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The Development Casting Deal
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"The producer's solution to the 'Catch 22' challenge of how to finance a
project that has no packaging
and how to package a project that has no financing." |
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T H
E 4 - S T E P P R O C E S S
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Before you begin "The 4-Step Process", if you have any casting
questions, consider talking with a real-live Casting Director, Faith Hibbs-Clark, CSA, (a member of Casting Society of America). The cost is $100 per call, for up-to
one hour per call. Specify the preferred time for the call, at the time of prepayment.
Provide optional convenient times. Have all of your questions ready.
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Submit a completed Project Description
Questionnaire (follow the instructions on the form). After the Casting Director follows-up on
your questionnaire answers and gives you the go-ahead, you can go to Step #2. Allow for up-to 30 days for
a response.
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Submit the screenplay with a non-refundable reader fee of $40,
payable to GOOD FAITH CASTING. (See payment instructions below.) One of three possible results may occur.
After it's read, you will be notified of either (1.) acceptance (and invitation to continue); (2.) rejection
without a chance for reconsideration; or (3.) rejection with a "needs work" with the option to
resubmit when changes have been made (requires new $40 reader fee when resubmitted). If accepted with an
invitation to continue, go to Step #3.
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Casting director will contact your designated primary contact person and request
reels, budget, business plan, latest script, budget one-sheet and bios of director and producer. After
received and evaluated, if all items are acceptable, then contact person will receive the OK to go to Step #4.
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The agreement below is to be signed by producer and Casting Director.
Producer pays GOOD FAITH CASTING the total amount tallied from prices shown below. Producer is to deliver 7
copies of the most recent completed script to GOOD FAITH CASTING. Casting Director begins contacting
actors through their representatives after payment and scripts have been received. Response time
varies. Expect 3-6 months, depending upon the task at hand. |
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Ala Carte Casting Solutions
(Prices are subject to change.)
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Deal #1 -- Casting Director Acquires
a Letter of Intent from a Specific Actor.
Price
is per character. |
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Getting started is easy. Follow the "4-Step Process" above. When you get to Step #4,
payment for this item applies. From the description of
each character that you provided in Step #1 (the Project Description Questionnaire), the Casting Director
will attempt to secure a Letter of Intent from your
first 3 actor choices for each character, along
with their approval for producer to use actor's name and likeness for financing and marketing efforts. If Casting Director can't secure a Letter of Intent from the first 3
choices, she will ask you for the next 3 alternatives. If you can't supply
alternatives, she will suggest 3. When an acceptable final 3 have been specified,
she will approach them. A maximum of 6 actors will be contacted for each role.
Due to the amount of work involved, no refund or credit will be
given should all 6 decline. This deal involves no
auditions or casting calls. Look
below for specific audition charges. Note, you must agree to submit your project information to
IMDB.COM, during the development stage, indicating Faith Hibbs-Clark,
C.S.A. exclusively as Casting Director. You must also agree to list Faith
Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A.
as Casting Director in
screen credits, at her prerogative. Producer must also grant Casting
Director the right to audit all final negotiated actor contracts, to
determine the incentive bonus of '1% of all speaking actors' total fees (including deferments)',
which is to be paid by Producer to Casting
Director on the first day of principal photography. |
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$1,075 |
Deal #2 -- Casting Director Acquires
a Letter of Intent from a Non-Specific Actor.
Price
is per character. |
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Getting started is easy. Follow the "4-Step Process" above. When you get to Step #4,
payment for this item applies.
Deal #2 is just like Deal #1, except that the Casting Director
suggests the first 3 actors to be approached for each character desired. Once approved, if those
3 are approached and they decline, then just like Deal #1, she will suggest 3 more and once approved,
approach them. A maximum of 6 actors will be contacted for each role. Due
to the amount of work involved, no refund or credit will be given
should all 6 decline. Just like Deal #1,
no casting calls or auditions are included in this price. Look
below for specific audition charges.
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$1,075 |
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Talk to a real-live CSA Casting Director, Faith Hibbs-Clark.
Cost per call, up-to 1 hour maximum.
Have all your questions ready. Prepayment is required. Specify the time for the call when paying. Suggest
alternate times, should first choice be unavailable. |
$100 |
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Casting Suite for production meetings, casting calls and auditions, per 8 hour
day. 20-seat capacity. Larger suites extra. Schedule one day of
Casting Suite for every 40
people (or less) expected to be seen. |
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Schedule early to insure availability. Specify # seats
:________ Date & time needed:_______________________ |
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$125 |
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Casting Calls and Auditions -- Per Speaking Role
Cast |
$100 |
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Non-Casting Director Casting -- Per Speaking Role (no
matter who acquired the actor; after Casting Dir. approval) |
$100 |
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Casting Calls -- Per Extra or Atmosphere Role
Cast
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$25 |
Non-Casting Director Casting -- Per Extra or Atmosphere Role
Cast
(no
matter who acquired the actor; after Casting Dir. approval) |
$25 |
Casting Calls and Auditions (per person seen)
Includes digital photography and casting report. (Note,
schedule one day of Casting Suite for every 40 people seen.) |
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Schedule early to insure availability. Specify # to
see :__________ Date & time needed:______________________ |
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$20 |
Casting Director Travel Per Diem (for traveling more than 60 miles away from Phoenix
or Los Angeles offices.)
