Beware of casting calls like this one for Breaking Dawn. REMEMBER: casting has not even begun yet. Take note of the advices throughout the following article:
Well, a new Breaking Dawn casting scam was recently brought to our attention and we wanted to warn others, so they will recognize the difference between a real casting call and an attempt to fleece fans of their cash.
I received the following message from a Twilight fan:
Sorry to bother you as I am sure that you are busy. We had an ad on the a radio here in Calgary saying that if you text this number at this certain time, you would get a call to audition for the next Breaking Dawn movie at [nameless acting & modeling school]. Today they called and booked an audition time for my daughter on Saturday. I was just wondering if you knew anything about this or if it is just a scam to have people join [nameless acting & modeling school]? They said there was a casting director coming.
Without even gathering any more information about this supposed casting call, I can tell you that this is nothing but a ploy to get people through the door. Once they have arrived, victims will have to sit through a sales pitch and be pressured to sign up for acting and modeling classes that are expensive and of dubious quality. Likely, victims will also be pressured to purchase spendy (and useless) photo portfolios or attend a costly "talent showcase" in LA or New York, where, they're told, they just might be "discovered."
RED FLAGS GALORE
Here are the red flags I spotted in this message:
- Breaking Dawn is not casting yet.
The film doesn't go into production until the fall. No casting director has even been hired.
- Auditions for Breaking Dawn will not take place anywhere where classes are offered, nor will they take place in Calgary.
The film is likely shooting in Vancouver, BC. A real casting company, not an acting and modeling school located in a shopping mall, will be hired to cast the actors.
NOTE: Anytime a company that offers classes or photo portfolios also promotes itself as a talent agency or talent management company: Beware. Real industry professionals know that it is a conflict of interest to do both.
- Auditions for any real roles in the film will not be advertised on the radio.
Actors will be hired through bona fide SAG-franchised talent agencies.
(The extras casting company MAY hold an open casting call, but this won't happen until the film goes into production this fall and actually hires an extras company.
Moreover, it will only be advertised in the Vancouver area or wherever the film is shooting. They do not want to truck extras in from remote locations. There are plenty of people on hand who live nearby.)
- The qualification to audition for a film this huge is not one's ability to send a text message.
The casting directors want educated, established, experienced, professional actors. They don't have time to waste on these kinds of games. Film is a high-pressure, fast-paced business and producers want only the crème de la crème.
If you want to break into acting, get into the best acting class you can find and train, train, train. Don't look around for silly shortcuts. Acting is hard work and very competitive.
- Who in the Forks is this casting director?
This acting/modeling school claims that a casting director will be there, but since it can't possibly be the CD of Breaking Dawn, who is it?
And why are they claiming it's an audition for Breaking Dawn? The film is not yet in production and no crew has been hired.
Period.
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