how do you write an actor resume for someone who has no exprience?
I have no experience in acting. But I have years of experience of dancing and performing. Is it possible to get agents without any acting experience? How do you write a resume for someone without any experience?
The other posters are giving you BAD ADVICE!
Here’s an ACTING resume should be set up:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/scan0002.jpg
RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here’s the standard LA format. In NY, it’s usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):
At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email
Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height
Weight
Hair color
Eye color
Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)
Film
Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director
Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, series regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network
Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.
Commericials
ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.
Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA
Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them
DON’T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It’s for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can’t work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
Put down whatever PERFORMANCE experience you already have. Did you "play" a character in a dance show? Maybe you can milk that a bit. You do have experience, but you just aren’t thinking of it as such. You can even throw on the random high school musical you did – it still counts. No musicals? Did you dance in a variety show somewhere? Really, it all counts.
You can get an agent based on your looks, since many agents handle models and actors. If you look good and can perform whatever sample sides they give you to audition with, you should be golden. But it depends on the agent… what I’m saying is good for larger cities outside of L.A., but I don’t know a thing about the competitive nightmare of LA and NYC.
Break a leg!
References :
Do what everybody else does with no experience: lie.
References :
The other posters are giving you BAD ADVICE!
Here’s an ACTING resume should be set up:
http://i707.photobucket.com/albums/ww80/ELDORADO59/scan0002.jpg
RESUME-ALWAYS use the 3 column format!
Here’s the standard LA format. In NY, it’s usually the same but with Theatre being higher up than Film/TV (/ denotes column breaks):
At the top and centered:
Name (Centered and is largest in font size)
Union affiliation (if any)
CELL Phone Number
Email
Far Left side below the top and centered stuff:
Height
Weight
Hair color
Eye color
Right side opposite of statistics:
Agent logo with contact info (sometimes if you have an agent, you can remove your own cell phone and email address. Then weirdos that find your stuff in the dumpster can contact them instead of you)
Film
Title/(Lead, supporting)/Director
Television
Title/(Lead, guest star, co-star, series regular, Under 5, recurring)/Network
Theatre
Title/Specific character played/Production company or director depending on who is more prestigious.
Commericials
ALWAYS put "List available upon request!" Do keep a separate list of the commercials with the Casting directors involved in case an agent asks.
Training
Skill learned/School or teacher/Location (LA, NY?)
OR
Skill learned/Teacher/School, Location
ie. Cold Reading/Margie Haber/Margie Haber Studios, LA,CA
Special Skills/Abilities
Be creative with this. When I was starting out and interviewing with agencies, they would usually go straight there and talk about my special talents and even had me demonstrate some of them
DON’T:
-Put extra work
-Put Modeling/Print gigs. You make a separate resume for that.
-Lie
-Put age. If an agent asks you when you meet with him or her, then tell the truth. It’s for legal reasons. ie. Under 18 can’t work normal hours and need parent/guardian to sign stuff or you have to be at least 25 to do a beer commercial.
-Put your home phone number or address unless you want weirdos coming to your house.
-Put dates. It ages you!
-Have it separate from your headshot. It should be cut to fit and stapled to the back of your headshot.
References :
you have to have done something in acting. if you have no experience, you don’t have anything to put on a resume. unless your extremely gifted, agents want people with talent,ability,experience and a resume.
they only get paid if you work, so they are looking for people who have the potential to make them money.
References :