2. We needed actors for our short film, so we did some
research before we started looking for them.
And again, we went on YouTube:
Film Riot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMTQXfcbqKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_1mPcj0KRQ
Famous Directors talking about actors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDfU5PqoSOo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2PcdO7Da8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWmgZlD9jEo
Indy Mogul:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDzxTdijkFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC7_TDl_xNg
3. After we did some research we looked at different local
acting schools and contacted them.
The first one was Stage 84:
http://www.stage84.com/performingarts.html
We send them an e-mail, saying who we are, what we do
and what we need actors for.
A link to our Demo Reel was included as well, so they
could see what we are able to do visually.
Unfortunately they didn’t have any actors available,
because they were working on other projects.
5. Another acting school we contacted was
Articulate in Bradford.
http://www.articulatepublicspeaking.co.uk/
We e mailed them a couple of times and we
discussed everything with them.
Unfortunately they were only able to supply
actors by April 2014, which was way to late.
So we politely declined their offer.
6. We finally decided that we had no choice, but to cast
people from our school. So we started the casting process
and told people who are interested in acting to come.
7. The Casting Process
Before we set up a casting date, we did some
research on how casting calls work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDjTx-BCL-I
http://www.wikihow.com/Set-up-a-Casting-Call
After we knew what we were doing, we set up a
casting date and called people in.
We made a YouTube series on that, where we
show the casting tapes and our reactions.
Enjoy
8. Here are the links to
our casting calls.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-1bC719M4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEQ3TisgqE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk1W9FkkB4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yWPNs7GA8A
9. With this PowerPoint I wanted to show that, we did
try to get proper actors and we didn’t really get them,
but we couldn’t be more satisfied with the
performance of our actors now. You will see what I
mean when you watch our short film and see the
amazing performance.
After we decided on who to use for our short film, we
gave them a contract to sign:
10. With this contract we
made sure, that there are
no legal issues with
publishing our short film
and maybe making
money with it (which we
probably won’t).
11. During our shoots we always tried to get out the best performance from our actors.
We tried different approaches to try that, like:
• Giving them a backstory of the character that they are playing
• We rehearsed scenes a day before we shot them, so the lines felt fresh and new to
the actor, but the lines were still memorized
• We talked to them and told them what is going in the characters head, like “Steve
feels like he owns this place now, because he knows Mr Andersons secret” or “Mr
Anderson has a bigger goal in mind, so he doesn’t care about what happens to the
students” etc.
• One time we also left the actor alone with the camera while it was recording, so he
could show emotion without feeling embarrassed
12. We will talk about how we worked with actors in a later video,
so just check out our channel, or my blog.
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC03ZEMzdGOq8SuSDScjt8Pw
http://titussaltmedia.co.uk/blogs/modaressichahardehipishdaad9258/
13. Hollywood camerawork is making a series about how to work with actors.
So you should definitely check that out, when its released and if you are willing to
spend a reasonable amount of money.
http://www.hollywoodcamerawork.us/da_index.html
