"For some actors, paying to get online may be more of a waste of money than a smart career move, said Sheila Manning, a casting director in Los Angeles. She said actors living outside the major entertainment centers had little chance of success online, especially for commercials, which are sometimes cast in a matter of hours.
"Clearly, I'm not going to call someone from Norman, Okla., because I have to see them the next day for an audition," Ms. Manning said. And online video clips are often not useful, she said, because they take too long to download and are too small on a computer screen to be of much use in judging whether an actor is right for a role.
"In the end, online casting can help only up to a point. While technology may help actors get auditions, they must, in the end, be able to impress producers in person, at auditions."
"Rob Ash, an actor from Sherman Oaks, Calif., who is a member of Castnet, has only modest expectations.
"He said electronic casting still needed to gain acceptance in the film and television industry before it would have much effect on his career, which has been fairly limited..."
Talking about Castnet.com the subsidiary of the company that is suppose to merge with MVEE
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