<p>We are leaving tomorrow for D's first audition on Sat at Baldwin Wallace & then to Rider on Monday.</p>
<p>I have a number of head shots & resumes ready to go, thinking I would have some stapled & some not. </p>
<p>Any suggestions of how many for those 2 schools?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I would only use staples to bind documents that need to stay together, like a two page essay or application. Otherwise I would use paper clips to hold the groups of documents together. Be sure to have at least 4-6 sets with you stored in two different locations. The same goes for your music cuts. We made two identical portfolio binders containing the music cuts and other documents. Mom hangs on to one and D hangs on to the other. If you fly be sure to carry one on the plane with you.</p>
<p>Oh, and tell your D to break a leg! Make sure to post your audition results/impressions.</p>
<p>Definitely pre-staple your D’s headshots and resumes together! See you at BW, preklbt!</p>
<p>Staple - we’ve been to BW and Rider, staple back to back. BW had a book of headshots for us to look through, they were stapled in the top/bottom middle of page back to back. When S was at BW only Vicki and Scott were in the audition room. There was a roomful at Rider (4 or 5 behind the table). I’m almost positive at both schools he only left one with them but take enough just in case that changed along the way. He keeps them in the front pocket of his audition music binder so he has several with him.</p>
<p>Read the schools requirements too Otterbein does not want them stapled. </p>
<p>Most importantly don’t forget them and store them online so you can access them if you need to! Have a great trip and BREAK A LEG to your D!!</p>
<p>I would bring some extra resumes that are not stapled to the back of head shots just in case they don’t want them stapled. This way, you don’t have to pull apart the resume from the headshot and rip both if for dome reason, they want them separate.</p>
<p>I have seen headshots that are printed with the resume printed on the other side. It looks great and there is no worries about them separating. The only negative is you don’t want to make too many because resumes change so quickly.</p>
<p>My son is a senior in his BFA program and I can tell you this: staples are standard procedure for an artistic resume with headshot. The resume you are creating now for your college bound student is the one which will be tweaked and updated on a regular basis. The information isn’t just updated when a new project gets added or dropped. Over the course of a few years, the format may change, you may want to edit or drop things to make more room. Or just make it look more interesting and more professional. So consider your child’s college resume the foundation for all future resumes. Between age 17 and 22, my son’s resume has gone through dozens upon dozens of changes. We are doing a revision right now in anticipation of DS’s final semester and graduation. As to staples, you are doing the auditor or future casting director, etc. a good service when you use them. I’ve never heard of anyone discouraging staples in an audition setting. We do one at the top and one at the bottom. That’s really all you need. Reviewers sometimes like to tear them off and put them side by side when auditioning an actor, in order to make quick notes. Which is a reminder that your headshots should always have identifying information on the back. Name / email address / phone number. No home address! Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Staple your headshot and resume together EXCEPT for Otterbein’s audition - where they specifically request that you do not staple them. (There may be other schools that aren’t on my D’s list - but they will specify in their requirements as Otterbein did, as the standard is to staple them together - We have been taught to staple them back to back - in the four corners.)</p>
<p>which side should the choinker things come out? In other words one side will have
the one metal part and the other side will have two (what I call choinkers- haha or prongs)
showing?? I am imaginng the prongs show on the resume side and the clean line of the staple on the headshot side?</p>
<p>dreamatinydream - you are correct - flat part of the staple on the photo side; prongs on the resume side. Stapling in the four corners seems to be industry standard.</p>
<p>What if the headshot is a different size than the resume, I did my D’s senior pics & using her headshot from that & print at home & now see the first one I printed is 8 x 8 1/2, should I make sure they are exactly 8 x 10?</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice!</p>
<p>I printed new ones that are a true 8 x 10, just wondering if I can use the few I printed that aren’t the right size.</p>
<p>I would second the advice to not print directly onto the back of headshots. As an example I was just cast in a competition play on Monday that I’m adding to my resume for an audition this Saturday. Now I don’t have to waste a professionally printed headshot. Also I don’t know how it is at other schools, but we still have yet to cast our last main stage show, the musical, and I DEFINITELY want that on my resume for later auditions. Weird to think it’s already changed 3 times this year alone!</p>
<p>Head shots are usually smaller than the resume so we trim them. An 8x8 is a bit smaller but you may be able to make it work.</p>
<p>I’ve seen head shot that weren’t exactly 8x10 and they looked fine.</p>
<p>Thank you for answering the age old question of which side gets the flat side of the staple.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’m cheap and have a very good printer. I photoshopped the headshot adding a wide white border and The D’s name in the border and sized it 8 1/2 x 11 because that’s how photo paper comes when bought at office supply stores. And because it’s that size it matches the resume…no trimming. The D puts one staple in the center of both the top and the bottom with the choinkers (love this) on the resume side.</p>
<p>Otterbein asks that they not be stapled for the on campus audition because they take one and make copies for the faculty. I always have unstapled photos so as not to waste. I’ll make sure we have them at unifieds to follow instructions.</p>
<p>In my house, the big paper cutter gets a lot of work. Whack those resumes down to 8X10 to look professional. It may not matter for getting into school really, but it’s good to get the hang of how to do it now as you will without question need to do it for pro auditions, including summer stock.</p>
<p>Many colleges do not ask for an 8x10, only that there is a picture and resume. So, in these cases I think the 8x8 and 8 1/2x11 pics and resumes are fine.</p>
<p>8x10 is the standard professionally… so for professional auditions you may want to have a larger border on the 8x8 so that it is ultimately cut to 8x10, although the photo itself may be smaller… cut the 8 1/2x11 down to 8x10. Staple the resumes to the back in the manner already suggested, and cut the resume to the 8x10 size as well. </p>
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