How to Use a Casting Breakdown to Get Good Actors What you need to know about Hollywood's hallowed casting tool. ; LEARN MORE with our online filmmaking course. “Your casting breakdown should serve as an advertisement of sorts – a means to get the most exciting actors eager to play the roles in the script.” For every filmmaker, there comes a point in the process where it’s time. You’ve written the script – you’ve dreamed up the perfect production – you’ve found the locations and picked out the dates. Now, something magical needs to take hold: your cast. At this point, it’s time to get your brain wrapped around a document that, if you haven’t gone through the casting process before, might be new to you: the “casting breakdown.” Simply put, a casting breakdown is a document that tells the reader what roles are being cast for a film. It is used as a way to communicate to actors and/or their agents or managers what roles are available, so that they can evaluate which roles they would like to be considered for. As someone who formerly worked in talent management, I can tell you that for actors and their agents and managers, breakdowns are everything. They are mined daily for potential leads on roles, and they are used in preparation for auditions. They’re a very prominent, very important piece of the casting puzzle. If you are an indie filmmaker who is hoping to go through the casting process, it’s...
Published By: Lights Film School Blog - Tuesday, 7 August, 2018