As well as taking along some prepared speeches for your acting auditions, you need to be able to supply both a CV and a headshot of yourself, so that your audition panel can easily recall both your experience and your looks.
It is worth putting care into your portrait photo. Usually it will be a 10×8 black and white picture of you from the shoulders up. This is not something you should leave to a friend to take: a professional not only helps compose the picture successfully, but he or she will also help you to relax and look your best. A tip: as you look direct into the camera lens, imagine yourself looking ‘through’ the camera and greeting an old friend: this is known to give warmth to a person’s expression, and will have a striking effect on audition panels.
A professional will perhaps be able to advise you on what to wear, as well as giving you guidance on accenting your unique facial characteristics. It can be useful to replicate the portrait to postcard size, with your name and contact details on the front, to send out as invitations to see your latest work, whether to agents or casting directors. This is another reason to ensure that the portrait is of the highest quality. You want your image of yourself to last.
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