Cast management software with a built-in self-tape portal.
Roster, deal memos, availability and character bibles, pre-populated from your script. A built-in casting portal lets actors self-tape from a phone, with sides side-by-side for review.
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What's inside Cast
Cast management with a self-tape portal.
- Auto-extracted character list from your screenplay
- Actor profiles with headshots, reels, conflicts, and rate cards
- Availability calendar that flags double-bookings
- Continuity photos and wardrobe notes per scene
- Casting Portal - actors upload self-tapes from a unique link with the side attached
- Compliance vault - work permits, visas, COIs with a 30/14/7/1-day expiry ladder
- Child performer protection - work-hours tracker with jurisdiction-banded limits
- Talent work history - link a performer's profile across every production you run
- Voice memos - hear any character's lines in 11 production-grade TTS voices
- One-tap sides generation for any scene or day
- Deal memos and SAG-compatible paperwork fields
The pipeline
Where Cast sits in the production flow.
The casting room as a synchronised production app. Cast sits between the breakdown's character extraction and the call sheet's daily roster - every confirmed actor flows automatically to the daily call sheet with names, roles, and call times pre-filled. Deal-memo status flips cast availability. Costume defaults scaffold themselves in the wardrobe surface the moment a row is created.
Feeds downstream into
Inside the app
Every shipped feature, fully wired.
Each block below maps a real shipped capability to the workflow it powers. No vapourware, no coming-soon.
DollyAI™ in this app
AI commands wired into Cast.
A few of the 200+ DollyAI commands across the suite, here in Cast. Every one shows its credit cost before you commit, and every response is anchored in your real project - not a generic prompt.
Self-tape directions
3 crScene-specific tape directions: reader cues, mood beats, framing, character truth, what to avoid. Anchored in the actual script + role.
Conflict resolver
6 crReads cast availability across the schedule and proposes day-order shifts that resolve a double-booking.
Agent submission letter
3 crPersonalised pitch letter for a specific agent + actor + project. Honest, no fluff.
Rehearsal plan
3 crPer-scene rehearsal blocking + intent map for the director to share before the table read.
Audition monologue picks
3 crReads the character + script and surfaces 3-5 audition monologues from the canon that fit.
Character consistency
4 crCross-scene character drift check - flags moments where a character's voice or arc breaks.
Voice + speech profile
3 crPer-character voice ID - pace, register, idioms - for casting briefs + TTS voice matching.
Intro critique
3 crSelf-tape introduction critique focused on confidence + clarity, written for the actor solo.
Casting archetypes
4 crMaps character to canonical archetype + 5 reference performances + 3 working actors who fit.
Character TTS read-through
1 crPer-row TTS in any of 9 professional voices - dialogue read at performance pace.
Talks to every app
Cast reads + writes to the same project file.
No re-entry, no copy-paste, no out-of-sync versions. Every connection below is a live data path in the running product.
Breakdown
Breakdown extracts characters and autoseeds them into the Cast app the moment a script is broken down - no manual roster setup.
Script
Script-aware AI actions read your real screenplay for tape directions, consistency checks, voice profiles.
Call Sheet
Confirmed cast flows into the daily call sheet with names, roles, call times pre-filled. Persistence is real.
Diary
Cast attendance pre-populates the Diary's daily shoot-day entry - script supervisor walks in with the cast list already loaded.
Budget
Deal-memo status feeds cast department lines on the budget; rate-cards roll up to actuals via SAG fringe engine.
Frequently asked
Common questions about Cast.
Can talent record self-tapes without an account?
Yes. Every cast member gets a one-link Casting Portal page on their phone - they record the self-tape inline (front camera, with the side displayed alongside), and the video lands in your casting director's review queue with the side attached. No signup required.
Does the AI self-tape review work for child actors?
No - by design. Child-actor uploads automatically skip the AI Vision pass. The system enforces the child-actor protocol - guardian fields, mandatory protocol acknowledgement, AI processing gates, restricted export - at the database layer before any AI feature touches the record.
Can I export deal memos to my legal team?
Yes. Talent release forms, deal memos, and the full paperwork pack export as PDFs with production name + talent name + role + clauses pre-filled. Every form carries a clear NotLegalAdvice banner - bring the form to a lawyer for your specific jurisdiction.
Does Cast track stunt doubles?
Yes. Cast members carry a role tier (principal, supporting, featured, background, stunt, stunt-double, voice-only). Stunt doubles can link directly to the principal they're doubling for. The Day-Out-Of-Days, scheduling, and budget surfaces all read the role tier so a background actor never gets accidentally treated like a series regular.
How does cast availability sync to the schedule?
The Availability tab renders a per-cast-member calendar with five states (Available / Hold / Unavailable / Shoot Day / Not Set). Click any cell to cycle status. Conflicts surface on the producer dashboard. Import an actor's ICS calendar at the top of the Heatmap and the green / red cells populate themselves.
Is the AI self-tape feedback for the actor or the casting director?
Written for the actor to read solo. The notes cover framing, lighting, delivery, character truth, and what to avoid - phrased as direction, not assessment. Cached for 24 hours so re-listens are free.
The Promise
Cast is on every tier.
No locked features, no Pro-only exports, no surprise paywalls. Every Cast tool on this page ships on every plan - Hobbyist to Enterprise.