TASK NINE: Casting Shots
Casting Shots
When thinking about our Opening sequence and the characters we want to include we used our own knowledge of TV/film characters from a horror/drama/crime/thriller genre, and how this was going to gel us decide who to choose for our characters. For our first example we chose Nina Dobrev, famously known for her role of Elena Gilbert in the series The Vampire Diaries. We looked at her for inspiration because of her characteristics on the show. She is an ordinary school girl who finds herself in trouble/danger because of the events that happen in her life. She is also very caring of her friends and will do anything to protect them.
Another character that we gained inspiration from was Aria Montgomery in the TV drama/mystery Pretty Little Liars. Aria is artsy, bubbly, independent, and she is also very loyal to her loved ones, she is tough but compassionate at the same time. However she is very secretive also, throughout the series you can see that this becomes more and more obvious. We like this side of her and we think that it would be a good trait for one of our characters to have, most likely being Kate Parkes (Melissa Zero).
For Louie's character we looked at Zach Roerig who plays Matt Donovan in the series The Vampire Diaries. We have chosen this character because in the series he is kind and caring. He is also very innocent which is an important characteristic that we want Dylan (Louie) to have. They also have a similar appearance as they both has blonde hair.
Melissa Zero - Kate Parkes
Ethnicity White/Caucasian
Gender Female
Age 17
Height 5’5”
Hair Colour Light Brown
Eye Colour Blue
Build Medium
Rosie Musgrove - Claire Johnson
Ethnicity White/Caucasian
Gender Female
Age 17
Height 5’5”
Hair Colour Dark Brown
Eye Colour Green
Build Medium
There are many reasons for choosing these two girls for our Opening Sequence. One of the main reasons would be because their good actresses. Another main reason is because they are best friends in real life, therefore they already have some type of chemistry and they know how to work well together.
One thing that we noticed is that they also fit the criteria for the stereotypical horror movie character. From our research that we did ourselves using the survey, and the research we did besides that using the internet we found that the majority of horror movie characters are teenagers/young adults so these two characters were essencial for our Opening Sequence.
Louie O'connor - Dylan Johnson
Louie O'connor - Dylan Johnson
Ethnicity White/Caucasian
Gender Male
Age 15
Height 6”
Hair Colour Blonde
Eye Colour Blue
Build Medium
Dylan Johnson will be playing Claire's brother in our film. Although he is only shown for a small part at the end of our opening sequence, he plays a big role because the unfortunate events that happen to him give the audience a taste of what is in store throughout the film, and in Claire's life.
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