- So today is auditions.
We've got a lot of people.
We've got something close to like 80 people.
Let's get going.
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"- Yes, this is Hollywood.
The city of the stars.
The famous, the fabulous, the glamorous, Hollywood.
Here are the big contracts to fought for.
The contracts of the actors on the chance that may be getting into pictures."
- So if you're making a film and you've never worked with actors before
you can use a casting website.
"Mandy."
"Actors Access."
"Backstage."
You've got "Production Beast."
"L.A. Casting."
We're going to switch over to "L.A. Casting"
which is the website we're going to be using for our casting submissions.
We had five characters listed.
And for each character, there was at the very least 250 submissions per character.
What you do is you get them down to a group of selects.
The small group of people
that fit into the parameters of what you imagined for the character.
Now we can start moving forward with auditions.
- So there are a few essentials you definitely
going to need in order to hold your auditions.
First of all, you need a dedicated space.
Don't do it in your living room, it'll be creepy.
There are plenty of spaces that are available in your city,
wherever you are.
- If you're working on a low budget film
there a lot of inexpensive spaces.
You can try places like "Pure Space" or "Liquid Space."
- Secondly bringing the sign-in sheet for the actors to sing in.
You definitely want to keep a record of who you're seeing
as you're seeing them.
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Next, you're going to need sides.
Sides are a few pages of the script the best showcase the characters.
It shows you what the actor's abilities are.
And the basically the high point of what those characters will be doing.
- You will get all of the scenes with that person in a row
so that that way there's not all these extraneous things
that they don't really need to look at.
With StudioBinder's it's really quick.
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And I'm coming to here
and I'm going to sort my script by characters.
It takes a fraction of the time.
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- You're also going to need a camera.
You need a visual representation
of everyone who signed in on that sign-in sheet.
- If you're casting a type of person,
you're going to have 20 of the same kind of person coming in.
I mean, you literally can start mixing people up.
You want to be able to go back and refer to the audition in a video form,
so bring a camera.
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- It's a lovely day for some casting, don't you think?
- I'd have to switch it on you.
- Okay, good.
I'm quite looking forward to this day.
- That's so bright...
- Auditions.
Probably one of the most fun parts you can have in pre-production.
You really get to see the words come with a life for the project.
- So, Tyrone.
Okay, so whenever you're ready.
What we look for were strong actors.
But when you audition a large, large amount of people
you have to say no to a lot of people
that you were never going to consider.
- Don't drop that!
- Ahhhhhh!
Oh, dear, God!
Certain people were very confident in their audition.
Other people were scared and frankly nervous,
which I totally get.
- Be the man who is victorious over his demons.
- Excuse me, Hi...
- But there are other people who came in
and gave us the performance of a lifetime.
- Good morning, Billy.
- Good morning, Dr. Bell.
- I need help, doc.
- Well, that's why you came here, right?
- No, I mean with the jacket, you can't tie these things alone.
- You've got an active imagination.
- Trust me.
No matter what path you find in front of you,
I know, that you are going to become...
a productive, member of society.
- Okay. Cut it.
- Hey, buddy.
- Sorry, lady. Not interested.
Go sell your snake oil somewhere else.
- Billy enters.
- I'm busy...
- Can we speak privately?
- Not as long as the NSA exists.
- A moment, please?
- I just need to go along with me on this one. Okay? Trust me.
- I've never trusted anybody in my lifetime, not even my mother.
Especially not my mother.
- Hey, Buddy.
- Sorry, lady. Not interested.
Go sell your snake oil somewhere else.
- Ugh... I don't have time for this...
Do you know where I can find a Dr. Bell?
- And who are you?
- Oh, I'm Daniel Moss.
- Oh, I just heard you on the radio.
I'm Dr. Bell. - Oh!
- Well just think about all of the good that you could do with a
position like this doctor.
I mean leading medical research.
Redefining psychology as we know it.
You can help more patients in a single day
than most therapists help in there entire lifetimes.
- On one condition.
- Name it.
- And great.
Yeah, that was great.
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Good day.
- Cheers. To great auditions.
We got some great talent in there today!
I'm pretty impressed.
- Do you think you have a "Tim?"
