castings is a plural noun which, in the most widely used sense, describes multiple items created from moulds, for example statuettes and busts. It has infrequent usage, but one valid example might be ‘Several castings were made of the actor’s face in order to create the zombie mask he wore in the final scenes.’
castings should not therefore be confused with the current popular usage in Polish and European media to describe casting calls made for TV programmes like Mam Talent or Po Prostu Tanćicz. Any time a film or television programme puts out an open call for actors or people to come and audition, this is a casting call. In the theatre, we say auditions instead.
Fun thing: When casting calls are put out for extras in, for example, large crowd scenes, these are referred to as cattle calls.
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