In an effort to better facilitate the education of effective casting, and to help students connect with talented, trained professional actors who would like to participate in their films; the Film and Mass Media Program at the UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media has partnered with Truthful Acting Studios to host a General Casting Call every Fall semester. Actors will have the chance to submit auditions for dozens of student directors with films heading into production; students will be able to participate in casting sessions and apply directing techniques under guidance from UCF faculty and Truthful Acting Studios. UCF Film is excited to offer this annual event to enhance the relationship between its student filmmakers and Central Florida area actors.
We will be conducting a limited casting session with individuals in person. Each audition will be comprised of a cold reading, feedback, and directional adjustments. We are initially asking interested actors to record and submit a scene with the provided scripts. These video submissions will be evaluated, and a selection of actors will be chosen to participate in a casting session with faculty and students.
Student filmmakers looking for information on how to participate in this event should visit the student-facing event page.
The event itself is taking place on Saturday, October 5th, 2024, between Noon – 4pm. Please hold this date and time period in case you are selected to participate.
It will be hosted in-person on the UCF Main Campus. Additional details will be provided if you are selected to participate.
Please record and submit a video of yourself performing one of the provided scenes by 11:59pm on Wednesday, September 18th by using the General Casting Call Submission Form below. Submissions will be evaluated, and a group of actors will be chosen to participate in an in-person casting session with our faculty and students. Notifications will be sent out by Wednesday, September 25th Friday, September 27th.
Script Sides:
Adults and teenagers must use the sides provided below in their video submissions. Kids, age 11 and under, should use the monologue script.
Video Specifications:
Video submissions should be titled with “General Casting Call 2024 Submission” and include your first and last name. Please refrain from putting “UCF” or “UCF Film” into the video’s title. It should be no longer than 5 minutes in length. Please uploaded to a video hosting service such as YouTube or Vimeo. You are welcome to set the video to private, just make sure you have provided us with a functional link.
General Casting Call Submission Form:
Please fill out the submission form and follow the prompts to provide us with your information and video monologue. Once completed you will be entered into our UCF Film/TV Casting Database. You will be in consideration for our General Casting Call event as well as be accessible to our student filmmakers who are casting for projects going into production this academic year.
Please make sure you have your video recovered, hosted and link ready to copy and paste into the form before starting.
Submissions open at Noon on Friday, September 6th.
You will be notified via email whether or not you have been selected to actively participate in the General Casting Call event. If selected, details regarding what specific time you’ll be participating at, script materials, and other important event information will be included.
All submissions are entered in to our casting database and actors who submitted information will still be in consideration for upcoming productions. Our student filmmakers hold individual auditions for their projects. Often they will reach out and invite actors who have listed themselves in our database.
