Submission Tips

Top 10 Tips for Not Ending Up in the Headshot Graveyard

  • Read the posting for which you are submitting: If you don't fit any of the character descriptions, don't submit for the project.

  • Follow directions: If the posting says "include the role for which you want to read,"  include the role. If it says "No phone calls," don't call. If it says "send a completed Actor Information Form*," send one.

  • Always include contact information. Even when e-mailing, include the best phone numbers for getting in touch with you. A lot of casting happens last minute, by phone, the day before. We can't call you without a number.

  • Include your union affiliations. At least somewhere - on your resume, in your cover letter or email, on the Actor Information Form*.

  • Check your links: If you're e-mailing a link to your website or an actor information web page, make sure the link works before you send it.

  • Make sure we can read it: If you're e-mailing a resume in digital format, don't assume we have the software with which you created it. Submit in PDF or RTF format. And send us a fresh e-mail, don't forward one you've forwarded to fifty other people so that we have to open a dozen embedded attachments to find your information.

  • Don't choke the inbox: Don't e-mail more than 1 headshot, and make sure it's under 300 KB in size. E-mails with attachments over 1 MB are deleted unread.

  • Follow up on paper: Even if you're submitting via e-mail, you should follow up with a hard copy or two of your headshot, resume, and an actor information form.

  • Update your image: you should take a new headshot every 12 - 18 months [or when your look undergoes a noticeable change ~ for kids and teens, that could be monthly]

  • Keep us current: New headshot? Change in Union Status? New cell phone number? Submit a new headshot, resume, and actor information form. Mark "Information Update" on the envelope.
   

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