Ryan is a freelance film and video producer and casting director that has been working in the Detroit area since 1996.

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Casting Call: Music Video Extras Needed in Detroit Area</strong></p>
<p><strong>Job Description:</strong> We are excited to announce a casting call for a diverse group of 7 individuals to join us as Extras in an upcoming music video shoot in Detroit. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a creative and dynamic project, and experience the thrill of a professional music video set.</p>
<p><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Participate as an Extra in the music video, following the director's instructions.</li>
<li>Be present and ready for various scenes throughout the shoot day.</li>
<li>Interact with other cast members and crew in a professional and respectful manner.</li>
<li>Adhere to the schedule and be available for the entire duration of the shoot.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Must be 18 years of age or older.</li>
<li>Must be a legal resident of the United States.</li>
<li>Reside within a reasonable distance from Detroit, MI. Please note that no travel expenses will be covered.</li>
<li>Must have your own black suit (including jacket, pants, and shoes) and a white dress shirt. Production will provide ties.</li>
<li>Availability must be 100% for the entire day on Dec 12th, 2023. Exact shoot times are to be determined.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Compensation:</strong> $500 for the shoot</p>

$500/Day Music Video Detroit Casting Call

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<div dir="auto">SIX WINERY EXTRAS NEEDED IN SAUGATUCK, MI ON SEPT 15th!</div>
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<div dir="auto">SAG-AFTRA BG Rate ($427.30 / 8 hours)</div>
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<div dir="auto">Open to SAG members and non-union applicants.</div>
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<div dir="auto"><strong>Michigan residents ONLY,</strong> please!</div>
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<div dir="auto">MUST EITHER BE LOCAL TO SAUGATUCK, OR WILLING TO WORK AS A LOCAL (cover any of your own travel expenses).</div>
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<div dir="auto">Bonus points if you actually live there, so tell me if you do!</div>
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Winery Commercial Casting Call for Extras

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<div dir="auto">feature film <strong>FLINT STRONG</strong> needs <strong>8 MORE EXTRAS</strong> for Saturday, July 23rd, afternoon in Flint, MI!</div>
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<div dir="auto"><strong>Rate</strong>: $15/hr with a 5hr guarantee (At least $75 total, even if they only have you work 2 hrs).</div>
<div dir="auto">Also need to be available for production provided COVID PCR testing on Friday the 22nd.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Looking for:</div>
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<li dir="auto">1 woman with x2 kids playing w/water balloons (6-13ish years old)</li>
<li dir="auto">1 - older woman (60ish+)</li>
<li dir="auto">3 - men, similar to this posts' pics</li>
<li dir="auto">1 - man a little older</li>
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Flint Strong' Extras Casting Call

<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Production Title: Commercial Casting Call</span></strong></h2>
<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Job Description:&nbsp;</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Casting directors are now casting real families to work on scenes filming somewhere in SE Michigan <strong>between Saturday, July 30th and Sunday, July 31st. </strong>Must be able to work from the said date.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Roles:&nbsp;</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">3 Family Members&nbsp;</span></strong>
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<li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Mom, Daughter (age 8-15), and Grandfather.</span></li>
<li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">They own a small family farm; the mom has taken it.</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li class="ql-indent-1"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Over since her father is aging and is teaching her daughter about taking care of the farm and honor<br /><br /></span></li>
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<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">1 Elderly Woman&nbsp;</span></strong>
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<li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Sweet woman who has been living with food insecurity. However, thanks to the community and the family-owned farm, she has fresh produce delivered to her door.<br /><br /></span></li>
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<li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Native American, </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Pacific Islander, Bi-Racial, Mediterranean (Basically, not obviously white or black.) for all four roles.</span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Covid Test: TBD</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Usage</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">: Events/web/digital global &ndash; 2 years</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Rate:&nbsp;</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Pay is $637.50 per person + $637.50 usage (if they use the footage) net payments</span></p>

$1275/Person Commercial Casting Call for Families

<h2 style="text-align: center;">STEALING JOKES - WEEK THREE</h2>
<p><br />About 15 Extras will be needed in the Detroit area over the week of April 25-29, 2022!<br />General Extras rate is $150/10hrs.<br />Production provided COVID Testing details will be sent to those selected as Extras.<br />Here are the role descriptions for week three:<br />(All roles are open to all ethnicities. MUST BE 18+)<br />SAKSEY&rsquo;S (CLUB) PATRONS<br />SAKSEY&rsquo;S STAFF<br />KITCHEN STAFF<br />BOUNCER (Big Dude)<br />PHOTOGRAPHER<br />WOMAN (25-ish years old)</p>

