Audtions and Actors

During free periods and lunch times I created audition posters to attract people to our roles which we needed actors for. This was just to create a general attraction for our film, however, I targeted students doing Performing Arts and Drama A Level to ask them personally if they were interested in starring in our film opening. This was because I felt like people who studied acting and performing on stage/ screen could portray our characters as best as can be.

These are some of the potential actors who auditioned for our piece:

 

  

These are the videos we recorded of people auditioning for our 2 minute film opening. All potential actors did well to recreate a movement or vocal piece we wanted them too but we chose Jessica Carroll and Sophie Grimble for the lead female parts. This was because they fitted the character profiles that I designed better than any of the other actresses but overall because of their acting skills of which they portrayed in their auditions. We felt Jessica was a good actress to play the role of Rebecca because she is a petite female and her display of a dramatic fall was one of the best out of the people who auditioned. Sophie was chosen almost immediately to play the role of Rachael, the bully. This was because of her superb fit to the character profile and the extreme acting abilities she showed when pushing Dani Ellis. Also she is a A Level Drama student so we can rely on her to have more experience than some of the other potential actresses. For the male role of Sam, the other bully, we didn't go with either Ryan or Kieren but with Kurtis Brampton who auditioned at a later date. Unfortunately we don't have video evidence of his audition but his acting abilities and fit to the role won him the part. 

We thought auditions were the best idea rather than asking specific people because it would attract people who actually wanted to participate, so we knew we could rely on them. Now we have chosen our actors the filming schedule will be put to them and we will begin filming Back At Ya, which will feature our actors portraying their characters. 

By Jack Jolly