Casting Beast

Creative Talent for Short Film

Job Description
A short film is casting young, bold, and creative personalities to showcase the best of Blackpool in a vibrant 90-second project. This production is looking for individuals with charisma and confidence on camera, ready to highlight what makes Blackpool brilliant. Performers of all kinds are encouraged to apply, from actors and dancers to musicians, spoken word artists, and athletes.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform on camera with confidence and authenticity

• Represent the energy, diversity, and creativity of Blackpool

• Work collaboratively with the production team to bring the vision to life

• Contribute your personality and skills to create a dynamic short film

Requirements

• Open to actors, dancers, musicians, spoken word artists, boxers, and other creative performers

• Big personalities with passion for being in front of the camera

• Must be connected to Blackpool, though applicants don’t need to currently live there

• Positive attitude and professionalism on set

Compensation

• Flat fee: £500 for 2 shoot days

Casting Call: Petite Double Bassist for Art House Film

Job Description: We are looking for a talented and unique musician who will take on the role of a petite double bassist for an upcoming art house film. The ideal candidate will portray a visual narrative of struggling to play the double bass due to its overwhelming size in comparison to their stature.

Job Responsibilities:

• Must be able to handle and play a double bass convincingly as if it’s too large for them.

• Required to improvise chaotic, disjointed notes and phrases to create an abstract and experimental sound.

• Should emulate the feeling of stammering with a speech impediment through their musical performance.

Requirements:

• Must be petite in stature, with an appearance that suggests the double bass is ‘too big’.

• Open to male or female musicians.

• Must have a valid, up-to-date passport as the shooting will occur in Paris.

• Available for a one-day shoot in Paris, scheduled for early to mid-February 2024.

• Comfortable with improvisational playing and able to produce staccato and disjointed musical sounds.

Compensation:

• This is a paid opportunity.

• Compensation details will be provided upon application and further discussions.

Casting Call: Dynamic Dancers for Avant-Garde Art House Film

Job Description: We are searching for highly skilled dancers who specialize in isolation, contortion, and physical theatre to participate in an innovative art house film. The project will be a 12-minute audiovisual presentation designed to evoke and interlace feelings of tension, unease, relief, and ecstasy, creating a space of confrontation with the viewer.

Job Responsibilities:

• Interpret and execute movements that embody isolation and contortion with an element of physical theatre.
• Perform complex, chaotic, contained, random, robotic movements with a sense of tension.
• Contribute to the project’s objective of exploring body language, music, and vocal expression.
• Collaborate with the director and production team to bring authentic and human elements to the film.

Requirements:

• Professional dance background with strong skills in styles such as Krump, Butoh, Bone Break, or in the vein of Pina Bausch.
• Ability to convey a narrative through disjointed movement along with powerful dance skills.
• Must be available for a one-day shoot in Paris in early to mid-February 2024.
• Must have a valid, up-to-date passport.

Compensation: This is a paid opportunity. Specific details regarding compensation will be provided to selected candidates.