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00:00I have conducted many casting calls for the last 25 years.

00:16I have used everything from posting flyers to paying for ads in newspapers and magazines, websites, and platforms.

00:23I used to network at parties and events.

00:27However, there has been one thing that has been constant.

00:31The ones applying to the casting calls usually never do what is asked of them to get the

00:35gig because, in many cases, they actually haven't read all the details.

00:40I could have literally stated that I want to murder them, which would be insane, but

00:44they wouldn't even know if it was true until that very day.

00:47On many occasions, I would have to, like in a movie, retcon or retroactively change my

00:52own casting call to actually hire someone.

00:55If not, none of them would be candidates.

00:58I am currently holding a casting call and asked for each applicant to make a video of

01:03why they're all interested in them.

01:05So far, one applicant did.

01:07The rest have not read the entire casting call.

01:10The rest, or some of them, have been reaching out to me on other platforms like Facebook

01:16and Instagram to get the gig, which is interesting within itself.

01:20Why do people go to other platforms to reach out?

01:23Because they already responded on the initial website, and yes, some of them cannot respond

01:28due to not paying for a membership on that website.

01:31Some want to get paid more, but the pay is set in stone, yet they have the goal to ask for more.

01:36Other times, when I find the right match, they try to change what the gig entails when they

01:41already agree to the terms.

01:44I had this one model, for whom I paid for her transportation.

01:47She brought her boyfriend, which was fine, but now, we couldn't shoot what we agreed on

01:52because her boyfriend would be upset.

01:54I didn't want to pay her, although I did anyway.

01:57I ended up with an alternate project instead.

02:01Sometimes, I find individuals on my own and reach out.

02:05I have worked with talented people all over the world.

02:08The money always seems to excite them, and they are very gung-ho from the jump, but simple details,

02:13like sending the video in landscape or sending the video at 1080p or higher,

02:17seem to be these talented people's kryptonite.

02:20And instead of re-recording with no worries, they don't want to do a redo.

02:24Suddenly, their motivation has dropped, and now they hand in a lackluster product.

02:30Or even someone who you want to get feedback from, or help in promoting the product,

02:35seems to be immediately forgotten and not applicable now.

02:38I don't know if it is a low attention span or failing to write things down,

02:42it almost seems like that conversation between me and that person never happened.

02:46And contracts, oh boy, they don't even matter, anything with words is also kryptonite.

02:51I might as well have written the contract in a dead language, it would make more sense.

02:57There are many examples I can give about casting calls and gigs, but what it comes down to is this,

03:03these individuals are plain professional but are not actually professional.

03:07But these are supposed to be the professionals in the industry.

03:11I don't know how I would do things going forward.

03:13I do know one thing, my life is not boring.

03:16I do know one thing, my life is not boring.

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