An Invaluable Free Tool For Film And Television Production Companies.

Look through our portfolio of television and film productions and you’ll see that here at Ray Knight Casting we have a long track record with big productions and blockbuster movies, as well as being involved in recent popular shows such as Afterlife, Fleabag, The Capture, Gold Digger and so on.
If you work in television or film production, particularly on larger projects, you’ll know that the key to a smooth production lies mainly in the logistics and excellent communication between departments.

This is where the Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System comes in.
The Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System has been developed by Ray Knight Casting in close collaboration with: producers, assistant directors, production accountants, costume and makeup departments and security personnel and is an essential tool on any production, regardless of how large or small the production may be.

“AMS looks really good, just a click of a button. Loving it!” – Ibrahim Ajali – Production Accountant – Pronto (Good Dog) ltd.

Having used our Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System, it has proven itself time and time again by adding value in all aspects of casting, working with and paying Supporting Artists, it is paperless and we offer it to our production clients at no cost.
That’s right, there is no cost to use our Artiste Management System on productions we work with you on.
Let’s look at the Artiste Management System in more detail and see how it can help you on your next production.
One benefit is that fact that ADs can select and enter artiste fees with a single click or tap (and duplicate them for any number of artistes) making signing off at wrap time quick and hassle free.
Also, we are constantly refining and updating the system to make it smarter
and faster.
We know that signing off a large number of supporting artistes can be time consuming, and the last thing you need at the end of a long heavy day, but as you can see, our Artiste Management System will save you time and
hassle.

“I like the way that you can put an entire crowd call & sign off together with just a few clicks” – Andrew Foster – 2nd Assistant Director

As mentioned above, one of the factors required in a good production is excellent communication between departments and this is another benefit of the Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System.
Our system easily enables easy instant and fluid communication between assistant directors (or other staff booking Supporting Artistes) and Ray Knight Casting for all aspects of booking, from searches, suggestions and daily interactive booking sheets to approval to accounts for invoicing.

“AMS is great! Very easy to use. A real treat after paper chits!” – Nadya Wilkinson – Offstone Productions

A wide range of date range searchable reports allow for quick and clear monitoring of expenditure.
Logs are automatically kept of all messages, sign offs, approvals, sent invoices, payments received etc. so there’s a paper trail of who did what and when for easy reference.
One outstanding feature is the facility to email and text the artistes directly from the system (at no cost to production).
For example, wardrobe/make up can quickly send out briefs to any or all artistes with minimum effort.
No need to keep tapping away on a mobile ‘phone replicating messages. A massive time saver!
You can even add photos or a perhaps a mood board if you want to.

“I found the (FREE) AMS very easy to use … even after only a short course in how to use it!” – Kate Selby – 2nd Assistant Director

In keeping with the theme of collaboration and communication, our system goes beyond just paperless payments……
With the Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System, any production team member from any department can be given access on request with features tailored to their role for example:
• Producers can have an overview and track supporting artiste usage and costs.
• Production accountants can communicate and work with each other, assistant directors and the agency on all aspects of invoicing and billing, including dealing with queries – all in one place and 100% paper free!
• Wardrobe and make up departments can text their requirements to artistes individually or collectively with just a few clicks.
• Temporary access can be given to any crew member assisting with the SA (other AD’s, runners, security personnel etc.). You could give your runner limited access to go and sign the crowd in if you’re busy, or do the same for unit security so they can quickly bring up a roll call and car reg numbers on their ‘phones to check crowd vehicles on and off unit base.
• Diversity monitoring is quick, easy and simple with our Artiste Management System with detailed breakdown of age, ethnicity and gender for easy analysis and output to various formats including spreadsheets together with graphs for easy representation.
• Sensitive information carefully measured according to the crew member’s role, preserving confidentiality and GDPR compliance.

“I absolutely love the (FREE) AMS. It speeds up the process considerably & uses a lot less paper which I like” – Fred Van Strydonck – Sister Pictures

As mentioned above, our system has proven itself many times on various productions streamlining communication, logistics, planning and analysis, thus an invaluable tool on any production, but don’t just take our word for it.
If you work in production and would like more information about our Ray Knight Casting Artiste Management System, please visit www.rayknight.co.uk/ams or give the office a call.

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