New Talent Actor Biography Form

Please attach one headshot to the back of this sheet.  We will need ten additional copies of your headshot, with the resume stapled to the back, for distribution to Directors, Casting, etc.  Please use four staples, and staple it to the back of your resume face up.  The headshot and the resume need to be the same size. (Items marked with an * are not required, per EEOE) You can post your biography form here!

OOC:
Actor's PB (played by):
Link to Picture of Actor:
Agent's Name:
Actor's Journal:

IC:
Name:
*Age:
Height:
Weight:
*Race/ethnicity: (optional)
*Sex:
*Sexual preference:
Hair Color (current):
Distinguishing Feature:
Years in Biz:
Favorite Genre:

Biography:

Hometown, or place of birth:
High School Attended:
College Attended (If any):
Is there anything that we should know about on your record?
(This is just to protect your career.  If you don't want something exposed, we might be able to fix that!)


Please, rate yourself below.  You have a total of twenty points to spend, and ratings go from 1-10.  One is the absolute worst (razzie-worthy), while ten is the best (Oscar worthy).

Physical:
Mental:
Emotional:
Skill:
Talent:
Charisma:

Using a scale of 1-10, how would you rate these needs?

Privacy:
Luxury:
Drama:

Please List any Quirks that you have.  If you choose, please briefly (one sentence) explain the quirk.  (ex: eccentricity, addiction, OCD, conniving, superstitious, amorous, secret)

Notes to the Player

This fear-inspiring application is the gateway between your Actor and an interview with The Director himself. In other roleplaying games, this might be considered a 'character sheet' - in this game, it's more like an employment application. This lets us know a bit more about your Actor, and helps to influence things about your character (and determining what 'good roleplaying' in your case amounts to!) Remember, the better you represent the Actor, the better your performance will be!

So what does all of this mean? Well, most of the information on here is for purely informational reasons. However, the 'please rate yourself' section is Serious Business. If you want to play a hulking giant, you'd mark them up with a high Physical, and perhaps a low Emotional and/or Charisma rating. These numbers are used to determine how good your Actor is at various things, and are used together to determine a few important sub-attributes:

Stunt Ability (avg. of Physical and Skill): Is your Actor a good stuntman, or seriously lacking in action skills? An Actor with a high Stunt Ability score would probably do well in any Genre that requires a lot of action and stunt maneuvers. A rating of 3 is considered 'average' or 'acceptable' in most cases; lower scores suggest that this Actor had best stay away from pratfalls and fight scenes, whereas higher scores result in Actors that can handle the most rigorous physical performances.

Critic Modifier (avg. of Mental and Talent): This factor determines how likely professional critics are to approve of or pan your performances. Actors without much Talent - or those with little Mental faculty - are likely to meet with stern disapproval from critics, even if the audience loves them. Those favored highly by the critics, meanwhile, are one step closer to achieving one of those vaunted Shooting Star Awards... A rating of 3 is considered 'average' or 'acceptable' in most cases. Lower scores often result in unfair doses of critical ire, whereas higher scores tend to draw critical acclaim when it is merited.

Audience Modifier (avg. of Emotional and Charisma): This gives an idea of what sort of impression you give to your audiences. While practically anyone can pretend to be a movie monster, those who are bad at being Emotional when necessary, or those who lack the Charisma to appear on stage, are less likely to be invited to appear on game shows or get romantic roles. A rating of 3 is considered 'average' or 'acceptable' in most cases. Lower scores usually result in a reputation as a 'wooden' or 'creepy' presence, whereas higher scores tend to attract the audience no matter how odd the role might be.

Glib Rating (Luxury + Drama + Star Power - Privacy): Your Glib Rating is a measure of how interested the tabloids are in your day-to-day existence. As a general rule, anyone with a Glib Rating of 0 or less is likely to remain peacefully unobserved unless they do something blatantly public; a rating between 1 and 10 means that the tabloids will pay attention to important events in your life, but not be too intrusive; and a rating above 10 will mean that even minute details of your life, like the topping on your sandwiches, will become public knowledge. As you can see, Star Power plays a major role in this - a 10-Star World-Class Superstar will find it hard to keep out of the public eye!

While these numbers are mostly used to help determine what Roles your Actor is likely to be selected for, they can change during play -- one side-effect of particularly successful (or failed) Roles is that these numbers can change. Even the most deadpan performer can gradually learn to exhibit an emotional range. An Actor-held press conference to promote a Show is likely to help the Show, but reduce that Actor's Privacy. And so on. There's no dice rolling here, so these numbers are just arbitrary - if entertaining - little figures to help track how well, or how poorly, a Star is doing. In the end, don't worry too much about them.