How to Use Showreels to Get Noticed

On Showreels you pick an audition script, record yourself performing it, and upload the take. A public take appears on your profile and on Showreels, so a casting director can watch you act instead of reading a list of credits. Showreel Challenges add an audience, votes and Star Score points.

Showreels are not a way to apply for a role. To be considered for a part, apply to a casting call.

Before you start

• A performer profile. Casting director accounts can watch showreels but cannot record them.
• A phone or camera. A take is 5 to 120 seconds long, as an MP4 or MOV file. The recording page shows the size limit, which is normally 100 MB, and a challenge can set a shorter length.
• A quiet, well-lit space. Face a window, keep the camera at eye level, and record in landscape or portrait, whichever suits the scene.

Record an audition script

1. Open Showreels and tap Browse scripts.
2. Pick a script, for example a short Hindi monologue, and read it through.
3. Tap Perform this script. The recording page opens with Your script on it.
4. Under Your performance, tap Choose your take. On a phone you can record straight from the camera, or pick a video you have already shot.
5. Watch the preview. If it is not the one, tap Choose a different take.
6. Under Who can see this, choose who can watch it (see the table below).
7. In Note (optional), add anything a casting director should know, for example Second take, performed in Hindi with a Lucknow accent.
8. Tap Save to my showreel.

Your take uploads, and you land on My Showreel. We check its length and format after the upload, and the result shows there.

If your take is shorter or longer than the script usually runs, the page says so, for example That take runs 1:40, which is longer than this script usually takes (0:45). You can still submit it. Only a take outside the 5 to 120 second range, or over the size limit, is refused.

Who can see a take

A new take starts as Private unless you are entering a challenge. You can change it later on My Showreel: pick Public, Unlisted or Private next to the take and tap Save.

Enter a Showreel Challenge

Showreel Challenges are run by Castkro. Each one has a script or a prompt, a closing date and its own rules.

1. Open Showreels and tap a challenge under Open challenges.
2. Read the rules and the length it allows.
3. Tap Enter this challenge. The recording page shows Entries close with the date.
4. Choose your take and add a note, as above. A challenge entry starts as Public.
5. Tap Enter challenge.

When the challenge closes, entries are ranked by votes. Only public entries that have not been taken down take part. Winners earn trophies and Star Score points, and every other public entry earns points for taking part. See how the Star Score and trophies work.

How voting works

• Anyone signed in to Castkro can vote, once per entry.
• You cannot vote for your own entry.
• Private practice takes are not voted on.
• Votes stop when the challenge's voting closes.

Manage your showreel

Open My Showreel from the menu to see everything you have recorded, public or not. Each take shows whether it is On your profile or Only you can see this.

• Change who can see it with the menu and Save.
• Take it down with Withdraw this video. Tap it, then tap Tap again to withdraw to confirm.

A take that breaks the rules can be removed by our team, and then shows Removed by moderation.

FAQ

Can a casting director see my showreel?

Yes, if the take is Public and your profile is public. It appears on your profile and on Showreels. If you make your profile private, your takes leave the public Showreels lists too.

My take was refused. Why?

It is shorter than 5 seconds, longer than 120 seconds (or the challenge's limit), larger than the size limit shown on the page, or not an MP4 or MOV video. The message under your take says which.

Can I record something that is not a script from Castkro?

Often, yes. Tap Add a showreel in the menu, or open the recording options. If you see Something else, choose Perform your own material and tap Record.

Does a take count towards my portfolio video limit?

No. Showreel takes are separate from the YouTube videos in your portfolio and have their own limits.

Somebody reported my take. Will it be taken down?

Not automatically. Reports send it for a person on our team to look at, and it stays up while they do. It only comes down if they decide it breaks the rules.