Casting Directors
March 20th 2008 14:12
The casting director is another preproduction job that requires a strong understanding of the script and a keen eye for talent. Directors set guidelines for the "types" they are looking for and the casting director selects actors and brings them to audition for the director, who makes the final selection. It's important that he knows the actors' abilities and can communicate them to the director. The director, in turn, must provide feedback to the casting director, so the casting director knows whether he/she is on the right track.
Casting directors need to be an actor's best friend. If an actor hits it off well with a casting director, means whether or not he or she will get a part in a feature film.
Casting directors have to have excellent people skills because they sometimes deal with large crowds of people a one time. Sometimes casting directors are looking for temp work like when they have a huge production coming to town and need someone in the office to sit at the desk and make a thousand calls to pull in five hundred extras for a big shot in a couple of days.
Also, casting directors need help with supervising the extras on the set, which entails making sure the extras don't leave their holding area and behave throughout the shoot. When an actor is being an extra, there is a lot of waiting around, and sometimes waiting around can lead to trouble. It is the duty of the casting director to make sure all the extras behave themselves and understand what it takes to be an extra in a film.
Casting directors need to be an actor's best friend. If an actor hits it off well with a casting director, means whether or not he or she will get a part in a feature film.
Casting directors have to have excellent people skills because they sometimes deal with large crowds of people a one time. Sometimes casting directors are looking for temp work like when they have a huge production coming to town and need someone in the office to sit at the desk and make a thousand calls to pull in five hundred extras for a big shot in a couple of days.
Also, casting directors need help with supervising the extras on the set, which entails making sure the extras don't leave their holding area and behave throughout the shoot. When an actor is being an extra, there is a lot of waiting around, and sometimes waiting around can lead to trouble. It is the duty of the casting director to make sure all the extras behave themselves and understand what it takes to be an extra in a film.
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