Sunday, 20 February 2011

Film Blog 13 - Casting

We held our audition on Tuesday which was very successful. We created monologues for each character and asked the actors to read them. For the role of the deaf character, we created an exercise where the actresses could act out specific scenarios. We then reiterated filming dates, etc and I took everyone’s contact details and said I would get back to them in a few days.
As a group we immediately preferred some of the actors as the role they had auditioned for. Some of the auditionees seemed to capture perfectly what we were looking for. In particular, a performing arts student called Sophie auditioned for the role of Jojo, the funny, bitchy supporting female. She made us laugh straight away and just from reading the monologue, she had all the pauses and inflictions in the right place.
We discussed the cast and we decided who the four main characters would be.
Our cast list is as follows:
Hannah – Georgia Traher
Chris – Jack Whittingham
Rachel – Kim Piper
Jojo – Sophie Pearce
We didn’t find quite the right person to play the party host. David and I both have a friend in mind who might do well at this role so we will discuss this with them before confirming these roles.

Update!
David’s friend is unavailable for filming, but my friend is willing to play Dean the party host. I’ve discussed this with the group and they are happy with this arrangement. Now our speaking cast is sorted! We still need to find extras and a few minor roles.

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