Articles tagged with portfolio

Upload a showreel and make your Spotlight CV shine in 2012

You might be looking to improve mind, body and soul with your New Year’s resolutions, but why not also give your career a boost at the start of 2012 by adding multimedia to your Spotlight CV. If you’re looking to impress casting directors, attaching a showreel to your Spotlight CV is the perfect way to give industry professionals a complete overview of your skills as a performer. Casting professionals can access your showreel at the click of a button when viewing your online Spotlight CV. They can also refine their casting searches to include only those performers who have uploaded a showreel -...

posted on 20th December 2011 Read full article >>

Top ten tips for Spotlight portfolio photos

We’ve asked casting professionals what they look for in portfolio photos, and here are our top ten tips: 1. Always make sure the photo looks like you.  Don’t include overly airbrushed shots as they can be misleading. Update your photos every 3-5 years, so they are current. You don’t look the same as you did in 1997 so why does your photo? One casting director put it very eloquently when they said: ‘All I want is someone who looks like their photo to walk through the door. Anything else is a waste of my time.’ 2. Get professional...

posted on 1st December 2009 Read full article >>