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Workshop Guidelines

The Casting Directors' Guild amended guidelines in 2015 for casting workshop producers and members. The guidelines specify conditions like limiting participant numbers, providing information to casting directors, negotiating fees, and obtaining permission before recording. Casting directors must provide educational instruction and critiques, while making clear the workshops are not auditions or guarantees of employment. All parties must post and agree to disclaimers stating the educational purpose of workshops.

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Workshop Guidelines

The Casting Directors' Guild amended guidelines in 2015 for casting workshop producers and members. The guidelines specify conditions like limiting participant numbers, providing information to casting directors, negotiating fees, and obtaining permission before recording. Casting directors must provide educational instruction and critiques, while making clear the workshops are not auditions or guarantees of employment. All parties must post and agree to disclaimers stating the educational purpose of workshops.

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CASTING DIRECTORS' GUILD

WORKSHOP GUIDELINES amended 2015


Use of the Guidelines is for guidance only and does not constitute
endorsement of any specific workshop

Conditions for Workshop Producers

1. The Workshop Producer will limit the number of participants:

To the time available - to ensure that individuals can get a fair amount of
attention.
To the suitability of the premises - to ensure that participants are not
working in cramped or uncomfortable conditions.

2. The Workshop Producer shall provide the CDG Member with the
following information:

The name(s) of the owners and staff of the workshop.


A representative list of prior instructors.
The charge to the actors for the workshop.
A list of attendees in advance of the workshop.

3. Casting Director Fees


All fees are negotiable, however, they should be based on remuneration
for time commitment and expenses incurred.
They should not be so excessively high as to impact on the affordability
for attendees.

4. Video
If a Workshop Producer desires that a session be recorded the
Workshop Producer must agree in advance with the CDG Member the
filming and usage plans.
The Workshop Producer must obtain written permission from the Casting
Director and all participants for recording to take place.

The Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain & Ireland, PO BOX 9 , London, SW 0 AW
020 8543 9820 | [email protected] | www.thecdg.co.uk
5. Workshop Producers shall list the following information about each
Casting Director conducting a Casting Workshop whenever the Casting
Director’s name is used in any promotional material (e. g.
advertisements, websites) regarding the workshop:

Name/professional affiliation (CDG).


Current title, office. (as applicable).
Representative past credits and current credits (as applicable).
Casting experience (number of years and when) (as applicable).

Workshop producers must ensure any promotional material, including


graphics, credits etc should accurately reflect the Casting Directors’ role
on the project mentioned ie if the Casting Director worked as an
Associate on a particular project, rather than as Casting Director,
permission must be sought from the original CD.

6. The Workshop Producer shall not represent in any manner, either singly
or collectively, in advertising or otherwise:-

That their attendees have been successful in gaining auditions,


interviews or employment as a result of meeting a Casting Director
through a workshop.
That certain Casting Directors have a preference for hiring or
interviewing attendees at a particular workshop.
That the workshop has a purpose other than an educational one.

CDG Members will

1. Agree with the Workshop Producer in advance the format of the


workshop.

2. Supply script pages as required, either at the session or emailed in


advance (unless the actors are to do their own prepared pieces).

3. Provide a traditional workshop which is likely to cover most of the


following:

 A reading of the Disclaimer (see below) plus any Q&A's.


 If reading is included in the workshop, the Casting Director will
provide individual critiques, performance adjustments and/or

The Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain & Ireland, PO BOX 9 , London, SW 0 AW
020 8543 9820 | [email protected] | www.thecdg.co.uk


feedback. This critique and feedback being of more than a
superficial nature.
 Audition techniques.
 The business of Acting.
 Office etiquette.
 Demystifying the audition process.
 How casting procedures can differ between Film, Television,
Theatre, Commercials, at home and abroad etc.
 General advice on seeking representation.
 Open forum Q and A.
 General industry trends in casting.
 Review of Photo's and C.V.'s.

4. The CD must advise at the start of the workshop that they will not be
taking any student/actors CV or headshots, business cards, showreels,
DVD, other electronic media, other promotional material, or any links.

All promotional material may be provided for use during the workshop
only and must be returned to the student/actor at the conclusion of the
workshop.

5. CDG Members will not use workshops to conduct auditions or job


interviews.
If it appears that the purpose of the workshop may be for the casting of
some or all of the participants, rather than for instruction, the Workshop
Producer is free to cancel the session and refund any fees paid by the
participants.

Disclaimers

1. The Workshop Producer must include the following Disclaimer in all their
advertising be it on their website or paid advertising and have them
clearly displayed on their website where actors enrol. The Casting
Director will read the following Disclaimer at the beginning of the
Workshop:

The Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain & Ireland, PO BOX 9 , London, SW 0 AW
020 8543 9820 | [email protected] | www.thecdg.co.uk
“The intent of the workshop is educational and should not be
considered a job interview or audition.
Attending workshops is not a way to obtain employment
as an actor. It is a learning / educational experience. The
presence of a Casting Director is neither a guarantee nor a
promise of employment. Contact with a Casting Director at a
workshop rarely results in any further contact with that Casting
Director or any company affiliated with that Casting Director."

2. Actors signing up for a workshop accept the following disclaimer:

"I understand that the presence of a Casting Director is


absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment. I further
understand that the intent of this class is
solely educational and not a form of job interview or audition."

3. The Workshop Producer shall post these Guidelines in plain view at its
premises where they can be easily read by workshop participants.

4. Adhering to the CDG workshop guidelines does not permit the use of the
CDG logo on any materials including websites

The Casting Directors’ Guild of Great Britain & Ireland, PO BOX 9 , London, SW 0 AW
020 8543 9820 | [email protected] | www.thecdg.co.uk

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