The document discusses the casting choices for several characters in a film. It describes choosing actors based on their physical characteristics and ability to portray the traits desired for each role. An Asian woman was cast as the female lead because she fit the description wanted by audiences of being tall, slim, long-haired and confident. An Asian male actor was chosen for the male lead role because he was taller than the female actor and fit the shy but confident personality desired. A crew member dressed up as a white old lady for a small role due to being unable to find someone else for the part. Another Asian male actor was selected to play the cheating boyfriend character because he looks like a typical douchebag in real life and could portray the stereot

1. The actors that we wanted for
our film were Asian characters
so we got 3 Asian characters.
(this one is me).
From our research
questionnaire task we
gathered that the audience
wanted a tall, slim, confident,
long-haired girl and she fit the
description perfectly because
that is how she is in real life so
she knew how to play the role
perfectly.
What we were trying to achieve with the character representation is that we wanted to
show this particular female as a strong, independent women who is confident and has
characteristics which involve femininity but with a bit of edge. These kind of women are
portrayed in films. Also, in most romantic films they have a kind of a ‘Damsel in Distress’
kind of women and we wanted to go against this by portraying her as a not a dependent
kind of girl who relies on a male. She stands up for herself and does not stick around for
lies and deceit. Yet, we did not want to go completely against the romantic typical girl as
she still does feel upset when she breaks up with her boyfriend, but she does not show it
when everyone else is around.

2. This actor is Asian, perfect
for the male Asian
character
From our research
questionnaire task we
gathered that the audience
wanted a tall, slim,
confident but also shy at
the same time type of guy.
Since he was taller than the
female also he fit the
description perfectly.
What we were trying to achieve with the character representation is that we wanted to
show the male as a reserved, all to himself type of guy. We wanted to show him as a shy
male but still having the confidence to approach a girl. We showed this by the way he
walks and the type of clothes he will be wearing for the scenes. For example, grey and
white to connote innocence, purity and almost child-like as he seems very vulnerable and
a nice type of guy.

3. We needed an old lady in
the ending of our
opening sequence. We
wanted a stereotypical
white women who is in
the park feeding the
ducks.
Because we could not
get a white old lady, we
decided to use one of
our own crew members
to dress her up as a
white lady for the part.

4. We needed another Asian
male to play the part of
the cheating boyfriend.
From our research
questionnaire task we
gathered that the
audience wanted a type of
guy who looks likes a
typical douche who cheats
on his girlfriend then
regrets it in the end.
What we were trying to achieve with the character representation is that we wanted to
show this particular male character as a Romeo who takes care in his appearance a lot and
does not give attention to his girlfriend as much as he is supposed to. These types of
stereotypical guys are shown in most Romantic films who regrets in the end he let the girl
go as she finds someone better than him. We can see this by the types of clothes he wears
and his appearance in the opening sequence. Seeing as this particular male takes care in
his appearance and in his hair mostly in real life anyway and because he is Asian, we
decided to choose him to play the part.