Robin Gurland, Casting Director:Screen tests are traditionally the final phase of the audition process for lead or supporting lead roles. The actor being tested usually does one or two scenes completely "off book" and depending on the schedules of the other lead actors cast, often they will be brought in to do the scenes along with the actor being tested. Screen tests can get very elaborate with full hair and make-up, costume and lighting or fairly simple, but they are always shot on film.
Robin Gurland began her film career as a casting director working in the Bay Area doing casting searches for over 17 films such as Life With Mikey, Forrest Gump, Little Panda, and When a Man Loves a Woman. Her credits as a local casting director include The Joy Luck Club, Dangerous Minds, The Quick & the Dead, Redwood Curtain and Golden Gate. As a casting director, she cast James & The Giant Peach, The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
