Cast considerations

 

I have picked four male and one female character to star in my 5 minute clip from my movie. The names of these characters are Harry, Sean, Jordy, Ali and Jayne M but before I got to make these my main characters I went through a number of cast considerations in which I had to narrow down to five characters. I will talk to you about why I had to make some vital decisions of why not to pick certain actors and actresses for certain roles.

The role of harry:

The main role of harry is played by Harry Rendell and he is the main leader of the gang; he’s like the ring leader of them all and will always be at the top of an idea when coming to terrorising the local neighbourhood, Harry’s appearance is what you would expect, he is very innocent looking and quite young in the face, he is medium height and an average build but he is far from innocent as a character. Two other people were cast for the role, they were callum and Graeme but unfortunately they did not get cast for the role as although they done very they just didn’t lack enough enthusiasm and uniqueness to be picked for the main role, they did not quite grasp the role and didn’t seem to understand the character of harry as they did not seem to get that even though the character is evil they didn’t have that innocence about them in order to convince and audience.

    

The role of Sean:

The role of Sean is play by Sean Caddick and he is kind of second in command and he basically does all of the dirty work for Harry. For example if Harry wants someone beat up Sean will do this for him no questions asked, the appearance of this character is he is tall but slim and he has very menacing look on his faceand you can tell he is not a genuine man and is just as evil as his other gang members.  So Robert and Elliot were auditioning for this part but despite both of them being very experienced I decided to pick Sean Caddick because the other two didn’t really get a hold of what the character was about they both acted out as if they were the top dog and didn’t get into the character, which was to be Harry’s side kick and not the leader, so unfortunately neither of them had what it takes to be Harry’s second in command.

    

 

The role of Jordy:

Jordy is the youngest of the gang and he is played by Jordan Farrell. Jordy is quite small but has quite a big build for his size and this is a very good trait for him because despite his height he is still strong enough to defend himself.  He is shown up a lot in the group and is terrorised a lot by Harry and Sean but when it comes to it he can just be as mean and brutal as the others when helping out the gang. Connor and Elliot were the two main contenders for the role before I chose Jordan but in the end I could not pick them as both of them despite being very enthusiastic they just did not have enough experience and this was shown in their auditions as both of them just kept making silly mistakes in which beginners do make but I could not afford for this to be happening in my movie.

    

The role of Ali:

Ali has just moved onto the estate and he is recognised as the main character as everything revolves around him throughout the film. He is played by Alexander Birmingham, he is very well dressed, handsome young man he has a very innocent look in his face and you can tell he is from a middle class family from his experience. I decided to pick Alex because he is a very experienced actor and in his audition he was flawless and his look just fitted perfect into the character I wanted for Alex, that look of innocence was what got him the role.

   

The role of Jayne M:

Jayne M is played by Olivia Clarke and her role is that she is the mother of Ali, She has medium length hair that runs just past the shoulders, and a side fringe that she pushes back and clips. She is a trendy mum, that keeps up with the latest style magazines. She prides herself on her appearance. #Fabulous. She has blonde hair but with very small un noticeable grey roots, this shows that she likes to keep on top of her hair dye, and fears going grey as it will make her look her age, which she has always dreaded.