Welcome to Casting Cloud
Introduction to Casting Cloud: Overview, Usage, and Getting Started
Overview
Casting Cloud is a digital platform designed to streamline the online casting process for producers and casting teams. It allows agents and artists to create talent profiles, complete with the latest headshots and CVs. Through Casting Cloud, artists and agents can discover active casting briefs and submit applications, responding to any questions from the creative team and producers. The platform supports the entire audition process, enabling efficient scheduling, online auditions, and consolidated note-taking among the casting team.
Why Use Casting Cloud
Casting Cloud is designed to minimize administrative burdens during the casting process, ensuring all participants have the necessary information to present their best selves and discover outstanding talent to bring stories to life.
With Casting Cloud, you gain the ability to:
- Discover opportunities and showcase your talent to casting teams for consideration.
- Brief the industry and start capturing submissions from a broad group of talent with the data you need to make decisions.
- Shortlist submissions and schedule follow-up auditions.
- Schedule auditions and capture notes, videos and showcase talent effectively to make decisions.
Getting Started
Any Artist, Agent or Creative is able to begin using Casting Cloud, after sign up simply select how you would like to use the platform.
Artists
Once you have signed up, from the left navigation you are able to access My Profile and Briefs.
Get started by:
- Create an account - sign up and select Artist
- Make your profile - start by creating your artist profile, select My Profile from the left hand navigation and provide your details, upload recent headshots, cvs and any show reels you wish producers and creatives to view.
- Discover briefs - view any active briefs within Briefs, here active briefs from creative teams will display and you can find out more information about roles.
- Submit to briefs - submit an application for any roles you wish to be considered, answering any required question from the creative team.
Agents
Agents are able to sign up and create an Agency account, if you work with multiple agents you can invite collegues and add all Artists under management, creating an Artist Profile for each.
To get started as an agent:
- Sign up - sign up and select Agent
- Add managed artists - start by creating your first Artist profile, select Artists and Add Artist provide artists details, upload recent headshots, cvs and any show reels you wish producers and creatives to view.
- Discover briefs - view any active briefs within Briefs, here active briefs from creative teams will display and you can find out more information about roles.
- Submit to briefs - submit an application for any roles you wish talent to be considered, answering any required question from the creative team.
Creatives & Producers
Producers and creatives are able to signup and select Creative. Upon signup you'll be prompted to create a Project which you wish to cast for.
Get started as a producer by:
- Create Project - sign up and create a project you wish to cast for
- Add roles - under Roles add the relevent roles and information artists will need to consider if they are well suited for a given roles
- Brief - under Briefs create your first brief, select the roles you wish accept submissions for and any questions you want artists and agents to provide during the process.
- Start accepting submissions - when your ready to accept submissions, simply toggle your brief to make it live. This will enable Artists and Agents to discover your casting call.
- Review artists - once artists submit, you're able to review submissions from the Submissions page. Add notes or shortlist using the actions on the right hand side.