That you want.
- I have three of 'em here.
- So you have three Tims?
Three "Tims", I have three "Danielles."
- And then what about "Dr. Bell?"
- Oh, that's a no-brainer at this point.
We know who we're going with there, right?
- Yeah - that guy came in and crushed it.
- And then we have some self-tape still to get through.
- Hey, buddy.
- Sorry, lady. Not interested.
Go sell your snake oil somewhere else.
- I don't have time for this.
- Don't be afraid of self-tapes.
Far and wide, talent will come to your production,
if they believe in the project.
- It's supposed to be public radio or like NPR.
- All right.
And you said to have been financing a massive ivory smuggling operation
that bought the bulk of its supply from Isis.
- We had to be patient with a few of them
because they were self tapes.
One of them was an actor I'd worked with before.
- Let's talk about Billy.
- I'm pretty sure we got a "Billy"
that I had in mind from before.
- And what's the name of your Billy?
- Greg Couet.
"- Second thing - Bumble. There's babes on it.
Crushing leads.
Right, right, right, right.
That's me swiping."
- I'm gonna have to go through each of these auditions,
rank the people
and then I'm gonna to have to pick.
- Yeah - it's all your decision, brother.
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- We ended up securing a great voice-over artist
for our news anchor roll.
We also were able to secure
four super talented on-screen actors.
- Start rolling. You're gonna be talking to me. - Okay.
- Not looking in the camera? - Not looking in the camera.
- Where are you.. Where am I cropped?
- I just want you to introduce yourself. - Cool.
- Say your name and what role you will be playing?
- So my name is Timothy Blewitt
and I'll be playing the character, Tim.
- My name is John Henry Richardson,
and I'm playing. Dr. Brown.
-I'm Jasmine Stone and I'll be playing Danielle.
- I'm Greg Couet and I'll be playing Billy.
- It's a really well-rounded cast
and I can't wait to see how it meshes together.
So what's next is to actually hold a table read.
What's great about a table read specifically for our project
is that it's going to double as things.
It's going to be both our rehearsal.
It's going to be a chemistry reading.
It's going to be a chance to go over thoughts and concerns about the script.
The first thing you have to do when you're preparing a table read
is to find a space to hold it.
Pure space, you can get stuff on there
for like 50 bucks.
We happen to be lucky enough
to have an office here in Santa Monica at StudioBinder
so we decided to hold it here.
You have to bring some things with you.
You want to bring your script.
And you need to have multiple prints out of the script
not only for yourself but for everyone there.
And you need to be able to mark on these scripts
because you're going to be going over thoughts and questions.
Obviously, bring pens.
You know, you can have some refreshments at least,
you know, some drinks if nothing else
because people are going to be speaking.
How does everyone feel? Does everyone feel good
enough to jump in and everything like that?
...and begin the table read? Okay.
This is one of the most exciting things about being a director
and writing your own idea
is to see our characters come to life.
Dr. Bell. shuts the door, Billy kills the radio with his nose.
- Good morning, Billy.
- Good morning, Dr. Bell.
- Well, I'm happy to say that you've made some massive improvements.
You nearly eliminated any episodes, personality confusion
over these last three months.
- I was glad you're happy, Doc.
- Hey, buddy.
- Sorry lady. Not interested.
Go sell your snake oil somewhere else.
- I don't have time for this.
Do you know where I can find
a Dr. Christopher Bell?
This way or whatever.
You don't even know what you're talking about.
- What was so nice was
to see the actors get to meet each other
and to see them just kind of gel.
- When you become a doctor, you take a little
thing I like to call the Hippocratic Oath.
- Everyone calls it that. - Fantastic.
- We now have other human beings
who are invested not only in their own resumes
and their own reels and their own careers.
- That was great, you guys - that was
it's always so much fun to see it come to life
even in a table read.
They're going to bring everything they can
and their expertise of performance to the characters that you wrote.
There's not a better feeling the world.
And now what we're going to move on to is
getting the rest of our crew
buttoning up our gear considerations
and starting to actually prepare for the production.
So check out the next episode.
Maybe kind of a dark way of explaining it is.
these are your children that you wish you could drown.
Hey, everyone.
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