, the selection panel
considers your connection between
Feedback
body, voice, emotional accessibility and Due to the large number of applications
range. The panel looks for evidence received, the selection panel is unable
of stage and screen presence and to provide feedback to applicants.
potential in addressing the possibilities
of the text emotionally and intellectually
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) –
recall process
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Acting recall audition For the recall audition you will be using For the recall audition, the process for
preparation the same monologue pieces that you 2022 entry will consist of the following
prepared for in your first audition. To components, all conducted via Zoom.
For 2022 entry, recall auditions will
prepare for your recall audition, it is
be conducted via Zoom on Friday 8, Screen test
recommended that you:
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October 2021.
You will introduce yourself to camera,
The recall audition process, like the first • know your character well and their
and then you will be guided to perform
round audition process, is achievable situation in the play as a whole
an extract of one of your pieces also
using only a smart phone. However, as • imagine or visualise in detail to camera. The selected piece will be
the recall audition involves interacting everything that you mention or one that is most ‘natural’ and therefore
with the panel of assessors in real respond to suitable for film (i.e. not Shakespeare or
time via Zoom, applicants invited to • have a clear sense of where you are, a similarly stylised genre).
participate in a recall audition may feel what it looks like and what is in the
more comfortable doing so via a tablet, space around you Interview
laptop computer, or desktop computer. • develop the truthfulness of your You will be invited to answer questions
We’ll notify you if you’ve been successful relationship with the person you about yourself, why you have applied for
in being recalled via the email address are speaking to, and draw on your the acting course, and what you hope to
included on your QUT online registration personal relationships to enhance achieve in an acting career.
form. We will provide the Zoom your piece’s believability, honesty and
emotional range and depth Audition with redirection
meeting IDs to use for your recall
audition in this email. • think through your relationship You will be asked present one or both
objective (how you want the other of your pieces - either part or in full
Your audition will be recorded for the
person to change in how they relate - and you will be given one or more
purposes of marking moderation,
to you) and your scene objective redirections to respond to in your
after which time the recording will be
(what you want for yourself) performance of your piece.
deleted.
• take everything you learned from
If you do not attend your recall audition your first audition and apply it to
you cannot be considered for a place in your preparation.
the course.
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Selection criteria – recall
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In the recall, the selection panel For international students, all offers
Offers
considers your expressivity, screen and for the course will be made through
For domestic students, all offers for the
stage presence, believability, and ability QUT International Admissions. Offers
course will be made through QTAC or
to respond appropriately to direction. will be made on the basis of audition
QUT Student Services and Wellbeing
A sense of language, rhythm and a assessment and minimum English
if you are a current Bachelor of Fine
capacity for sustained concentration language requirements.
Arts undergraduate student. Offers
is also highly regarded. The selection
will be made on the basis of audition
panel considers your identification with
assessment.
the thought process of your text and
your potential for artistic development.
The panel looks for evidence of a serious
commitment to an acting career in
stage, film and television, enthusiasm
and readiness to take on challenges and
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a strong work ethic.
Feedback
Due to the large number of applications
received, the selection panel is unable
CRICOS No. 00213J
to provide feedback to applicants.
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