Choosing Characters

Choosing who would play are main characters was an very important part that will contributes hugely to our final product. We had to consider and number of things when casting. The first most important was choosing people who we felt would not let us down, and would be able to film at various times. They also had to have the desired look that we wanted in order to portray the type of people that we wanted to show. For example we wanted to use some one with dark hair and defined features to show harshness, this would help in creating a character that would scare or intimidate the audience. We then had to consider who would be able to act, we are trying to move away from a ‘6th form’ production as much as possible. We therefore looked at people who had experience or who took Drama/Theatre as an A-level, this would also give them the confidence to carry out the scenes that we wanted to play.

The protagonist in our short film will be played by Tom Vale. He matches the brief of the character that we wanted very well. His very dark hair, pale skin and defined face, if shot correctly we can create him to be dark, mysterious, intimidating with the intention of making the audience fear this character. To make the character that tom is playing come to life we will dress him in dull, dirty black clothes. We want this character to be dark. The character does also not want to be seen by anyone or his victim to nothing can lead back to him if caught. This character is defined as a psycho, everything in terms of Mise en scene, cinematography and iconography must suggest this. Tom has also had previous acting experience as he was used in several of the Thrillers at AS, therefore he knows the expectations and from feedback we know that he is a good worker. Tom is also a member of our media group this year so he will be able to film at various time. This is also helpful as he will still be able to contribute idea’s of how he thinks it should be acted in a certain scene and whether or not he feels it works.

The second actor we used Is Francesca Thurston. Francesca plays the role of the female antagonist and the victim. Francesca will be good for the part as she has brown natural wavy hair, and wears no make up. This helps us to portray her innocence, the effect would not be the same if we had used a more artificial character. Francesca character will wear earthy clothes, again this will show her innocence and vulnerability, with the question why is this happening to her? The idea we have is to make the Francesca seem as innocent as possible and as much like any ordinary person with the idea that bad things can happen to good people. Francesca is well suited to the role because as a Theatre student who takes part in many of the school plays we do not doubt her ability to act the scenes well. Her dedication to production also ensure to us that she is a hard worker and will not let us down with filming.