Potential characters for the film

For our short film several characters will be used with the characters being:

• Mark
• Head of Year
• Emma

Those will be the list of characters that will end up in the final phase of filming. To choose these characters we have looked at several potential actors that could play the part of these characters.  

Adrian Garncarek was the first person that we considered to portray the character Mark. Having worked with him with the last film production that we did it would have worked well to include him in the film. In terms of mise en scene in regards to physical appearance and performance, he would be able to accurately portray someone who is in their A Levels and going off to university due to already being in that similar situation. However, one of the problems that arises is his slight accent. Compared to the last film where there wasn't much talking, Mark, would have a lot of dialogue spoken throughout and due to the slight accent that he has some of the audiences viewing it might not be able to understand what he is saying. This is why in terms of characters he was not used. Also in terms of hair we as a group wanted someone who looked older so potentially having a small mustache which Adrian does not have presently.

In terms of who we are actually casting for our final film product we have chosen Daniel Enos. One of the reasons why we have chosen Daniel as portraying Mark is related to Mark's attitude. As a whole Mark assumes that he is better than everyone else and so, regards himself as a person who will never fail despite never studying. When asking Daniel to try a short script we as a group unanimously decided that Daniel was the better choice out of Adrian for being able to accurately portray what we had envisioned Mark will act like. In terms of Daniel's appearance he also seems more fit for the age of going to University whilst Adrian did seem it Daniel seemed more fitting for the role.

In terms of who our character could be for Head of Year one of the potential characters that we looked at was Mrs Ward. In terms of her role as a teacher she strongly fits in with the role and was a viable candidate to accurately portray the head of year for our film. The way Mrs Ward would have portrayed the character would have been in a more soft relaxed way which is what our group hadn't intended for, which is why she was not chosen. Additionally, in terms of her costume whilst being a teacher she dresses in a formal casual way which as a whole was also something that we did not look for but wanted someone who would wear all formal for their costume which regrettably Mrs Ward could not do. 

The actor that we have chosen to portray our Head of Year is Mr Hobbs. Several reasons why we have chosen him to be our Head of Year is because in terms of costume he straight away fits the role that we as a group were looking for; a more formal attire in terms of suit and tie. Of course when actually filming we will require that Mr Hobbs wears his jacket to make it more professional. Also the fact that he is the actual Head of Year already fits the role automatically. This with the fact that he has his own office gives us the best opportunity to be able to record and make it seem like Mark is in an office.

For the final character of Emma who would be portraying Mark's girlfriend we also had some considerations of which actress would be able to fit the role properly. One of the two people who we considered was Cherrelle Wynter. Although she was considered we as a whole thought that she wouldn't be able to fit the part because the way we assumed Emma would look wasn't what Cherrelle was. There is also the concern of Cherrelle's appearance appearing to young as shown in the background she has a hoodie which we wouldn't want our character to wear due to wanting her to appear older. There is also the issue of the actresses location where she would not be able to film with us due to living too far compared to the rest of us. 

The actor that we have chosen to portray the character of Emma is Frankie Mitton. As a group we feel that she portrays how we would want the character of Emma to be; someone who has a certain look which seems like they are young when in reality they are not. In terms of Frankie are height compared to that of Cherrelle's is smaller when compared to Daniel's. We felt that we wanted the character to be one who was smaller than their boyfriend so it seems like he would be the one to defend her from harm or protect her if needed be.