Actors Access

Breakdown Services is recognized by the Casting Society of America as a preferred online resource, as the primary distributor of casting breakdowns, and is used by the majority of CSA Casting Directors. Breakdown Services has offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver and maintains affiliate relationships with sister companies in Toronto, London and Sydney. With clients in most regions of the USA and Provinces of Canada our reach extends throughout North America.

Breakdowns are complete synopses of the characters contained within scripts. Our staff writers read scripts provided by casting directors and create approximately 30 television and feature film Breakdowns every day. Breakdowns approved for release are sent out REALTIME through our website at www.breakdownexpress.com. Talent Representatives are able to instantly view the Breakdowns and submit their clients' pictures, resume and videos via our website to casting directors.

Breakdowns that are released to talent representatives include episodics, pilots, feature films, movies for television, commercials, print projects, theater, student films, industrials, reality tv, and many other types of projects that require acting talent.

Breakdown Express (www.breakdownexpress.com) is how talent representatives submit their talent via the Internet and how casting views submissions of pictures, resumes, and videos. The site is organized to even allow casting directors to create interview schedules that notify talent representatives instantly.

Casting directors can specify which cities their casting information is released to. When releasing a project you are assigned your own permanent Account Name and Password to view submissions.

Posting a Breakdown is very easy. While we are happy to have our staff writers read scripts of Union Projects, the fastest way to get casting information out to talent representatives is via our website at www.breakdownexpress.com. Click on the button titled 'Casting, Post your Breakdown' and fill out the form that is displayed. Your project will be released after we process it into our format. While Breakdown Services doesn't charge to release Union projects, a small service charge is required for non-union and non-paying projects.

Actors Access is how casting can release your projects directly to actors. Actors view projects via www.actorsaccess.com. It is entirely up to the casting director whether a Breakdown is released to actors or just to talent representatives. Submissions for both talent representatives and actors are viewed by the casting director on www.breakdownexpress.com.

Actors Access is also an important tool for actors since they can upload new pictures, update their resume and add new skills and attributes to their profile, all online.

Part of the interview process is getting the script pages to actors so that they can prepare to read in front of casting. Script pages are called Sides and are available through our website at www.showfax.com. Showfax provides actors with Sides. If you need to get your Sides to actors, contact Showfax at (310) 385-6920. Showfax provides the acting community with more than just Sides, Showfax provides actors with a discussion board, actor related resources and the ability to communicate with our guest moderators about topics that are important to actors.

Breakdown Services also has an online store that sells directories, books, labels and videos that relate to the acting community.

Please explore our websites for more information about all the services we provide.