 Hi, my name is Belkika and I'm an actress based out of California and today I'm going to share with you a big open casting call that I found through the Casting Society of America and I'm just excited for you to hopefully get an opportunity I wanted to make a video about it and tell you the importance of it because if you are newer to the industry or You saw it and you maybe don't know what it is. I just want to encourage you to do it So the Casting Society of America has opened up a global the whole world Anybody who identifies as Asian can submit to this casting call and they have Information on their Instagram and on their website I'm gonna link all of their information in the description and I'm also going to feature their channel at the end of this video So you can go to their YouTube channel and check out a bunch of interviews They've been doing they started their YouTube channel pretty recently I think because the latest the oldest videos just a few months old as of right now June 2021 interviews with actors and casting directors that were Asian on their YouTube channel talking about equity and Representation and they also had of course other people of color there Definitely recommend if you're an actor listen and watch a bunch of interviews with casting directors Backstage has some I'm just gonna leave another playlist a link to a playlist for interviews with casting directors because There are the people that help us get our jobs, right? They're the people that we need to be collaborating with and building relationships with and especially now We are so lucky to be able to do this online So this one in particular is going to be a self-tape audition request or a self-tape audition basically so Casting Society of America this morning announced that they're doing a big open casting call and You do have to use the link in their description, which again I will link everything in my description or sorry the link in their bio of their Instagram Definitely follow them on Instagram for future opportunity the Casting Society of America is not just in America There's also members from all over the world. It's the Casting Society is not a union. It's something that I learned about Recently it's a society. It's a group. It's a club. It's a group of people, you know that work in the casting world so casting directors and associates are part of the society and can become part of this society and it's essentially just a big group of people that come together and do beautiful things and Based off of their website and all of the information that I was able to gather It's a place where they can represent casting directors professionally and get good information and share things with each other and Right now it looks like they are trying to work to get more representation of people of color on film and TV Not only in this country, but every other country because although their name is Casting Society of America Apparently they have people from all over the world if you just want me to tell you like, okay So who's in it? Like at least tell me somebody that's in it Carmen, Carmen Cuba. Carmen Cuba She is a casting director of things like stranger things. I've talked about her before I've made a video about her She's in it. I got a car lahool who I have also talked about who did a lot of castings as well But a hintified narcos. There's just so many things that both of those women have done But they're just two of the members of the society. So It's it's a pretty, you know, big deal that the Casting Society of America is doing a big open casting call They did not say what they're going to do with these submissions But being that they have so many members and so many people that cast TV film You know online things theater all of that They are likely to look through a bunch of them filter them out and then share them In some kind of portal or share them with casting directors in general that are looking for, you know, specifically Asian actors And you know, what kind of Asian are they looking for Filipinos? Are they looking for people from? Southeast Asian so it's really cool that they are opening this up And so let me tell you a little bit about the information that they have on their Instagram and on their website Essentially, they are going to ask you to do a self-tape So I'm assuming they're going to give you some kind of sides or requests that you perform the sides that you want And they're going to also ask you a question about what visibility means to you as an Asian actor Asian American actor or whatever other kind of Asian that you might be which is really great because not only are you auditioning as an actor But you are sharing your beliefs and how you want to be represented It's really cool how they're opening up the doors to not only hear you as a performer see you as a performer But see what you are about and if you are passionate about your culture about representation Then you can show it in this tape in order to enter first You have to register with the link in their bio so on their Instagram bio There's a link you can go there and then it will take you through a registration process It'll ask you for contact information your name your location And then if you have any ADA Request any Modifications that you need them to do and then it says that after there They will send you the specific instructions within 48 hours so that you can submit to this self-tape So I'm not Asian American so I didn't go through that process But if you happen to have a YouTube channel you're an actor or you just want to document this I highly encourage you to document the process and share it with other Asian actors because this is giving you the Opportunity to get in front of other casting directors Big casting directors and again They didn't mention exactly how they're going to be using this information But being that it is such a big society and it's been around for something like 50 years 40 years something like 40 years You know they have a lot of members a lot of big members, so I highly encourage you to do this I have a lot of videos about self-tape auditions if you need help if you want to watch them I have playlists about self-tape auditions and For the questionnaire portion, I just encourage you to be honest if you aren't You know as crazy passionate about representation like what are you passionate about as being? Seen we all have different experiences don't feel shy about sharing your truth Because I know casting directors. That's what they want to see they want to see your acting abilities And then they want to see who you really are if you're going to be somebody who's They can trust to get the job done somebody who they can trust to be professional on set And this is open for both union and non-union actors If you don't know what that means don't worry about it Then you're not union but if you want to learn about at least sag after I also have videos about that If you do end up submitting to this open casting call, please let me know in the comments I would be so excited to know that some of you found out about it through me because I just want to give you information And you know allow you to be able to to do this because I I really like being an actress and it's super hard And if you're in it for the money girl get out of here Thank you so much for watching and like I said here is casting society of america's A youtube channel if you want to check out their conversations with actors and casting directors And at the end of every video I do feature another channel That's today's channel And if you would like to be featured on my next video make sure to subscribe like this video And leave me a comment about what your channel is about if you want me to say something about your channel