It’s time to cut a rug with new South African casting agency Disco. Watch the film

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As casting directors we present a fantasy version of how a story can be told. For the film, we stepped into that fantasy by reimagining and reenacting the jobs we’ve been asked to cast on. We dreamt up the roles these characters would go on to play in our ideal world. It was about casting ourselves as the audience, letting go and learning about who we are. The films show us how we see the world. Good casting direction is presenting the unexpected and making it work. A lot of the magic of our trade is conjured by happy accidents, surprises and mischief. The imperfections, the intimate off-screen moments before and between a session, the mistakes and blemishes - these are the things that enliven our work. Enter... Peter and the Wolf, the soundtrack for the film, which we arrived at as one of these ‘lucky’ strokes. is incongruence became harmonious precisely because of its independence from the imagery, sailing over the scenes like the narration of a dream. Independent but together. Different and the same. We are never more together than when we celebrate our differences. In casting, our world is a theatre of the unseen. We live behind the curtain. This is a celebration of the casting arena in all of its intimate awkwardness, secrecy and flashes of flamboyance, where we delight in the unruliness of human beings. Let’s Dance. www.discocasting.co.za www.instagram.com/discocasting CREDITS: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Candice Hatting CREATIVE DIRECTION & STILLS - Jana Hamman Koos Groenewald DIRECTOR - Pammi-Joy Oppenheimer DOP - Fabian Vettiger PRODUCER - Holli Bennett PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATON - Chiara Paton PRODUCTION ASSIST- Kira Gimpel FOCUS PULLER - Khalied Manuel LIGHTING - Rob Wisniewski SPARK - John Ndakama Lukikau COSTUME DESIGN/ STYLING - Onder die Invloed Leanie van de Vyver Elaine du Plessis HAIR & MAKE-UP- Gareth Coleman ART DEPARTMENT Keren Setton EDIT - Xander Vander - Strangelove studios COLOUR - Nic Apostoli - Strangelove studios SOUND DESIGN - Markus Wormstorm - Honeymoon Studios CATERING - Arthur's Mini Super EQUIPMENT - Media Film Service CAST: Chow Yiu Kit - CCA Conway October - Fantastic Jeremy Pelser - Boss Models Matthew King - My Friend Ned Niklas Wittenberg - My Friend Ned Alan Bao Yin Tai - CCA Alex Bao Yin Tai - CCA Deidre Summers - Talent Squad Gita Galina - Fantastic Jean Barkhuizen - Direct Cruz Dettmer - Talent Take One Marcel Oosthuizen - Talent Take One Julien Desvaux de Marigny - Boss Models Benjamin Haussen - CCA Caymen Hurst - Ice Kids Sasha Eichler - Little Charmers Sarah Lotterens - Terene Characters Miracle Watch - Kids Division Conrad Travis - M-People Elsie Mathews - My Friend Ned Nicola Hartell - Fantastic Nalu Titus - Fantastic Jaden Hoedemaker - Fantastic Nathaniel Murtz - Fantastic Wanda Banda - My Friend Ned Norton O'Donnell - D Management Ella Greig - Fantastic Kopano Maroga - Fantastic Tazme Pillay - Fantastic Christopher Starr - My Friend Ned
 
 

Disco is a new casting studio in Cape Town from the good folks behind model agency, My Friend Ned. As the name suggests, this maverick family of directors don’t look for the mainstream but for idiosyncratic characters with a spring in their step.

To mark this new endeavour, founder Candice Hatting and long-time creative partners Jana & Koos, have directed and produced this dreamy film featuring a cast of diverse individuals playing out their own unruly narratives. From the green fingered retirees to vogueing divas to cat stroking triplets, expect the unexpected.

“A lot of the magic of our trade is conjured by happy accidents, surprises and mischief. The imperfections, the intimate off-screen moments, the mistakes and blemishes - these are the things that enliven our work,” they say. “This film is a celebration of the casting arena in all of its intimate awkwardness, secrecy and flashes of flamboyance, where we delight in the unruliness of human beings.”

Enjoy!

See our story on My Friend Ned’s zine, Fuck, You’re Beautiful, here

 

Executive production Candice Hatting
Creative direction and stills Jana Hamman, Koos Groenewald
Direction Pammi-Joy Oppenheimer
DOP Fabian Vettiger
Production Holli Bennett
Costume and styling Onder die Invloed, Leanie van de Vyver, Elaine du Plessis
Hair & make-up Gareth Coleman
Art department Keren Setton
Editing Xander Vander at Strangelove Studios
Colour Nic Apostoli at Strangelove Studios
Sound Design Markus Wormstorm at Honeymoon Studios
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Published on 13/11/2019