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Headshot/resume question

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  Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough. Use a paperclip instead. That way if the agent/casting director wants to seperate the two they can do so easily without damaging your photo or C.V.

Casting Directors don’t know How To Use a paper clip. They don’t teach that in File Clerk High. You’re just going to ruin their day if you use paperclips. They don’t even want you to lick the enevelope! They haven’t figured out how to open sealed envelopes yet. The Starmaker

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough. Use a paperclip instead. That way if the agent/casting director wants to seperate the two they can do so easily without damaging your photo or C.V. Casting Directors don’t know How To Use a paper clip. They don’t teach that in File Clerk High. You’re just going to ruin their day if you use paperclips. They don’t even want you to lick the enevelope! They haven’t figured out how to open sealed envelopes yet. The Starmaker

Furthermore, If a casting director has "differculty" recognizing an actor who is standing in front of them and not *able* to see the resemblance in the photo the CD is holding in his/her hand, What does that say about them? Is there a problem with the CD’s brain that they have differculty switching from a 2 dimensional photo of an actor and suddenly seeing a 3 dimensional actor in front of them? Is it too much for them to handle?? Or is it the casting director is sooo dizzy that they are not even sure they have the right photo in their hands and they are just thinking out loud "You don’t look like your picture, (I wonder if I have the right headshot in my hand? I cannot tell anymore, all these actors are beginning to look alike to me)." Maybe actors should include 3d glasses with their headshots and resume! Get 3d photos taken of yourself!! But make sure the casting director takes off their 3d glasses because you’re going to look green and red to them, and you know what they will say, …"You don’t look like your pictures!" Honestly, there is one thing that stumps me… One thing I just don’t get it..I just don’t understand.. I yet to hear or read anyone give an explanation to this… It just dumbfounds me…I’m flabergasted! I just don’t get it… But, why is it, or how is it, or why does it continue to go unnoticed..or overlooked– Just Why or How is it that an actor can graduate with a degree in Theatre/Acting and expect a file clerk who all of a sudden is giving the resposibility of casting a film/TV, …how do you expect that CD to determine whether you’re a good actor or not? What capabilities does *anyone* believe that a file clerk has to audition actors? Are producers that stupid? Are actors that afraid? Does the director has no balls? What about the agents, don’t they know about these file clerks? Are agents afraid too? How is it possible that actors *allow* casting directors to cast them, knowing full well that casting directors are small mindless creatures with not an ounce of creatively in their bones?? I just don’t get it. Can *anyone* explain to me why this continues to happen? Or why you let it to continue to happen. i just don’t get it.. The Starmaker Do you know what the requirements are to be a Casting Director in Hollywood? 1) An eraser 2) a pen, three median No. 2 lead pencils So explain to me How you the actor let a person whose only skills are to examine incoming material and code it numerically, alphabetically, or by subject matter, ..to audition and determine if you’re right for the part in a film????

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Negative, Staple or have the resume printed ditrvtly on the rear of the headshot…

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –   Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough. Use a paperclip instead. That way if the agent/casting director wants to seperate the two they can do so easily without damaging your photo or C.V.

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With the exception of chewing gum, as long as it attaches the resume to the photo it’s fine. Just choose one.

What’s wrong with using chewing gum, casting directors gotta eat too!

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  Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough.

Use a paperclip instead. That way if the agent/casting director wants to seperate the two they can do so easily without damaging your photo or C.V.

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 Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough.  My question, though, is this: Is there a preferred format for this? Resume text facing out or in? One staple in the corner, two in the top corners, or all four corners?  I know I’m probably overanalyzing here, but these are for a fairly big audition I’ve got coming up, and I don’t want to look like the rank amateur I am…

You want to make it as easy as possible for the casting folks to read your res and flip over to your picture, so likely, you’ll want to do what hundreds of other actors do and attach your resume text out, trimming the paper to fit the 8"x10" format. Stapling is the fastest way, and it’s a nice touch to attach it at all four corners. If you have the time and patience, a touch of library paste at all four corners will help avoid some nasty staple stabs (having been at the receiving end of my share of headshots, there is nothing that will make me drop a picture faster than being stabbed by careless stapling). A professional presentation will go a long way towards having your resume taken seriously. What good is having all this experience and training for want of a lost or mishandled resume/headshot? Tao te Carl "Jesus, just because it’s a newsgroup doesn’t mean you have to act like adolescents."  - Jon C.

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Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough.   My question, though, is this: Is there a preferred format for this? Resume text facing out or in? One staple in the corner, two in the top corners, or all four corners?   I know I’m probably overanalyzing here, but these are for a fairly big audition I’ve got coming up, and I don’t want to look like the rank amateur I am…

Yes Tom, you are overanalyzing. All the aforementioned methods are acceptable. With the exception of chewing gum, as long as it attaches the resume to the photo it’s fine. Just choose one. What will make you stand out as a rank amateur above anything else, …is the lack of substance on your resume and/or your performance.

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Yes Tom, you are overanalyzing. All the aforementioned methods are acceptable. With the exception of chewing gum, as long as it attaches the resume to the photo it’s fine. Just choose one.

  Thanks. I’m nervous. Does it show? =) What will make you stand out as a rank amateur above anything else, …is the lack of substance on your resume and/or your performance.

  I don’t have a whole lot of worries there. I’ve had some pretty strong parts, and gotten good reviews, so as long as I don’t let me nerves get the best of me I should be okay. I hope. — "I’m sorry, did I offend you just now? Pardon me–I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you. Really, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you. Should I like, change my attitude? Should I change my whole way of  being? Huh? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. BITE ME HARD!"                                                                  –Jim’s Big Ego

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  Okay, so I’m about to get my first ever headshots and get my resume together…yay, me. Everything I’ve read says that for auditions, I should staple the resume to the back of the headshot. Okay, easy enough.   My question, though, is this: Is there a preferred format for this? Resume text facing out or in? One staple in the corner, two in the top corners, or all four corners?   I know I’m probably overanalyzing here, but these are for a fairly big audition I’ve got coming up, and I don’t want to look like the rank amateur I am… — "I’m sorry, did I offend you just now? Pardon me–I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you. Really, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you. Should I like, change my attitude? Should I change my whole way of  being? Huh? I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. BITE ME HARD!"                                                                  –Jim’s Big Ego

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