Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

Who chooses the who from which the choosers choose? The casting director. She's the gatekeeper. In place to keep a space from being overrun by people who believe they belong on the other side of the ‘gate’. What is the casting director’s role in the production process? And why is it necessary? In this Vancouver interview, Michelle Allen, the Canadian casting director for the Oscar winning film The Revenant, describes the hunt for finding the right selection of performers to be inspected and tested by the producers and directors of large and small film and television projects. Sometimes the story behind the “story” is as compelling as the drama. Truth can be stranger than fiction. And how and why are the final decisions made? Listen and learn from the one who stands between you and the final decision makers. There are lessons here that apply to a range of craft categories and situations. Yes, the crew heads of most departments on a film set (set decoration, make-up and hair, wardrobe, etc.) and the direct