Project will now be unpaid!
Up until now, this project has been listed as a deferred payment. However, as much as I would love to compensate the team for their work, I've realized that 1) there's not a big chance of success anyways and 2) it would be hard to find funds for that. Since the series will be uploaded on YouTube, and it has a monetization option, I initially thought that maybe that could provide compensation. After doing further research, however, I've found that it's difficult to earn money from views alone--ads are practically out of the question given the music video vibe, and some channels similar to the niche Cardinal Sins falls under have low RPMs. Another option I thought of was crowdfunding, but from what I've seen, a lot of it requires connections, pushes on social media, and a base audience to start with. Because of this situation and because I don't want to make any false promises, I've decided to change the status to be unpaid.
TL;DR--this project will now be unpaid due to the lack of a reliable source of funding.
Feel free to contact me if you 1) have any suggestions for funding options or 2) wish to rescind your audition or something similar.
I cannot express how sorry I am about this whole ordeal; for the unprofessionalism in both this announcement and the content of it--I'm new to both Casting Call Club as a website and also directing--but thank you for at least showing a little interest in this project, and, once again, sorry for anyone who got their hopes up! I should have done more research on monetization beforehand and set it as unpaid to begin with.