Description of characters within our opening and hypothetical casting of celebrities to play them

Our storyline features a female protagonist who is 16 years old, our film will feature her, two high school bullies in the year above her and the male bullies girlfriend who intervenes. 

Rebecca - A character who is around 16 years of age, meaning that she is in year 12 at school. She had previously been friends with a group of people who were a year older than her, but this all turned sour in events previous to the film, which will be shown in flashbacks throughout the film. In terms of complexion, Carrie is a light brown haired girl with pale skin. She is generally quite quiet, which obviously reflects the nature of her bullied character. However, the main perspective of the film is that Carrie goes from being a victim of bullying to becoming a bully, in a form of revenge - in this respect she is the protagonist of our film. 

We think someone like Taissa Farmiga could play Rebecca really well because of her impeccable acting skills as a bullying victim in American Horror Story and her wide variety of acting skills as playing a more sinister role in The Bling Ring. We well need both of these qualities because our character, Rebecca, will start becoming a cyberbully to get back at her ex-friends who make her life a misery in school. Farmiga fits the role perfectly with her youthful looks, light coloured hair and pale skin. We may be an independent company but Farmiga isn't an A-Lister celebrity so she could be affordable with our storyline which doesn't require a great deal of special effects or props. Having at least one fairly well known face makes our film more likely to draw in an audience and it is a risk we would be willing to take, even if it pushes our budget slightly higher. 

Rachael - 17 year old who was formerly the best friend of Rebecca, and is now the one who leads the bullying against her. She is in many ways the opposite to Rebecca - she has blonde hair, possesses a more attractive figure than her. She is aggressive, spiteful and talkative throughout the film, which means that the audience will recognise her as being the main antagonist within it.

Rachael will be portrayed by a lesser known actress because her strong character can be a break-through for a aspiring actress and it will cost Peacock Productions less. Juno Temple will be playing Rachael due to her natural blonde hair and portrayals as headstrong characters in Wild Child and St. Trinians, both films feature her as a school girl so her role in our film will be believable to the audience. Temple's acting abilities are unquestionable due to her being awarded the EE Rising Star award at the 2013 BAFTAs, as voted for by the British public. 

Sam - Sam is also in the same year as Rachael but is already 18 due to his birthday being a lot earlier in the year than Rachael's. He is second in command in the group of people bullying Rebecca because of our next character, Angel, his girlfriend who is in the same group as Sam and Rachael. He doesn't bully Rebecca as much when Angel is around because of the fact that Angel sympathises with Rebecca because they all used to be friends. Sam does bully Rebecca harshly with words but because of his gender he cannot physically harm Rebecca like Rachael can. Sam is a big character with a hard face and strong sense of humour, he thinks bullying is funny and a joke and is more naive about the consequences than anyone else.

We have chosen William Moseley to play Sam. This is because of his great performance in the Narnia film series, as a lead role character and a cameo in the 3rd instalment of the film series. This shows his acting flexibility and that he is easy to work with. He isn't greatly known since the Narnia film series and has featured in short films such as Don Cheadle Is Captain Planet since then. This means he will be affordable as our independent film industry can only afford minimally known actors. However he has won awards for his acting, for example, his Saturn Award for Best Performance By A Younger Actor. He fits the role perfectly because he is the correct build for our role and would perform the role well.

 Angel - Angel isn't a lead role in the film but still a strong character. She is the girlfriend of Sam and is the person who doesn't participate in bullying Rebecca, she ends up falling out with Sam because of their differences and tries to protect Rebecca from Rachael. She tacky dress sense is a juxtaposition with her kind character and caring behaviour. She is also an attractive girl in the year about Rebecca but she realises that bullying someone who used to be your best friend is wrong.

Chelsee Healey suits the role of Angel perfectly by playing Janeece Bryant in Waterloo Road, a very tacky yet heartwarming character. Healey hasn't had a big role in a film before and our film could be the film break she needs. Because of this she would be cheaper to employ as Angel and would play the role brilliantly as she did as Janeece Bryant.



By Jack Jolly and George Martin