describe to me the typical sequence of events...from the moment a director meets an actor, to the start of the

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...shoot.

also, a little information on how that particular actor came to be the one there, being interviewed or auditioned would be interesting....
.ie: are they friends of friends.....are they someone youve seen in a film or on tv -and youve contacted their agent......are they a bunch of actors a casting director has sent you that they think might be suitable?

basically what is involved in the selection process..and what sorts of things do you do with the actors up untill shooting begins.

Answer 1

Theatre-gurl is right, there are too many variants including all that you mentioned in your question. It's too much of a discussion! :-)

The platonic version would be that the production company gives the Casting Director a breakdown for each character to be cast. They send those descriptions out through Breakdown Services and agents receive those breakdowns. They then look through them to see who amongst their client fit the bill. They submit to the CD pic & res for the clients that fir the general descriptions and wait to see if the CD thinks that they might work as well. If they both agree, then auditions are scheduled. If the audition goes well, callbacks are scheduled. Depending on how many the CD needs to narrow it down to there could be a couple of callbacks before the Director and Producers are called in to see the actors read. At this point there may be say 5 actors to see for each role or only 2, it really varies here. The actors read the scenes and make small talk with everyone up until this point. Those in charge need to see if the actor can not only play the role the way they want but see if this is a person they can work with for an extended amount of time. They're also matching you up with costars and seeing who makes the best couple or family or what have you. Sometimes you don't get a part because the other guy looked more like the mom or something like that. It's nothing personal.

Your final audition if it's for a pilot usually includes network execs. That's kind of scary :-) A bunch of people in suits and the atmosphere can be kind of stiff but you have to work the room. They want to like you so let them.

Get the idea?

Answer 2

There is absolutely no one way to answer this question. It all depends on the director. Typically the casting process is the last piece before shooting, so all that happens between casting and shooting is usually just getting the script out to the actors, and maybe doing a read through and some costume fittings.
The actual casting itself depends completely on the director - what they're looking for and what kind of response they get to the casting notice. You mentioned a few scenarios - the big projects with a large budget may go through agencies to select a pool of actors, the smaller films definitely won't and the smallest projects may just be friends of the director. It all depends, there are many factors involved!

Answer 3

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