Commercial Casting Calls and Auditions

CASTING REAL PEOPLE!

Casting: stylish, fun, outgoing individuals in Toronto who embody a youthful and dynamic spirit and enjoy socializing for a fun steakhouse brand commercial.

We’re seeking:

• People (including individuals, couples and small groups of friends) in Toronto aged 25-70 with memorable faces and personalities who leave an impression.
• No acting experience is necessary.

This includes:

• Dancers
• Musicians
• Fashion consultants
• Designers
• Stylists
• Skaters
• Roller-skaters
• Groups of office workers from a tech firm/gaming company
• Real couples
• Real families
• DJs
• Tattoo artists, and p
• People in real estate/law/banking.

RECEIVE $575 – $3325+, FOR ONE DAY OF FILMING.

C&J is looking for the below talent to work as Featured Background for an upcoming commercial.

• REAL FAMILIES WHO LOVE TO GO KART:
  • Ages 16 and up. Looking for real family groups who love to race GoKarts.
• YOUNG ADULT MALES:
  • Ages 18-20. Looking for guys with a rougher/tougher edge to their look. Basketball skills a bonus, but not required as not everyone will be playing basketball in the scene. Would love some options who are at least 18 but look younger.

SHOOT DAY IF SELECTED: 5/16 or 5/17

Location: Charlotte/Concord or surrounding area

Rate: 300 per person (if selected)

First up are a few speaking roles for:

• MALES 25-45 years old for this local Chicago NON-union commercial. You need to be NON-union.
• SPOKESMEN (call center, retail & construction) that can ‘speak SPANISH’ and be confident to deliver a line.
• RAPPER and CHOREOGRAPHER top selects will be contacted by tomorrow. Dancers will be selected next week.

Also, need a male to play the Lyft driver looking out the window and talking to his passenger
on a residential street (need to have a valid driver’s license.)

Need to speak SPANISH. 

Rate of Pay: $700 for up to 8 hours

Specs: Male/25-45 years old

Location: Chicago, Illinois

CASTING- ADULT WHEELCHAIR USER WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER

URGENT PHOTO CASTING

We are looking for:

• One ADULT wheelchair user and ONE friend or family member. Looking for ADULTS

We are not looking for an actor to play this role. The client requires that they are an actual wheelchair user.

They should be ok with going on a ride. The ride is designed to accommodate people in a wheelchair comfortably.

No acting experience is necessary.

NON-SPEAKING ROLE

Films in Orlando.

Must live in Florida

Rate: If cast, you will be paid $800 per person for one day of filming.

Must be available on May 19th to film in Orlando.

We are looking nationwide for:

• REAL INVISALIGN PATIENTS whose lives have been transformed by their NEW SMILES!

We’re not just looking for people with flawless smiles. We are searching for individuals from all walks of life who are REAL INVISALIGN PATIENTS and reached a significant milestone with the help of their newfound confidence and smile.

All participants must have completed their invisalign treatment within the past two years or must currently be in treatment.

All participants must live & be able to legally work in the united states. No exceptions.

This project shoots in Los Angeles, CA.

Non-California residents will be flown to LA to film if selected.

Examples of real stories we’re open but not limited to:

• – Someone who lived with a speech impediment prior to their Invisalign treatment and now has the confidence to speak up, maybe even in public
• – A couple who fixed their smile together before their wedding day
• – A parent who fixed their teeth at the same time as their teenage son or daughter
• – a Content Creator who elevated their online presence after finding the confidence to smile on-camera
• – Someone who wanted to fix their smile before returning to the office post-pandemic
• – Someone who was self-conscious about turning on their camera for virtual work meetings
• – An entrepreneur who reinvented themselves thanks to the confidence their new smile gifted them
• – A teacher or public speaker who got a significant confidence boost now that they are no longer worried about their smile when commanding a room
• – Someone who gained the confidence to go on dating apps after changing their smile
• – Someone who met their now-significant-other shortly after completing their Invisalign treatment
• – Someone who is in the middle of their Invisalign treatment and is already seeing and feeling the rewards of their changing smile

COMPENSATION:

FOR NON-UNION, ON-CAMERA PRINCIPALS

SESSION: $500.00 + 20% agent fee (if applicable) per shoot day. One-time fee covers all services and/or roles performed during the 10 hr. work day (excluding up to 1 hr. meal break). Overtime, if any will be paid @ $75.00 + 20% per hr. or fraction thereof after the initial 10 hrs.

