2. Deciding on characters..
Me and my other two group members are all A2 Drama
students. So casting and directing roles are things we
should definitely not have trouble with, as we know how
reactions, facial expressions, character interaction
(relationships between characters) and body language all
work together collectively to look realistic and genuine.
We are also very lucky as we can cast roles using actors
from our drama class, who are all extremely talented.
Here are the casting and character details we will be
currently using for our main three roles..
3. ‘Brother’
JOSHUA GRUNDY
Josh will be playing the character of the
brother.
He will need to be dressed ‘nerdy’.
Perhaps jeans, a top with some kind of
game or stereotypical ‘nerdy’ quote on it.
Hair needs to be quite messy, so we see
that he does not care too much for his
looks.
He needs to be quite confident in scenes
with his sister, as he feels comfortable
around her. But then timid, nervous, shy
and quite around other people, especially
around the bullies.
Needs to get audiences sympathy.
4. ‘Sister’
Emily Cousins
Emily will be playing the ‘sister’ character.
She can be dressed quite casually ‘normal’
(jeans, t-shirt, hoody, jacket, converses
**converses are widespread, you see all
different stereotyped social society groups
wearing them**) to help connect with the
audience.
Sister always seen to be rather
confident, the type that fights her brothers
battles for him, even amongst other people.
Although, as movie goes on, we see change
in her, making her more detached from the
audience, so they lose comfort levels, as
they initially related to this character and
now do not.
5. Bullies
We will be using various people, as our
bullies (victims to be).
These characters will all be dressed
completely different to each
other, breaking stereotypes of ‘hooded
youths’ (see next blog post for expanded
explanation). So there will be a mixed
bully group, from different social
groups, showing equal responsibility for
actions as a society that comes to
‘accept’ bullies (no real punishment for
bullies in our current society).
These characters will be
intimidating, harsh, ‘jokers’ (they don’t
fully realise damage they create. But
these actors will also need to be able to
show ability to look petrified when they
are murdered.
