Actors Auditions

We had decided to audition each actor to see the best we could get for our characters. We decided to have a full lighting and camera set up so we could watch all the audition tapes and compare them to each actor so we can properly judge each actor for each part. For auditions we had everybody there so the actors have an opportunity to meet the whole crew and so we can also analyse how they will get on in our group. We had plenty of girl actors actually approaching us from the adverts we had put out to several societies and other acting academies. However we could't find any male actors whatsoever. For our auditions for the supporting actors we decided to write a brand knew script in a different situation where they have more dialogue as the supporting actors had barely any lines and we felt we should get them acting in a situation where they are more involved. As well as acting a scene from the main script and the scene we wrote we asked them questions about their physical portrayal of the character they would be playing and how they should react in certain situations and what they think of the script and the message we are trying to put across. This helps us to know if people are going to understand our piece and if they are going to get the right portrayal of our characters.

With us still looking for a male actor we had got to the point where we thought we might have to push filming back another week. It got to two days before the shoot when we were approached by Nick. We were so lucky as he was exactly what we were looking for, for our lead male. Our supporting male wasn't confirmed until the night before shooting. So because of this we didn't get a chance to film an audition, but we had no other choice but to go with him. Now instead of being a week ahead of schedule we were now a week behind.