Last Updated February 16th, 2001
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The Casting Site
I finally clicked the icon at The Casting Site the other day and was so delighted and excited that I thought I'd share what I found there with you. (Notice that I received a free annual membership a while back from these folks. I receive no income from them for posting this information.)
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As a dues paying member after you click the "View Notices" icon, you'll witness quite a list of notices for cast and crew for film, live-work, commercials and some theater. Preceding each notice there is a check box. All you've got to do is click this "Submit" check box, press the "Submit Query" button on the bottom of the page and your head shot and resume (posted at The Casting Site) will be emailed to the person at the production in charge of filling the position that's been posted.
The way the software is set up you can't accidentally send your head shot and resume more than once in reply to the same production notice. This prevents us thespians from looking like morons and keeps the productions open to receiving resumes from The Casting Site, because they know they won't be swamped with twenty head shots from the same person for the same production! Some of you do that, I understand.
After you click a notice check box and scroll down to the bottom of the page and push the "Submit your resume and head shot" icon, the check box beside the notice will be erased so you cannot submit more than once to the same notice even if you wanted to. In addition, the next time you pull up the "Notices" page you will see RED messages displaying the date you sent your head shot to each notice.
For $3.33 per month ($40.00 annually) this service is quite a bargain. I pay $9.95 per month for my Backstage.com membership. When I used to advertise for my one-man health insurance business I spent easily $40 per weekend getting my name and face out and about.
Below is what an actual posting to the "Notices" board at The Casting Site looks like:
( This checkbox will disappear after you submit )
"Minority Report" "Minority Report", Steven Spielberg's long-awaited adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story, is quickly casting many PRINCIPAL roles for shooting beginning in February 2001. The futuristic sci-fi film is about a new division of the police department that uses "future-viewing technology" to arrest killers before they commit crimes. The only cast member that director Steven Spielberg has officially announced at this point is Tom Cruise in the role of Officer John Anderton. All other roles are still in the process of casting. ROLES AVAILABLE: MALES: "Knott" Mid 20s- mid 30s, white male, officer on an elite crime- fighting team, big guy. "Fletcher" Early 20s, rookie officer on team. "Jad" Mid 20s - mid 30s, African-American. Technical expert. "Deaf Jeff" 20-40, hearing-impaired officer on team, true and loyal friend. "Gideon" 45-70, Caucasian. Eccentric handicapped caretaker. "Dr. Solomon Eddie" mid 30s-mid 40s, Caucasian. Corrupt former plastic surgeon. Skinny, nervous. "Leopold Kaplan" 35-40. Killer and a pathetic loner type. "Wally" 25-35, Caucasian. Sweet and sensitive caretaker. "Lycon" 20-30 Drug dealer with patches over his eyes. FEMALES: "Evanaa" Mid 20s-early 30s. Female officer on elite crime-fighting team. She operates the team's vehicle. "Casey", late 20s - early 30s Witty and sarcastic pregnant secretary. Deadline for submissions is January 20, 2001! Notice submitted on 01-08-01 Headshot sent on 01/10/2001
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