Headshots are the No. 1 marketing tool of actors, and most actors don’t use them to their fullest. A casting director, director, agent, or manager needs to be able to look at your headshot (or you) and know exactly who you are and what they can do with you.
With casting directors often getting over 3000 submissions per role, it is even more important that your headshots deliver on each of these four very specific jobs:
1. Headshots need to look like you—on a good day. Not a great day or your best day, but simply look exactly like you on a good day. Actors tend to treat headshots like Facebook profile pictures. You know, using that one amazing shot when all planets aligned and the light was perfect and for that brief moment you looked like Brad or Angelina. However, casting directors are calling in the person they see in the headshot, and if someone else walks into their office (meaning the “real” you), they’re going to be a little angry and may not call you in again. They have to be able to trust that that same person in the picture is going to be the person who shows up in their office, and ultimately, on set.
2. Headshots need to read your specific type. Type is basically a breakdown for
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