Using Showreels to Find Talent

Tap Showreels in the menu to watch short videos of performers acting Castkro audition scripts. Open a script to compare everyone who performed the same piece, then tap a performer's name to go to their profile, where you can invite or message them.

What Showreels are

Performers pick an audition script from Castkro's library, such as a monologue, a scene or a commercial, record themselves performing it, and publish it. Each video becomes part of their profile. Castkro also runs Showreel Challenges around particular scripts.

For you, it is a way to see whether someone can act, rather than reading a credits list that says they can. Showreels are not a casting system: casting directors cannot post scripts or run challenges, and recording is for talent accounts. To collect tapes for a real role, use a casting call. See Asking for a Self-Tape With Your Role.

Step 1: Open Showreels

Tap Showreels in the menu. The page shows Open challenges, Audition scripts to record and Latest showreels. Tap See all showreels for the full list, newest first.

Use the language links near the top to narrow everything to one language, such as Hindi.

Step 2: Compare performers on the same script

This is the most useful view for casting, because everyone is working from the same words.

1. Tap Browse scripts, or All scripts.
2. Filter by Format or Genre if you want, for example Monologue.
3. Open a script. Under the text and How to play it, Performances of this script shows every public recording of it, with the most voted first.

Step 3: Read a showreel card

Each card shows the video, the script it performs (or the performer's own title for a showreel that is not from a script), the performer's name, the length in seconds, and the vote count. A card from a challenge also names the challenge.

Tap the performer's name to open their profile.

Step 4: Go from a showreel to casting

On the performer's profile, a Performances section shows their videos, with a link beside it to see more. From the same profile you can:

• Tap Invite to apply to invite them to a role. See How to Invite Talent to Apply.
• Tap Message to start a conversation.
• Unlock their phone or email from the Contact panel.

Who you will not see on Showreels

• Performers under 18. Their videos are never shown publicly on Showreels, on challenges, or on their profile, whatever their guardian chooses.
• Performers who have hidden their profile, or whose account is suspended or deactivated.
• Videos a performer kept private, or that Castkro has taken down.

So Showreels show fewer people than Find Talent. Use them to judge people you are already interested in, and Find Talent to search widely.

FAQ

Can I run my own challenge to find talent?

No. Showreel Challenges are run by Castkro only. To see several performers read for your project, post a casting call and describe the tape you want in the role.

Can I record a showreel?

Recording is for talent accounts, and the Showreels link in a casting director's menu opens the watching side only. A casting director account that reaches the recorder is shown Showreels are for talent accounts, with a Watch showreels button.

Does watching a showreel cost credits?

No. Watching is free. Credits are only used when you unlock a performer's phone or email.

Can I vote?

Voting is open to signed-in viewers on challenge entries while the challenge's voting is open, except on your own entry. Votes do not affect your casting calls.

How long are showreels?

Short: 5 to 120 seconds. Each script suggests a length, and each challenge sets a maximum, shown as Length on the challenge page.