Tickets, taxis and accommodations are additional -- as needed, (after producer
approval). |
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Schedule early to insure availability. Where
:___________________________ Date & time needed:________________ |
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$60 |
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Casting Director's Assistant Travel Per Diem (for traveling more than 60 miles away
from Phoenix or Los Angeles offices.) Tickets, taxis and accommodations are additional -- as needed,
(after producer approval). |
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Schedule early to insure availability. Where
:_________________________ Date & time needed:________________ |
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$40 |
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Example Scenario for 'Project A' Casting Budget |
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Producer of 'Project A' wants 4 specific principal actors, 4 specific supporting
actors, 3 non-specific supporting actors (to be auditioned) and 60 extras to be cast on location in Pascoag,
Rhode Island. Total fees paid to all actors ends up being $400,000 (verified by Casting Director as per
incentive bonus agreement). That $400,000 included the actors acquired by Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A. ($350,000),
and the fee given to an actor acquired by the director (for $50,000) in a special pre-approved agreement with
Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A. There are also 4 extras (actually active
investors) that the Producer wants to use, in a pre-approved agreement
with
Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A.
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Description |
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8 specific principal actors |
Deal #1 |
8
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$1,075 |
$8,600 |
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3 non-specific supporting actors |
Deal #2 |
3 |
$1,075 |
$3,225 |
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suite needed for one day auditions of speaking roles |
Casting Suite day rate (40 people /day)
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1 |
$125 |
$125 |
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3 non-specific actors auditioned |
Flat rate per speaking role |
3 |
$100 |
$300 |
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30 non-specific actors auditioned for the 3 roles |
Casting Calls and Auditions (per person seen) |
30 |
$20 |
$600 |
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60 extras to be chosen on location in Pascoag, Rhode Island, 80 to be seen. |
Casting Suite day rate (40 people /day)
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2 |
$125 |
$250 |
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Casting Director extra casting on location |
Travel & accommodations (3 days) |
1 |
$600 |
$600 |
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Casting Dir. Assistant casting on location |
Travel & accommodations (3 days) |
1 |
$600 |
$600 |
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Casting Director Travel Per Diem |
Casting Director Travel Per Diem |
3 |
$60 |
$180 |
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Casting Dir. Assistant Per Diem |
Casting Dir. Assistant Per Diem |
3 |
$40 |
$120 |
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60 extras casting call |
Flat rate per extra role cast |
60 |
$25 |
$1,500 |
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80 seen at casting call for 60 extras |
Casting Calls and Auditions (per person seen) |
80 |
$20 |
$1,600 |
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Director's acquired actor |
Non-Casting Director Casting -- Per Speaking Role |
1 |
$100 |
$100 |
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Producer's acquired extras |
Non-Casting Director Casting -- Per Extra or Atmosphere Role
Cast |
4 |
$25 |
$100 |
$400,000 total fees for all speaking roles
(no matter who acquired actor participation) |
1% incentive bonus (of $400,000)
due 1st day of principal photography |
1 |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
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Scenario for 'Project A' Casting Budget |
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TOTAL |
$21,900 |
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Statement of Understanding
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Producer agrees that Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A. will be designated as the exclusive 'Casting
Director".
Producer agrees to submit the project information to
IMDB.COM, during the development stage, designating Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A.
as the exclusive Casting Director. Producer agrees to list Casting Director in
screen credits, at her prerogative.
Producer agrees to provide Casting Director with timely script revisions, the SAG project
#, and indication that there will be adequate insurance and completion bond coverage.
After the project is submitted to her, (through following the "4-Step
Process" outlined above), Casting Director will perform the commissioned tasks, reporting
back to the producer via e-mail at least every 3 (three) weeks, until the task has been completed. A maximum
of six actors will be contacted for each character role. Due to the
amount of work involved, no refund or credit will be given should all six
decline.
Producer acknowledges that the Letter of Intent
acquired from each actor specifies neither a time nor an amount to be offered -- and, that, if nudity is required
for the role, the actor will be informed, but isn't bound at the time of signing a Letter of Intent (a separate SAG
Nudity agreement will need to be signed at a later date, as part of the Letter of Attachment or Pay or Play
Contract, to be handled by Producer's entertainment attorney).
Producer acknowledges that there are no auditions or casting calls for Deal #1 and Deal #2 above,
which are only inquiries for participation, with the outcome being a Letter of Intent and the authorization to use
actor's likeness and name for financing and marketing efforts. Casting calls and auditions can be
commissioned as Ala Carte Casting Solutions (see descriptions and prices above).
Producer agrees to Casting Director's incentive bonus of '1% of all speaking actors' total
fees (including deferments)',
which is to be paid by Producer to Casting
Director on the first day of principal photography. Producer also agrees to allow Casting Director to
audit final actors' contracts to determine base for incentive bonus.
Producer indemnifies and holds harmless James E. Tessier, owner of Surfview.com (Surfview
Entertainment®) and acknowledges that Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A. and Good
Faith Casting are 100% responsible for the fulfillment of this transaction
as described in this statement of understanding.
Producer also indemnifies and holds harmless James E. Tessier, owner of Surfview.com (Surfview
Entertainment®), Faith Hibbs-Clark, C.S.A. and Good Faith Casting from any
liability related to Producer's project.
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Understanding these things, the undersigned producer agrees to the terms above and will
respond in a timely manner to Casting Director's correspondences. |
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Do Not Write
Below This Line
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form: DCD-3 Rev. Date:
1/4/2014A
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using the "SEND MONEY"