Something I've wondered for a while - on your resume, should you put the name of your character or the size of the role or both. I personally like to have the name of the character so that if anyone ever sees the film they're know who you were, but then again that tells nothing about the size of your role to those who haven't seen it, so I put both ie:

Sarah (lead)
Robin (supp.)

But I've seen many people who just put Lead, Supporting ect... is that the "standard" way of doing it?

For film: Lead or supporting

Television: Lead, co-star, guest star,under five, recurring, etc.

Theatre: Specific character's name

Avoid putting featured. It can sometimes be wrongly assumed as a euphemism for Extra.

quote:

Originally posted by Sarah Nicklin:
I personally like to have the name of the character so that if anyone ever sees the film they're know who you were, but then again that tells nothing about the size of your role to those who haven't seen it, so I put both...

Even for major feature films, viewers rarely remember the name of the character (unless the character's name is something like "Harry Potter", "Julia Child" or "Erin Brockovich".) Unless you have films on your resume that many people have seen, its unlikely that they'll either recognize the film's title or remember your character's name. In television, it's actually sometimes more likely than someone will remember the character's name, but getting good billing in episodic TV is prestigious, and for Guest Stars (and Series Regulars) they don't list the character names in the credits... unless someone gets what's called "And As" billing... "And Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges", but that's almost exclusively for big names. (It's sometimes frustrating for viewers who want to know "who played So-and-So". Often I want to know the name of the actor who got the role that I auditioned for -- I can sometimes find it on imdb or tv.com.)

I have some suggestions regarding your resume, but I'm going to send a Private Message, because I realized that I have more specific suggestions than most readers will care to see. (Basically, I think you have way too many things on your resume for someone so young, which could be counterproductive, especially since nearly all of the credits are unfamiliar to most people.)