In the run up to our main shoot, there were a number of documents that we decided to create that we did not for our test shoot. One of these was a cast list. This document included key details of the characters and the actors that played them such as names, a short description of the characters and some information about the actors to play them.
Deciding on an actor to play our main character was more straightforward than we expected. Our first step on finding an actor was to ask within our friendship groups. We initially had doubts about doing this as we were not sure that they would be as serious and professional as we needed them to be, however we followed on and instead were sure to emphasise the importance of what they would be agreeing to. In the end after a few discussions in our group meetings, we decided to choose Celine to play the main character in our opening sequence. We were happy with this selection as we knew that Celine was an AS Drama student who is a capable actor that has been involved in a number of successful school plays/productions.
Ella Thompson and I, decided to include ourselves in the cast list and take up the roles of playing the remaining 2 characters, Ella and Anthony. We decided to this as we were not only confident that we would be able to act these accordingly, but we knew it would avoid the risk of any problems associated with having actors that were not part of the group, such as deciding on our shooting day; with more people, there are more schedules to satisfy, so by not bringing in another 2 people we could avoid this problem.
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