Central casting
Encyclopedia
Central Casting is a casting company located in Burbank, California
, United States
. They currently specialize in casting extras, body double
s, and stand-in
s.
movie studios. By the 1970s they came to dominate the field of extras casting.
The name of this company had developed into a jargon
term denoting a generic or a stereotypical
location where someone could travel to and cast a specific character type for a specific type of film or television production.
The term Central Casting is also in widespread use outside of the film industry. For example, a person who happens to strongly match a particular stereotype is said to be: "Straight out of Central Casting."
In April 2006 Central Casting officially opened its New York division.
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They currently specialize in casting extras, body double
Body double
A body double is a general term for someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character in any recorded visual medium, in shots where the character's body is shown but the face is either not visible or shown indistinctly, or in shots where the image of the credited actor's face is joined,...
s, and stand-in
Stand-in
A stand-in for film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting.Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of production. Lighting setup can be a slow and tedious process; during this time the actor will often be somewhere else...
s.
History
Central Casting was established in 1925 initially as a wing of the major HollywoodHollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
movie studios. By the 1970s they came to dominate the field of extras casting.
The name of this company had developed into a jargon
Jargon
Jargon is terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event. The philosophe Condillac observed in 1782 that "Every science requires a special language because every science has its own ideas." As a rationalist member of the Enlightenment he...
term denoting a generic or a stereotypical
Stereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...
location where someone could travel to and cast a specific character type for a specific type of film or television production.
The term Central Casting is also in widespread use outside of the film industry. For example, a person who happens to strongly match a particular stereotype is said to be: "Straight out of Central Casting."
In April 2006 Central Casting officially opened its New York division.
External links
- "Central Casting is a registered trademark of Entertainment Partners."
- Central Casting, a casting agency in Washington D.C.
- West Coast Central Casting, a casting agency
- Chumleigh’s Central Casting, a casting agency for vaudevilleVaudevilleVaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
acts