What is eCaster?
	How do I post breakdowns online?
	How is eCaster different to other on-line casting systems?
	How much will it Cost me?
	What does the artist's portfolio contain?
	How do I join?
	How secure is eCaster?

What is eCaster?

Ecaster is an online casting system enabling you to completely manage your project. Prepare a project card and forward breakdowns/briefs to selected artists. Receive submissions from agents including artist's profiles and catalogue directly into the project. Promote artists through the audition, callback and job stages of the project that integrates to the relevant agents and artists systems for monitoring. Additionally the artists roster be can searched and viewed at any time and brought into the project and all the relevant advices to the agent dynamically carried out.

How do I post breakdowns online?

A major feature of eCaster is its ability to quickly and safely send your breakdowns/briefs to selected agents on the system. Simply fill in the relevant information about the project including the roles and character briefs. Select the agents from the list that you can filter based on their locations and type of artists they represent and submit. The system notifies the selected agents by email, fax, sms messaging and of course on the eCaster system. The system then catalogues the submissions that agents forward in response to your breakdown/brief. From here you can peruse and evaluate these submissions and select the artists to be promoted to audition level. The system automatically notifies the relevant agents of artists that they only represent that they have been promoted to audition level. They will also be notified of envisaged audition times which the agent co-ordinates with their artist and confirm their appointment on-line. Following the audition this process is repeated for callbacks and job bookings. All stages of this process are electronically and dynamically logged by the system and relevant notification issued to the relevant parties. This saves you time and telephone communication costs, eCaster does all this for you.

How is eCaster different to other on-line casting systems?

eCaster has advanced features that are not available in any other on-line casting system in Australia. These additional unique features include:

• A job management system which enables the Casting professional to track artists from submissions stage right through to job booking which includes each artists individual fee that you negotiated. Other systems stop at the pitching stage.
• The job card system maintains all relevant information about the project including:
  • Details about your client and the production crew.
  • Description of the project, breakdown information and scripts/sides.
  • Wardrobe, hair, make-up, location and travel details.
  • The agents and artists involved in the project and their relevant details.
  • Project notes for easy referencing.
• Once the job is completed use the accountant system to effectively and easily produce invoices to your client that integrates with your myob accounting system. In future system releases you will also be able to process artists' pays which enhances the services that you can offer your clients.
• A comprehensive reporting system to produce all relevant details relating to the project, artists and agent activity.
• And many more additional benefits...

How much will it cost me?

The complete eCaster system is available to qualified casting professionals at no cost! So there isn't really a reason for not utilising this incredible project management tool.

What does the artist's portfolio contain?

• Up to 10 thumbnail photos which can be enlarged for easy viewing.
• Comprehensive details about their look and skills.
• Their resume which can also be printed.
• Up to 3 minutes of audio and video show reels.
• Their booking agents contact details.

How do I join?

Joining eCaster is simple! All you need to do is complete your on-line registration form and submit it to us for validation. Alternatively you can contact our customer service team who can assist you. Once we validate your registration you can log onto the system using your secure username and password and start benefiting from the system features immediately.

How secure is eCaster?

Security was a major factor when developing the eCaster system and we have implemented various measures to ensure that the system is as secure as technology will permit. These measures include a password protection that must comprise of 8 to 16 characters that must include a combination of numbers and alpha both in lower and upper case. All failed logins are monitored by the system to identify unauthorised use. The database will be automatically de-activated following three unsuccessful attempts. eCaster also uses a custom authentication system and all pages with sensitive data will be encrypted. The system is hosted on a dedicated file server in a secure data control centre in Sydney. Being hosted on a dedicated server ensures that we have full control of the system as no other web-sites are hosted on this system.

You can establish permissions to restrict certain employees from accessing sensitive information about your organisation.