Casting of Characters

Casting for Opening Sequence

We wanted our protagonist, Emily, to have a sort of typical teenage girl look. We wanted her to look kind of innocent so that the audience would be more likely to give her sympathy, but we also didn't want her to look too young and vulnerable. Therefore we preferenced a girl with blonde hair to portray that innocence, but she shouldn't have a 'baby-face' look so that it is clear she is a young adult. The costume of our character will have more influence on how she will be portrayed because we plan to dress her in darker colours not bright colours, so that it is clear that the movie will be dark, which will help to show the genre to the audience.

Our choice was our friend Lauren. She was also in our preliminary task, is in our class so she was a very convenient choice. She was also available to film when we planned to, and said that she wouldn't mind being in our opening sequence. However, the main reason that we chose her is because she has the look that we're going for; she has blonde hair and owns the clothes for the costume that we want to use, and she is also 17, so she looks like a young adult. Our choice in casting was effective, because she is in our class and she also studies drama, so we were able to explain to her exactly what we wanted her to do so she is able to play the part perfectly.

For the character of 'Abby', who plays 'Emily's' friend, whom she calls, she wouldn't be seen in the sequence, so we wanted a character with a 'teenage' voice, who could voice act well. We decided to go with our friend Monique for this character, as she also studies drama, so she will be able to accurately do the phone call scene. She is also a convenient choice because she is also in our class as well.

The final character choice was the masked character. For this option, we preferably wanted someone who studied drama as well, and someone who was able to have a kind of creepy/messy look. However, we asked around, and no one else was available for when we wanted to film. Therefore, we decided to go with Tinika, who is in our group. This was an effective choice, because she also studies drama, and also knows exactly what we want this character to do/look like. She also has long, puffy hair, which we can make look very wild, so that the audience is shocked by her look. She would also need to be present when we filmed because she is part of our group, so overall she was a good choice. However, because she will be co-directing but also a part of the production, we may be delayed whilst filming so we can both watch back the footage and make sure it is accurate.