PRE-PRODUCTION; CASTING AND CREW

Casting has been quite an important part of my role. We have advertised the roles on Mandy.com and StarNow, so that we could get the most amount of applicants as possible to choose from. I began to realise that we were very limited on Mandy.com, this is where I had a look around and found StarNow, a website that is very similar to Mandy.com but gives us an opportunity to reach a wider amount of up and coming actors. I made the decision multiple times to re advertise the roles, though we had some applicants, we all weren't happy that we had found the perfect people for our role. The way in which we wanted to audition was through self tapes, a lot of applicants have a really good showreels, so we thought self tapes would be the most cost effective and quickest way for us to see some material from our applicants.

In terms of the choosing process, I would show Laura the director and Katie the showreels and self tapes that we had received, we would all have our opinions but Laura, being the director, is the one we left with the overall decision. Confirmed Cast:

1) Marlo - Marlo was our hardest character to cast, he is obviously our main character and one of the key characters in our production. We had a few self tapes sent through that weren't what we wanted. We re-advertised and got it down to two applicants, we felt that one gave a better performance in the self tape, but didn't look the part as much the other applicant. In the end I left the decision up to Laura, it is her who will be directing the actor on the day so I wanted her to feel as comfortable as possible with the choice that we had. Laura decided to go with Liam Wright-Airs.

2) Nova - Darcy Keeble-Watson. Darcy was our first official confirmed cast member, she has a lot of experience in starring on stage and she currently takes a drama degree. We saw Darcy's self tape and we thought it was the best one we received. I emailed Darcy offering her the role and she was very excited, we are currently in contact with her regarding production dates.

3) Julie - Julie was am interesting decision for us. Originally, Julie was a small part in Unspoken, so the person we had a few applicants in mind about taking on the role. However after some very interesting script changes, Julie became quite a main character and so I wanted to re-evaluated who we had. Within the last 2 weeks, I re-advertised the role, and found Angela Harvey. Angela's showreel was exceptional and we really liked it. Angela managed to get us a self tape in a very quick amount of time, which again was exceptional. We offered Angela the role and she delightfully accepted.

4) Mr Shipman - Mr Shipman has been confirmed for a while also, the role is taken by Mike Kelson. Mike got us a self tape really quickly, Laura specifically liked the facial expressions he used during the audition so we picked him to take the role.

All of our cast I am currently in deliberations with over dates, hoping to have them all 100% locked in and confirmed by the deadline.






After following some advice from Simon, we had a change of who we would be crewing on Unspoken. I wanted to find someone who was interested in the roles we were to put them into, rather than just someone who wanted to do it. An interest in the role is key for us in helping to make a successful short film. After speaking to a few different people, we asked what role they would like to take, so that we know they are fully interested. Our confirmed crew is:
-Aurelija Klydiaite; Director of Photography
-Logan Picot: Sound
-Michael Coppard: Filming Runner