Michigan Casting Calls & Acting Auditions

CASTING FOR A COMMERCIAL

Are you or do you know someone (friend, family member or neighbor) receiving Medicare benefits and has additional coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan or Blue Care Network? 

We are in search of Blue Cross Members who are comfortable on camera to offer testimonial for an upcoming video production. Production would take place the week of August 28, 2022.

Participants would need to be available for an interview day with Chuck Gaidica and a B Roll day where we film them doing an activity/hobby they enjoy.

All filming will take place in the Metro Detroit Area.

Requirements:

• Ages: 65 and over
• Receiving Medicare Benefits and have additional coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan or Blue Care Network
• Elgible plans includes Blue Cross or Blue Care Network
  • Part D (Prescription Drug Plan)
  • Supplement Plan (Medigap/MedSupp)
  • Medicare Advantage Plan
• Willing to be on camera and possibly TV

Production Title: Commercial Casting Call

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting real families to work on scenes filming somewhere in SE Michigan between Saturday, July 30th and Sunday, July 31st. Must be able to work from the said date. 

Roles: 

• 3 Family Members 
  • Mom, Daughter (age 8-15), and Grandfather.
  • They own a small family farm; the mom has taken it. 
  • Over since her father is aging and is teaching her daughter about taking care of the farm and honor

• 1 Elderly Woman 
  • Sweet woman who has been living with food insecurity. However, thanks to the community and the family-owned farm, she has fresh produce delivered to her door.

• Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander, Bi-Racial, Mediterranean (Basically, not obviously white or black.) for all four roles.

Covid Test: TBD

Usage: Events/web/digital global – 2 years

Rate: Pay is $637.50 per person + $637.50 usage (if they use the footage) net payments

Production Title: (Indie Film) ‘Canvas’

Job Description: Casting directors are now casting extras to work on scenes filming in  Holland, Michigan on Tuesday, June 7th.

Role: Pedestrians

• 18-70 years of age
• All ethnicities

Covid Test: June 7,2022

Rate: Pay is $80.00/ 8 hours ($10.00 an hour with an 8 hour guarantee and time and a 1/2 after 8 hours) 

STEALING JOKES Casting Call

About 85 Extras will be needed in the Detroit area over the week!
General Extras rate is $150/10hrs.
Production provided COVID Testing for Monday will be this Friday or Saturday morning in Ferndale.

Specific details will be sent to those selected as Extras.
Here are the role descriptions for week two:

(All roles are open to all ethnicities, unless otherwise specified)

PRISON INMATES, GUARDS, & SERVERS – MEN – 20-50ish
JACK CROWD, STAFF, STAGEHANDS – People of all kinds – 21-45ish
TONY’S FRIEND – African American – MALE – 20’s
MARTIN CREW – Hispanic – MALE – 20’s
TRAY HOMIE – African American – MALE – 20’s-30’s

TWO PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A HEALTH CARE COMMERCIAL TEST SHOOT IN THE DETROIT AREA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH!!

The rate for this project is $250 for 8 hours or less.

This video will be for internal agency use only. If the test is a success, they will come back and shoot the actual commercial(s) sometime in the future.

Here are the role descriptions I was given:

• Carlos – Latino, 62-ish, mustache, middle build (Construction Malfunction)
• Debra – Mediterranean, 56-ish, middle build, shorter hair (Painful Peel)

FOUR PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A HEALTH CARE COMMERCIAL TEST SHOOT IN THE DETROIT AREA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH!!

The rate for this project is $250 for 8 hours or less. 

This video will be for internal agency use only. If the test is a success, they will come back and shoot the actual commercial(s) sometime in the future.

Here are the role descriptions I was given:

Carlos – Latino, 62-ish, mustache, middle build (Construction Malfunction)

Debra – Mediterranean, 56-ish, middle build, shorter hair (Painful Peel)

Gerald – African American, 55-ish, middle build (Wake-up Call)

Steve – Anglo, 45-ish, middle build (Coffer Catcher)

Stealing Jokes Extras Casting Call

STEALING JOKES will need about 200 Extras total, spread over the 4 week shoot in and around Detroit, starting April 11th, 2022.

The rate for General Extras this time is $120/8hrs ($15/hr).

About a dozen Featured Extras will also be needed. The rate for Featured Extras is $500/12hrs.

Please see below for General and Featured Extras role example descriptions.

All roles are currently 18 and over only. 

All Extras roles are non-union, but the production is SAG, so SAG COVID protocols will be followed. (Testing (production provided) will be required prior to filming days.)

Must be local to the SE Michigan area, or willing to pay for your own travel costs for testing and shoot dates.

GENERAL EXTRAS role examples (most will only work 1 day):

• Comedy Club Patrons
• Comedy Club Staff
• Prison Inmates
• Prison Guards
• Coney Patrons
• Armed Thugs
• Teen Daughters (young looking 18+)
• Comedy MC
• Merch Staff
• Detective’s Wife
• Barber
• Barber Patron
• FEATURED EXTRAS role examples (most will work 2 to 4 days):

Twerking Hype Girls

• Bikini Clad Girl 
• Stripper (female, not nude)
• Donny’s Groupie Girls

A Health Care commercial filming in Detroit, MI on Dec. 2nd or 3rd, 2021 is looking for 5 people!

They need 4 Principals (Rate: $900) and 1 Extra (Rate: $200).

The Principal Roles are:

• 1 Black Mother (Mid 50s)
• 1 Black Adult Daughter (30ish)
• 1 White Woman (Mid 50s)
• 1 White Man (Mid 50s-60s)

The Extra Role is:

• 1 Male Priest (Mid 30s-50s, any race)

COVID testing will be required prior to filming, regardless of vaccination status. Testing will either be provided by production, or they will reimburse for testing costs.

MOVIE THEATER MASSACRE with Linnea Quigley is looking for a featured extra, BAG MAN, for tomorrow, Wed. Oct. 27th, evening (6pm start. 6 hours max.) in Detroit, MI.

BAG MAN is a regular theater patron, who always has mysterious bags with him, and the staff like to speculate about what might be in them. He is a middle-aged “everyman”.

The rate for this featured extra role is $100.