Welcome to Shift 20 Casting Call, an open source casting platform for talent with disability.

Please DM us if you would like to apply to be featured on Shift 20 Casting Call. We will send you a talent form, which you need to return alongside your personality tape. 

Your personality tape should include the following information – remember to be yourself, and let your personality shine through! 

• Name
• Age
• City, State
• Disability (if you feel comfortable sharing)
• Favourite day/random fact about you AND/OR what you like to do for fun 

Submit your personality test as a draft via DM. We’ll then review alongside your submission form, and if everything is in order, we’ll put your video on the page! We have some great examples of personality tapes already on Shift 20 Casting Call, so head to the page if you need some inspiration.

Otherwise, you can apply by emailing us your tape and talent form at shift20castingcall@dylanalcottfoundation.com.au

If you see talent you would like to speak with about a job, please DM us or email us at shift20castingcall@dylanalcottfoundation.com.au. Please do not contact talent directly – Zebedee Talent and Shift 20 Casting Call will facilitate all conversations to ensure that talent is supported along the journey, and that brand requests are responded to in a timely manner.

All brand and talent conversations must be facilitated by Shift 20 Casting Call and Zebedee Talent (or such organisation to be nominated by the Foundation). Brands, casting directors and agencies must not contact talent directly, and instead go through Shift 20 Casting Call. 

For talent, if anyone contacts you directly for a job, please let us know, and redirect them to Shift 20 Casting Call for coordination. This is to ensure that 1. You are renumerated fairly, with fair and reasonable usage terms put into place and 2. Your access needs are looked after.

This is in place to protect both talent and brands. If any jobs are negotiated without facilitation of Shift 20 Casting Call, we release all liability, and cannot ensure anything including but not limited to;

• Fair pay and usage agreements for talent
• Access requirements are met for talent
• Talent coordination and facilitation for brands

Any brands which do not comply with these terms and conditions will, at the discretion of the Foundation, be blocked from future usage of Shift 20 Casting Call.

To submit a video:

• You must be 13 years old 
• You must have a disability 
• You must be based in Australia 
• If you have existing representation, you must disclose this on your intake form
• If you are under 18 years old, you must have a legal guardian co-sign your intake form

Payment terms:

• All jobs booked through Shift 20 Casting Call will incur a 15% booking fee, which will cover talent management, usage negotiations and monitoring by Zebedee Talent Agency
• Talent fees will be paid by brands or their nominated creative agencies and production partners

• Why does Shift 20 Casting Call exist?
  • Nearly 20% of Australians have a disability of some kind, yet less than 1% are represented in advertising campaigns. In order to bring representation closer to the 20% where it should be, we need more people with disability cast in advertising campaigns. Shift 20 Casting Call exists to help make that happen, through creating opportunities for people with disability who would like to become actors. 
• I don’t have a disability, can I apply to be featured on Shift 20 Casting Call?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call is specifically to help facilitate the casting of people with disability in advertising campaigns. Therefore, you must have a visible or non-visible disability to be featured on the page.
• Is Shift 20 Casting Call a talent agency?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call is not a talent agency. We are a world-first open sourced talent resource for brands, casting directors and creative agencies who want to cast talent with disability. We act as a facilitator between talent with disability who want to break into the industry, and brands, casting directors and creative agencies who are trying to find talent with disability for advertising campaigns.
• Does Shift 20 Casting Call take a fee?
  • Shift 20 Casting Call has a 15% process management fee, which is taken from the talent’s overall fee. This 15% goes to Zebedee Talent Agency, who will oversee the entire booking process for you – from help in negotiating rates and usage terms, to confirming that the set is accessible for you and that clients are aware of any specific needs. As a non-for-profit, the Dylan Alcott Foundation and Shift 20 do not financially benefit or take any payment from the process.
• I’m a brand who wants to contact talent I’ve seen on Shift 20 Casting Call, what’s the process?
  • Please fill out a content form on the Shift 20 Casting Call TikTok page, or email us at shift20castingcall@dylanalcottfoundation.com.au. Please do not contact talent directly. 
• I don’t have TikTok profile, can I still submit a video?
  • Absolutely. Please email us at shift20castingcall@dylanalcottfoundation.com.au with your video, and we’ll send you a form to fill out.
• I’m based in another country – can I apply?
  • Currently Shift 20 Casting Call is only open to residents of Australia with the right to work in Australia.
• I don’t have any experience in acting, can I still apply?
  • For sure! You don’t need any experience (although performance experience or training is a plus!), we just ask for confidence and commitment.