On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:54:03 -0700, The Starmaker
<starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:58:59 GMT, David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:38:32 -0700, The Starmaker
>><starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:22:13 GMT, David Johnston <david@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:16:04 -0700, The Starmaker
>>>><starmaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>Exactly. No licensing. A Casting Director needs no licensing to cast
>>>>>you, just knowledge of the letters of the alphabet. Don't you think a
>>>>>casting director should have a little more something to cast you
>>>>>besides knowing where to put photo in which folder in the file
>>>>>cabinet?
>>>>
>>>>No. There's no way to test and certify the ability to pick the right
>>>>actor for the right role. It's all guesswork.
>>>
>>>Obviously, something is very wrong here...
>>>if you want somebody to paint your
>>>home they say you should make sure
>>>they have a contractors license.
>>
>>Houses are _physical objects_ that exist in the present. Whether you
>>successfully covered all the parts of the house that should be covered
>>is objectively verifiable. It is not objectively verifiable before
>>the fact how the public at large will react to a certain casting
>>choice a few years later. It isn't even possible to determine
>>objectively whether the casting was the problem, or the casting was
>>fine and the directing was bad or the script was bad.
>
>Film is art. Each frame is instant art. Each frame is a blank canvas
>until the camera captures all the art put into it. The director paints
>on film. All the art is composed of background features and clothing,
>etc...put there by all those involved in the creative process. Casting
>Directors don't belong in the creative process if all they know is
>"file clerk". And script writers should not be writing if they are
>going to add garbage to the frames, and the director and all the
>others without and education or experiences should not be painting
>garbage in the film frames. They sell mostly garbage because they have
>no experience or education.
>
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>>>
>>>But if you want somebody to *cast* your
>>>100 million dollar movie, no license, no
>>>degree, no education, no experience required,
>>>no casting director school, not even file clerk school!
>>
>>It's not something that be taught or tested.
>
>Try teaching or testing a file clerk girl!
>
>
>This just out!
>Screenwriting for Dummies
>http://www.amazon.com/Screenwriting-Dummies-Laura-Schellhardt/dp/0764554867
>
How about "Casting Directing for Dummies"?
Nobody gots that book out. I can write it!
I can start write now!
"Casting Directors for Dummies"
Table of Contents:
Part1. The Casting Couch
Chapter 1: Do you want to see Angelina Jolie or Johnny Depp ****d?
Chapter 2. 20 ****d blond girls in one room!!!
Chapter 3. How to make an actor take off his/her clothes.
Chapter 4. How to have *** with actors and keep them silent.
Chapter 5. 100 ****d girls in one room!!!!
Chapter 6. Ladies, now you can have any male actor ****d.
Part 2. The Producers
Chapter 1. How to Extort money from Producers.
Excerpt:
When a producer calls you needing actors and stars for his movie,
that is the time to extort every penny you can get.
Tell the producer that without you they won't have a movie!
Then ask for $2,500.00 up front just to add stars, plus you require
"producers credit".
Just scream at them from the top of your lungs,
"Without me mother****er YOU WOULDN'T HAVE a movie!!!!I'll
make sure every CSA member doesn't talk to you mother****er.
I want my ****in $2,500 upfront now mother****er and "producers
credit". And throw in billboard credit while you're at it
mother****er!"
Part3. How to tell the difference between Clark Kent and Superman.
Chapter 1:..........
From the Back Cover
"Valuable advice. . . . I've been extorting money from Producers for
years. Now I'm asking for Billboard credit!!!!"
—CSA Member of the Casting Society of America
The Starmaker
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