Screen Audience Research International Website Casting Call
Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Web series
We are SARI (Screen Audience Research International), a global film research company specializing in both entertainment industry insights and story development insights.
Currently we are casting for a series of videos that will be used on our website. The aim is to capture normal viewing habits in a variety of scenarios, taking place in either a house, cinema or outdoors. No speaking will be required and minimal acting. Listed below are the number of roles we’re recruiting for and all ethnicities welcome to apply.
You will be needed for about 2 hours and will be compensated for your time. Snacks and drinks provided. Dates are still TBD, but we plan to shoot the week of March 19th.
Please email daisy@screenaudienceresearch.com with a recent headshot or photo(s) of yourself if you are interested in being a part of this project.
HOUSE:
Family: 1 male, 1 female 30s-40s, 2 children 5-10years
Solo: 1 female 10-15 years old
Grandson/Grandma: 1 male 6-10 years old, 1 female late 60s-70s
Solo: 1 female early 20s-mid 20s
Solo: 1 male early 20s-mid 20s
Couple: 2 males late 30s-40s
CINEMA:
Friends: 4 female, late 20s-30s
Couple: 1 female, 1 male 60s-70s
Family, 1 female late 20s-30s, 1 male/female 5-10 years old
Couple, 1 male 1 female 13-17 years old
OUTSIDE:
Solo: 1 female, late 20s-30s
Solo: 1 female, 5-7 years old
Payment: Paid
City or Location of call: San Francisco, CA
Please submit to: daisy@screenaudienceresearch.com
This casting notice was posted by: Daisy Dai, Screen Audience Research International, Audience Researcher
Wow, how offensive! I’m 52, and my age group is not included in any of your “research” groups. I guess my opinion doesn’t matter. Nice.
That’s not the case with research groups or castings. Research groups target specific demographics and recruit people in those demographics. For example a juniors clothing line would want people 14 to 27. A child’s toy company would want kids. A healthcare product used by seniors would want seniors. The companies are simply looking for people that represent what they are selling.
I once got completely ripped in comments over a family casting call which included a free vacation. The casting was specifically for a family with 2 kids of a certain ethnicity. What everyone who was offended missed was the fact that the casting was for a final category and the company had published countless casting calls for the same project. The original casting was looking for families of all types including adopted kids, blended families, single parents, mixed ethnicity, same sex couples, and all ethnicities of all ages. The one that people found offensive was specifically to fill the last spot.
Casting directors put out calls for people they are STILL trying to get often times because the rest have been cast. If I needed a group of people of all ages and ethnicities and had already cast ages 5 to 10, 11 to 18, 20 to 35, 50 to 65, 65+…. I would put out a casting for only what I needed so people do not waste their time applying for filled roles.