Super Fitness Health BlogActing Success Begins With An Actors Resume
The headshot expresses the look and feel of the actor at a glance, but the actors resume sells the versatility, skillfullness, and success of an actor before he or she ever shows up to the audition. In this article we will quickly review the central purpose of an acting resume and also what to think about when you are putting one together.
An acting resume should take up precisely one side of one page, and you will usually want to staple it to the back of your head shot. This single page should represent you as an artist, as an entertainer, as an employee, and as a colleague. In order to do that, you will have to do a little thinking about what the auditioners seem to be looking for. What show are they putting up, and how does it compare to their previous shows? What types of shows do these people typically produce, and who do they usually cast for the role you want? Once you’ve considered what they’re looking for, the next step is to try and give them what they want. You’re an actor, so this should be the easy part.
The main thing to have in mind is that your acting resume is not an extension of you as an actor, it is an extension of the part you want to play. So, you should twist and pull at the facts of your professional life until they fit, as closely as possible, the specific audition. Don’t lie; simply try to select and highlight the parts of your acting career that are the best fit for this show. This is a little bit of an extra investment in terms of time and energy, but it’s not that big an investment. The fifteen minutes that you spend per audition could very well spell the difference between getting a part or not getting it.
Comments are currently closed.