Both videos were invaluable. Super helpful and eye opening. One question I don’t think was covered: what is the cost of a casting director? Is it per day thing or flat fee (I imagine flat fee is best). How much should we budget for a casting director, ballpark? (If giving a number like $5k is tough, about what percentage of the production budget should we put to a casting director?)
Thanks for watching! We're glad you enjoyed it! Typically, casting directors are based on a day-rate, which can often vary quite a bit depending on the budget of the movie. For example, for no-budget indie-films, a casting director can make as little as $100 a day, to larger productions making $1,000 a day or more. The cost of a casting director is not typically done based on the budget of the movie, as certain movies with an incredibly high budget may have a very small cast, while a low-budget movie may have an incredibly large cast; thus, it's determined on more of a per-job basis. We hope this was helpful!
@@IndieFilmCommunity Thanks for your reply! The first half was helpful. (The second half about “it depends” was less helpful. I found it kind of stated the obvious, was vague and not practical.) But the first part about the day rate was useful and specific. Thanks for that. Allow me to follow up on paying casting directors by a day rate: how many days (ball park) should we budget for a casting director? Thanks again for your reply. And to reiterate: your two-part series on a casting director was invaluable.
I’m not sure if you saw my follow up question in my reply. So I’ll ask the question again here. About how many days should we budget (ballpark) for a casting Director? Again you’re too part series on the casting Director was invaluable. Thank you for that.
Of course, we're happy to help! We're glad you're enjoying the series! That's a little bit of a difficult question, because it largely depends on the budget of your movie and the amount of casting required. However, one thing to note is that it's common for casting directors to be paid a flat fee per project or flat weekly rates as opposed to daily rates. For example, in a project with 6 months of pre-production, you may bring your casting directors on for 8 weeks leading up to the shoot, and they would be paid either a flat rate for the total eight weeks or a weekly rate. Hope this was helpful!
