nomoss Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Could someone please tell me what this means? From the context it seems to refer to some sort of gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Massive casting call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 It would help if you gave us the context. If it is about actors chosen for a film, it would probably mean there are a great number of people there hoping for their chance for a role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 The article is copied below. Re-reading it yet again, and having Googled the phrase (it seems common), I guess it means casting in the theatrical sense."programmateurs" I took to be the computer sort, and I couldn't see a connection with librarians either.CASTING GÉANT Pour aider le réseau des médiathèques et bibliothèques départmentales à elaborer leur programmation annuelle et plus particulièrement la semaine dédiée au jeune public <<Scène d’enfance>> , le Conseil Général a accueilli le 15 juin dernier 28 compagnies du Languedoc-Roussillon. Elles sont venues présenter des extraits de spectacles, rencontrer les programmateurs et les bibliothécaires… Une centaine d’entre eux, dont certains des départments voisins, y sont venus faire leur marché pour l’année. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 programmateurs = those in charge of diaries/timetables/programmes (organisers)In the context of the article, casting géant means a large group of people meeting with a common aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Great Bobo, you have all got this wrong. It is about fishing, of course, and is quite a common little autumn game in France; the participants line up round a lake and cast their lines towards a target set in the middle. The first to hit it ten times go forward to the next round. And, by the sound of it, this round is for excepionally tall people. If you look closely in the small print it will probably say petit casting and give another date. The old expression was casting nain which is less used these days of political correctness and because some drunken thugs understood this to mean that the people or reduced stature had to be thrown at the target, which they resented as the water was cold .[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Well that explains it all. When I first saw the title (without the context) I thought it was an employment offer for the supermarket. Sorry, should of course have said hypermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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