If you look at <span>Georges de La Tour's paintings, a lot of his artwork has many in-real-life pictures, and a lot of his work isvirtually real.</span>
Typically, above-the-line refers to producers, directors, writers, cast (including name actors/movie stars, etc.), and stunt cast/personnel. ... “Below the line” then refers to everything and everybody and every expense that isn't considered Above the Line. More simply, imagine a line drawn in on a budget page.
So if an actor is at an audition, and is asked to perform a contrasting monologue of the one they just performed, they could do so. For example, If you just performed a comedy monologue that the director liked, and they wanted to see how you portray drama, they would ask "Now can you show me a contrasting monologue?" If the actor has multiple monologues memorized, he/she could perform a contrasting one instead of saying "I only prepared this one for the audition...".
