Some help needed...

[achildaiminghigh]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if any of you could help me...my dd has just discovered that one of her favourite books is being made into a film, and the main character in the book is a similiar age to her. She doesnt have an agent (though we are looking for a good one), but she really feels this part would be perfect for her! After looking on various websites etc. we know who the producer is...but what steps would we need to take? Because like most auditons I imagine this is only through agents, but I fear by the time we get an agent the casting would of been done! Please help us!! Thank you all

[AlexHL]

what book is it?

[Dwafffamily]

Yep, would help if we knew what book you were on about.

[Trundlemum]

Yeah, pretty sure someone on here will know who the casting I agent Is If you could just give us more info x

[achildaiminghigh]

The Glory by Lauren St John!

[achildaiminghigh]

Any help greatly appreciated!:))

[admin]

At the moment this project is slated as In Development and no casting director is attached. Its currently showing a 2017 release. There are limited details so until this project moves into In Production it is unlikely that more details are forthcoming.

[paulears]

It never hurts to approach a producer directly, even if the deal would go through an agent. Sending them a short scene from the book, could set a mental 'tick' - that they'd remember. It will be a one-shot approach, so do it well.

[achildaiminghigh]

It never hurts to approach a producer directly, even if the deal would go through an agent. Sending them a short scene from the book, could set a mental 'tick' - that they'd remember. It will be a one-shot approach, so do it well.

thank you paulears, but (sorry if this sounds completely dumb-newbie!) what do you mean by a short scene from the book? Do you mean act one out? Thank you so much:):)

[Irishdancer]

As long as the producer/casting director email address phone number and work address are easy to find on the net then you can contact them, if it's hard to find then they don't want to be contacted by just any one. So if you can easily find some where to contact the producer then do so if you have trouble finding contact details then that means they don't want to
be contacted and you could do more harm than good.

[achildaiminghigh]

As long as the producer/casting director email address phone number and work address are easy to find on the net then you can contact them, if it's hard to find then they don't want to be contacted by just any one. So if you can easily find some where to contact the producer then do so if you have trouble finding contact details then that means they don't want to
be contacted and you could do more harm than good.

Thank you Irishdancer, the contact details are not easy to find so I think I just will wait and see! Fingers crossed it will be an open casting! Thank you all for your help

[paulears]

Yep - if she's ideal for the part, then take a short section - do an appropriate costume and hair/makeup to suit and record her doing it. If you were the producer, and this appeared in your inbox - you'd have a look, wouldn't you? If it impresses, then it would be silly for him/her to ignore it?

There is one slight caveat. If you can't do it properly, don't do it at all, as a poor attempt will create totally the wrong impression.