A Scam or What?
ExtrasForMovies.com recently received a request from a "company" to advertise on our site for a film they were producing. In addition to the call information they were requesting a fee for anyone who choose to audition.
As members know, our policy is to not list companies or accept calls that require a fee to audition or to attend a casting call. So in response, our staff member wrote back asking the simple question, "Why do the people auditioning have to pay a fee?"
Their response back was frightening. They not only began a tirade on why we were questioning them, they explained that they were not getting the money, the casting company they hired was receiving the fee and "hey" nothing is for free.
The reason this film hired a "Casting Company" was to help them audition people for their film and filter out the serious from the not so serious and the talented from the not so talented.
Now we ask you and please correct us if we are wrong but...
· Doesn't the company making the film pay casting companies or personnel?
· Don't most production personnel seek out talent for their projects without asking for a fee?
· Don't production companies have a tendency to contact talent agents to send in their clients and if one of the client is chosen, the talent agent receives a percentage of the pay.
There are hundreds of casting personnel visiting our site and casting members in projects from all over the world without charging fees, and get this, some even pay talent.
SCAM?
So we ask, why would a casting company come in and charge each person a fee to attend an audition and even more extraordinarily put out notices such as "All types, ages and talent levels are encouraged to apply."
If you were to read between the lines, is this saying that if you want to get in the movies and have cash we will give you an audition? Are these people really serious or are they laughing all the way to the next batch of people with dreams of stardom and who have money?
As members know, our policy is to not list companies or accept calls that require a fee to audition or to attend a casting call. So in response, our staff member wrote back asking the simple question, "Why do the people auditioning have to pay a fee?"
Their response back was frightening. They not only began a tirade on why we were questioning them, they explained that they were not getting the money, the casting company they hired was receiving the fee and "hey" nothing is for free.
The reason this film hired a "Casting Company" was to help them audition people for their film and filter out the serious from the not so serious and the talented from the not so talented.
Now we ask you and please correct us if we are wrong but...
· Doesn't the company making the film pay casting companies or personnel?
· Don't most production personnel seek out talent for their projects without asking for a fee?
· Don't production companies have a tendency to contact talent agents to send in their clients and if one of the client is chosen, the talent agent receives a percentage of the pay.
There are hundreds of casting personnel visiting our site and casting members in projects from all over the world without charging fees, and get this, some even pay talent.
SCAM?
So we ask, why would a casting company come in and charge each person a fee to attend an audition and even more extraordinarily put out notices such as "All types, ages and talent levels are encouraged to apply."
If you were to read between the lines, is this saying that if you want to get in the movies and have cash we will give you an audition? Are these people really serious or are they laughing all the way to the next batch of people with dreams of stardom and who have money?
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