'Stealing Jokes' Casting Extras

<h2 style="text-align: center;">STEALING JOKES Casting Call</h2>
<p><br />About 85 Extras will be needed in the Detroit area over the week!<br />General Extras rate is $150/10hrs.<br />Production provided COVID Testing for Monday will be this Friday or Saturday morning in Ferndale. <br /><br />Specific details will be sent to those selected as Extras.<br />Here are the role descriptions for week two:<br /><br />(All roles are open to all ethnicities, unless otherwise specified)<br /><br />PRISON INMATES, GUARDS, &amp; SERVERS - MEN - 20-50ish<br />JACK CROWD, STAFF, STAGEHANDS - People of all kinds - 21-45ish<br />TONY'S FRIEND - African American - MALE - 20's<br />MARTIN CREW - Hispanic - MALE - 20's<br />TRAY HOMIE - African American - MALE - 20's-30's</p>

<h3 class="p1">TWO PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A HEALTH CARE COMMERCIAL TEST SHOOT IN THE DETROIT AREA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH!!</h3>
<p class="p1">The rate for this project is $250 for 8 hours or less.</p>
<p class="p1">This video will be for internal agency use only. If the test is a success, they will come back and shoot the actual commercial(s) sometime in the future.</p>
<p class="p1">Here are the role descriptions I was given:</p>
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<li class="p1">Carlos &ndash; Latino, 62-ish, mustache, middle build (Construction Malfunction)</li>
<li class="p1">Debra &ndash; Mediterranean, 56-ish, middle build, shorter hair (Painful Peel)</li>
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$250/Day Health Care Commercial Test Shoot

<p class="p1">FOUR PEOPLE NEEDED FOR A HEALTH CARE COMMERCIAL TEST SHOOT IN THE DETROIT AREA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH!!</p>
<p class="p1">The rate for this project is $250 for 8 hours or less.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p1">This video will be for internal agency use only. If the test is a success, they will come back and shoot the actual commercial(s) sometime in the future.</p>
<p class="p1">Here are the role descriptions I was given:</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Carlos</strong> &ndash; Latino, 62-ish, mustache, middle build (Construction Malfunction)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Debra</strong> &ndash; Mediterranean, 56-ish, middle build, shorter hair (Painful Peel)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Gerald</strong> &ndash; African American, 55-ish, middle build (Wake-up Call)</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>Steve</strong> &ndash; Anglo, 45-ish, middle build (Coffer Catcher)</p>

$250 Health Care Commercial Test Shoot

<h3 class="p1" style="text-align: center;"><em>Stealing Jokes&nbsp;</em>Extras Casting Call</h3>
<p class="p1">STEALING JOKES will need about 200 Extras total, spread over the 4 week shoot in and around Detroit, starting April 11th, 2022.</p>
<p class="p1">The rate for General Extras this time is $120/8hrs ($15/hr).</p>
<p class="p1">About a dozen Featured Extras will also be needed. The rate for Featured Extras is $500/12hrs.</p>
<p class="p1">Please see below for General and Featured Extras role example descriptions.</p>
<p class="p1">All roles are currently 18 and over only.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p1">All Extras roles are non-union, but the production is SAG, so SAG COVID protocols will be followed. (Testing (production provided) will be required prior to filming days.)</p>
<p class="p1">Must be local to the SE Michigan area, or willing to pay for your own travel costs for testing and shoot dates.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>GENERAL EXTRAS role examples (most will only work 1 day):</strong></p>
<ul>
<li class="p1">Comedy Club Patrons</li>
<li class="p1">Comedy Club Staff</li>
<li class="p1">Prison Inmates</li>
<li class="p1">Prison Guards</li>
<li class="p1">Coney Patrons</li>
<li class="p1">Armed Thugs</li>
<li class="p1">Teen Daughters (young looking 18+)</li>
<li class="p1">Comedy MC</li>
<li class="p1">Merch Staff</li>
<li class="p1">Detective's Wife</li>
<li class="p1">Barber</li>
<li class="p1">Barber Patron</li>
<li class="p1">FEATURED EXTRAS role examples (most will work 2 to 4 days):</li>
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<p class="p1"><strong>Twerking Hype Girls</strong></p>
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<li class="p1">Bikini Clad Girl<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li class="p1">Stripper (female, not nude)</li>
<li class="p1">Donny's Groupie Girls</li>
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'Stealing Jokes' Extras Casting Call

<p class="p1">A Health Care commercial filming in Detroit, MI on Dec. 2nd or 3rd, 2021 is looking for 5 people!</p>
<p class="p1">They need 4 Principals (Rate: $900) and 1 Extra (Rate: $200).</p>
<p class="p1">The Principal Roles are:</p>
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<li class="p1">1 Black Mother (Mid 50s)</li>
<li class="p1">1 Black Adult Daughter (30ish)</li>
<li class="p1">1 White Woman (Mid 50s)</li>
<li class="p1">1 White Man (Mid 50s-60s)</li>
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<p class="p1">The Extra Role is:</p>
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<li class="p1">1 Male Priest (Mid 30s-50s, any race)</li>
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<p class="p1">COVID testing will be required prior to filming, regardless of vaccination status. Testing will either be provided by production, or they will reimburse for testing costs.</p>

'Stealing Jokes' Casting Extras in Michigan by Ryan Hill Casting

STEALING JOKES Casting Call

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