Rules

1. Calling in your availability: 323-874-2681

A) CALL BEFORE 10am if you cannot work the next working day and normally you can. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE SICK!!

B) CALL IN FRIDAY for your weekends and for MONDAY. We book on Friday for Monday.

C) CALL IN FUTURE DATES that you cannot work as soon as you have them. ie. you are going out of town, have a Dr.'s appointment, etc.

D) LEAVE US VOICEMAIL if you do not speak to us in person.

E) BE PROFESSIONAL enough to call us when you are given a full time job. If we do have a booking for you after the start date of your new job, you are still obligated to the booking. INFORM YOUR NEW JOB of this prior obligation. Thank you.

F) CALL IN AFTER 10am if you have something that creates a conflict for you on the next working day and need to see if you have a booking. IF YOU HAVE A BOOKING the booking stands. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BOOKING then you may ask to be removed the availability list. DO NOT CALL IN JUST TO CHECK IF YOU ARE BOOKED.

G) NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY if your contact number has changed or is experiencing difficulties. Your cell phone/voicemail/answering machine should be treated like your new business. We use these to relay work assignments to you for either the next ! day or for future dates.

2. Booking and confirmation procedure:

A) WE SUBMIT YOU FOR WORK based on the AVAILABILITY YOU GIVE US.

B) Once booked, we call you with the NAME of the show, the CATEGORY you are booked in, the PHONE NUMBER for the casting company who hired you for the day, and your CALL TIME (the time to check in on set) if we have it. INDUSTRY STANDARD is to call these recorded lines AFTER 7 or 8pm.

C) YOU ARE REQUIRED to CONFIRM your booking by 9PM by calling 323-874-2681. ONLY CONFIRM ON THIS NUMBER for VIS! ION. If we speak to you in person, that is your confirmation.

D) A CONFIRMATION MEANS: You know you are booked and will be on set, NOT that you are accepting or rejecting the job.

E) WHEN CONFIRMING: Leave you name, the show you are booked and your call time if we gave you one.

3. Emergencies: ANYTHING PREVENTING YOU FROM GOING TO THE JOB ON TIME.

A) OUR PAGER # IS 818-735-1036. THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE BOOKED ON A JOB and you have an emergency on that job.

B) LISTEN TO THE VOICEMAIL ON THE PAGER for instructions. We will tell you when we will call back. ALWAYS leave your name and number FIRST on the line. PLEASE speak ! slowly and clearly.

ONCE YOU ARE BOOKED:
BE PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS A JOB .

A) Represent yourself and Vision Casting in the highest standard you can.

B) BE PUNCTUAL. Arrive ½ hour early for your job! Factor in traffic, parking, walking to set, and any other complications that may arise.

C) When you arrive to the set please check-in with the appointed person such as the AD (assistant director). GET YOUR VOUCHER or forms you need to fill out so that you CAN GET PAID.

D) HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE. If you go in with a good attitude you will have a good day. Go in with a bad attitude and it will be very unpleasant.

E) ALWAYS SHOW UP CAMERA READY. This means that you are to go dressed in the appropriate wardrobe, hair and make-up done, ready to work.

F) YOU ARE NOT RELEASED UNTIL THE AD SAYS SO. Check out with the appropriate person. They will give you part of the carbon copy of your voucher for your records. PLEASE KEEP IT FOR YOU RECORDS.

RECALLS:

A) YOU MUST CALL VISION CASTING when the production you are on is looking to bring you back to set the next working day. We may already have another job for you so CALL IN to find out.

B) MANDATORY RECALL means that you are demanded to be back on the set the next working day.

C) ASKING IF YOU CAN COME BACK means you do not have to accept the recall. IF THEY ARE ASKING YOU to come back and we have accepted other work for you, then you will take the new job we have for you. If we do not have other work for you, take the recall.

DO NOT:

A) LEAVE THE SET without the permission of the AD or Coordinator.

B) Look into the camera unless you are told to do so.

C) TALK WHEN BEING GIVEN INFORMATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS for the scene being shot.

D) ASK ACTORS FOR AUTOGRAPHS.

E) BRING FRIENDS, FAMILY OR PETS to the set unless told to do so. This is a job, not an amusement park.

F) LEAVE YOUR CELL PHONES OR PAGERS ON during filming. EVER.

DOUBLE BOOKINGS:

A) MEANS YOU ACCEPT A JOB without checking with us FIRST.   Y ou will not know who has hired you unless we call out to you. PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT A JOB WIHTOUT checking with us FIRST. We consider this an AVAILIBILTY ISSUE.

B) AVOID DOUBLE BOOKINGS by telling the casting director that you are with Vision Casting and need to check with them to make sure you are not booked already. Get the casting directors NAME and the SHOW they want to book you on. Have that information ready for us and we will take it from there.

C) IF YOU DOUBLE BOOK YOURSELF, you may be required to call the casting director and remove yourself from the job you accepted.

RUSH CALLS:

If casting is in need of replacements on a shoot, they call out and see who can get to a location quickly. We call out and ask if you can make it for work that day. You are never obligated to say yes. If you are able to work and want to work, then accept the booking and be on your way. When you are called for a rush call, know that you may be required to get to the set location within as little as an hour once we have determined that you are able to go.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

A) Buy a Thomas Brother Map Book. The majority of casting companies will use this book to offer up directions.

B) Develop an extensive wardrobe. MEN: 2-3 contemporary business suits, a tuxedo (Black), sport coats, slacks, ties, black and brown soft soled dress shoes, upscale casual, sporty and fashionable clothes. Your clothing should be neat, clean, and in good repair. WOMEN: 2 or 3 contemporary business suits, formal gowns/suits, skirts, blouses, blazers, upscale, casual, sport and fashionable. If you can't afford to buy any professional business attire, you can go Salvation Army or the thrift stores and get some really good bargains.

C) Be prepared for long hours on the set. A normal day is 12-14 hours. Bring your own chair (fold up in a bag) as the seating is often metal fold up chairs. Take stuff to entertain yourself. DO NOT take anything that you would be sorry if it “disappeared” or grew legs and “ran away”.

D) Notify us IMMEDIATELY if your contact information has changed i.e. your address or phone number.