Back Stage 411 - Casting FAQ

Resizing Headshots, Photos, Comp Cards, and Other Pics

To make it easy for casting directors, producers, directors and agents to be able to quickly view your headshots, photos, comp cards, and other pix, it's important that you find a good ratio between size and quality before uploading your photos to your BackStage.com Multimedia Resume and other websites (and before emailing your photos to casting directors).

A number of free and convenient options are available for resizing and web-optimizing photos. The following article provides links to some of the most popular programs, along with step-by-step directions and screenshots that will help you resize and upload your photos within minutes while still preserving the quality of your images.

Help for Agents, Managers, and Stage Parents Managing Multiple Multimedia Resumes

Agents and Personal Managers can sign up for a regular BackStage.com subscription and then use the subscription to create Multimedia Resumes for all of their clients (or have their clients create Multimedia Resume themselves from within the Agent or Manager's subscription account).

They can then submit their clients to the casting, job, competition, and festival notices located in the BackStage.com Casting database. And all of the Multimedia Resumes can be included in the BackStage.com "Find Talent" Multimedia Resume Talent Database that's searched by thousands of employers, casting directors, directors, and producers

Similarly, Stage Mothers/Stage Parents can create Multimedia Resumes for all of their children using a single BackStage.com subscription.

However, currently there are a few small limitations in regards to BackStage.com subscriptions being used to manage and submit multiple resumes. Read on to learn more:

View Your Order Receipts After Posting a Notice

After posting a notice via BackStage.com -- seeking cast, crew, and/or submissions for your projects (which may include calls for film, television, theatre, dance, music, writing, or comedy-club projects, entertainment-industry contests, film festivals, workshops, auditions, membership companies, etc.)  --you can view and/or print your order receipts at anytime.

Simply take the following three steps:

Finding More Casting & Job Notices on BackStage.com

BackStage.com features all of the casting notices from Back Stage's weekly print-edition newspapers and digital magazines, plus hundreds of additional notices from across the world, especially in the U.S. However, if you’re not seeing as many notices online as you’re expecting to see then you may need to broaden your search a bit.

Four casting search tips to always remember: