<p>Does anyone actually bring a head shot to their audition? Do any schools actually ask for this? Daughter's friend has been obsessed with finding a photographer to do one and we were not even planning on this. Thank you for any input!</p>
<p>You can bring in a headshot but you do not have to. You just really need a natural picture of yourself (i.e. not much makeup, basically this is not a model shot). There is no need to be shelling out money for a headshot. Better off after you graduate college to find work.</p>
<p>Some students have professional heads it’s for auditions others do not. Most programs require a pi true of some sort, some require it to be 8x10, but I do not know of any that require a professional headshot.</p>
<p>Once in college you will want a headshot if you Re auditioning for work outside of school over the summers, but until you get closer to graduation this often can be a quality picture taken by a photography student and reproduced in the style of a theatrical headshot.</p>
<p>More than half of my D’s auditions last year requested a headshot. It will be in the “audition requirements” list of the schools you apply to. They will say what size they want, if they want the resume attached to the back, etc. It varies.</p>
<p>All a headshot is is a picture of your face. It doesn’t have to be professional. Since D was having senior pictures done last summer, we made sure there was a “headshot-like” one taken, but we also had some casual pics she’d done in our yard with our home camera that worked fine for other auditions. </p>
<p>Don’t sweat this, but do have a picture ready. For some schools it is the way they will remember which kid is which, and no one wants to be at a disadvantage. We did see some kids arrive at Unifieds and say “I’m sorry I don’t have a headshot” and the auditors were visibly displeased. They have hundreds of kids coming through and need to have reliable systems.</p>
<p>I don’t think any of my daughter’s schools are requesting it, but someone told us we should at least put a little shot on the tip of her resume, which sort of seemed tacky to me but I know so little about this stuff. What do you guys think about that?</p>
<p>Since my daughter has some learning disabilities, she is only applying to small schools which have learning support centers. She is not going to any central auditioning fairs or anything. She is only doing three or four auditions max, and the only thing that one school asked for is a theatre resume. One school asks for an essay on why she wants to study theatre.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice on not sweating it…I needed that! If we use a senior picture for the headshot…do we need to make sure it doesn’t have those weird swirly backgrounds they tend to use? :-)</p>
<p>You should study each school’s audition and application instructions carefully; they are all different, but most of the ones we’re applying to require a photo. Some want it uploaded with the application, others want it furnished at the audition. Emerson takes its own photos at the audition. Roosevelt/CCPA is the only school we’re considering that seems to want a professional-style head-shot, though.</p>
<p>You should always have plenty of head shots. At least two copies for every audition. Many schools require a separate head shot for your dance audition and few require 3. One each for signing, dancing and acting. ALWAYS BE PREPARED.</p>
<p>Just follow the directions and do what it says. Most say , don’t need a professional shot. So my daughter used her Senior picture. Cheap, and it had a dark background. I am sure swirly would have been ok. They are saying in essence, do not sweat this or spend extra money…And Carnegie took their own shots, along with asking her to bring a picture.</p>
<p>When in doubt, come prepared, personally i had 20 of my best senior picture printed in 8X10. It can never hurt, and a few places I auditioned require one. Others it was recommended or even not necessary, but they were always to take it!</p>
<p>Good idea Jake; especially for anyone auditioning at Unifieds, some schools allow for people to audition at the end of the day who haven’t reserved a time slot- so if you bring extra headshots and resumes, you can audition at even more schools than you planned!</p>