WARDROBE FITTING: $75.00 + 20% agent fee (if applicable) covers all wardrobe fitting time for shoot

TRAVEL: $250.00 + 20% agent fee (if applicable) per travel day, if needed.

BUYOUT: $3,500.00 + 20% agent fee (if applicable) – Fee covers use of unlimited creative in all forms, of moving media, including, broadcast, digital, screen-grabs, behind-the-scenes, Industrial, worldwide, one year from the first public use date. Fee payable within 30 days from the first public use of any creative and provided the talent is fully recognizable in the final creative and if any such creative is used.

USAGE RENEWAL OPTIONS: 2x additional (1 year) renewals with 10% increase from the previous terms usage buyout. Usage renewal fee payable within 30 days from the start of the renewal term.

NON-Speaking/NON-Union Roles for Commercial:

• Females & Males 25–55 years old for this local Chicago NON-union commercial. 
• You need to be NON-union. 
• Need to have availability from June 1st to June 5th. 

Rate of Pay: $150 for up to 8 hours, plus time and one-half OT

Specs: Male & Female/25–55 years old

Location: Chicago, Illinois

• A couple of construction workers
• A couple of retail employees and
• 10 Call Center Reps. 

A few will be cast for a line at a higher rate of $500. If you are ONLY interested in the $500 speaking role, please indicate in your email if you speak Spanish. That is necessary in this commercial.

For these two roles, it is possible they will not film in Chicago, but Monee Illinois (southern suburb). You need to have reliable transportation to drive there or live close by.

These are very featured (most likely non-speaking):

• model type / 25-35-year-old
• Female

To play RACE CAR DRIVER, $700

• Looking out the window and getting out of the car
• Dark Hair/lighter skinned / 25-40 years old

Female Rodeo Truck Driver (Chara) pulling the horse trailer

• $500 (she will be smiling through her truck window)
• Dark Hair/lighter skinned / 25–40 years old

NON-union commercial. You need to be NON-union. 

Location: most likely MONEE, Illinois

STILL LOOKING –

• A South Asian Mom and Child duo in the GTA.

Mom should be approx. 30 to 40 years of age.

Her Child should be approx. 7 to 12 years old.

It’s fine if you have more than one child, but we only need you to apply with one of them.

Any gender.

This is for a banking campaign.

Pay is $1,500.00 each if selected.

Deadline to submit is May 19 at 10am.

CALLING ALL RAPTORS FANS AND BALLERS FROM THE 6ix! 

Seeking:

• Basketball players
• Ages 18-35 to participate in a content series/skills competition, “6IX BOROUGHS SKILLS COMPETITION”

If you’re a passionate Raptors fan and have sick skills when it comes to ball – we want to hear from you!

We’ll be selecting one baller from each of the 6 Boroughs. Selected participants will take part in a one-day skills competition.

All participants are to receive $500/day for their time. The overall winner of the skills competition will receive a Raptors prize pack and an (unofficial) endorsement deal with a sports hydration company!

SHOOT DATE: The shoot will take place on June 23 or 24, 2023 in Toronto, ON.

This is a non-union project and no prior acting experience is necessary.

CASTING CALL

For an upcoming TVC, we are looking for:

• Bengali-speaking kids from INDIA and BANGLADESH.
• Kids who can pick up Bengali language for the audition are also welcome

Kid Boy [6-8 years old]