Casting....

It's amazing to me how all of the little parts of film that it takes to make a film don't mean anything to me until I imagine the film with out them.

For example: A casting director

This part of the business is a huge pain in the production binder. I mean this job is normally an entire department of it's own, that is usually sub-contracted by the film. Also this person, will sub-contract another company to take care of getting extra's needed for the film.

On an independent/short/student film with no money it falls to the director/producer/casting director/film student to do all of this and not suck at it.

First you have to have an idea of what roles you need to cast in three separate catagories.

One: Main Cast- usually should be the best talent you can get your hands on.
Two: Supporting Cast- same rule for main cast, but if that does not happen, it won't destroy your film.
Three: Extras-anybody who has a pulse, can stay quiet and do what they are told.(but be nice to them, if you don't have them your film will look stupid.)

More later, is now a thunderstorm and huge risk of a power failer so more later, maybe....