Guide to Free Movie Scripts (Screenplays), Scenes & Monologue Sites Online
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The Actor’s Book of Movie Monologues Recommended Scene & Monologue Books
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Actors are often called upon to perform scenes or monologues, and spend a lot of time looking for the right audition monologue for an acting class or an audition piece. Scenes or monologues for actors can be pulled from a wide range of materia, but such a large amount of choice can also be overwhelming and leave you wondering what to pick. Many times you will be given material to learn, but in the event you are choosing your own audition scene for an agent audition or something like that, it is a good idea to stick with 2-3 minutes of a character that is close to your experience, and is a role you really think you would be cast in. So here are resources to help you find free monologues and scenes from plays, great movie monologues, and scenes from screenplays, with entire movie scripts available online in a wide range of genres from horror scripts to romantic comedy scripts (but if your goal is to impress, make sure you pick a movie scene that's from a good movie!) On this site, you'll find loads of monologues and acting scenes for men and women: dramatic scenes, comedy scenes, scenes for young actors, female monologues, male monologues and teen monologues for young actors and even monologues for kids. Tip for young actors looking for audition material: Don't just read the monologue or scene--read the whole play or screenplay! You must know the context in which what you are perfoming takes place and the only way to do that is to read the whole piece and know how your character fits in with the other characters in the play, where he or she has come from emotionally before your piece starts, and the specifics of the emotional journey he or she is on during the course of the play or screenplay. As for watching a movie before taking on a scene from that film, sometimes that's good, sometimes not, because you want to make a role your own, not mimic whoever actually did the role. But often times the movie script that ended up being the basis for the film is not exactly the same script that is published, and sometimes things that were changed in the actual shooting script, or improvised on set can make a scene better, so it's up to you how you want to handle that. I wouldn't watch a movie more than once, and if you are transcribing from a DVD, do it by sound rather than watching, so someone else's performance does not burn into your brain. Also, if choosing a scene for acting class, pick something that's from REALLY well written source material, whether its a play or a movie, because the times you get up on stage in acting class are precious, and you want to make the most of that time, and get the largest benefits from your teacher's critiques. If there are problems inherent in the writing of the scene, it makes it harder to determine what's going on with you as an actor, so be creative in terms of your casting, but don't settle on performing a mediocre scene from a medocre film, and expect brilliance. I've seen it done, and trust me, it was never pretty! Begining actors can learn more do's and don'ts from the pros who have been there at Starting an Acting Career. |
