Actors

When choosing an actor, we made sure that the person had had prior experience acting in front of a camera and fortunately my group member Zack knew someone who he had worked with on previous occasions as well as being a good friend of the group and this made our job much easier, because I find it is much more comfortable directing someone who can be patient.


Protagonist: Sean Williams (Elliot Conway)

We felt Elliot would be the perfect actor to play our protagonist, Sean Williams, because we felt he could adapt well to his lonesome and reclusive character and this is helped by his appearance, in particular his height because it suggests a sense of vulnerability and weakness. We told him to dress in some red clothing because it connotes anger which is the message we are trying to give off throughout the opening because it leads into our climactic ending. Working with him is also very easy because he understands exactly what you what from him as a director and he has the ability to portray emotions very well. 

Antagonist: Ollie Harris (Sam Simmons)

We decided to use our group member Sam because mainly because of convenience. We recognised that he would not be the main character and so having a lack of acting skills was not paramount for the part that he would be required to portray. It is also appropriate to use Sam because he is distinctively taller than Sean and this puts him in a initial position of strength and also demonstrates how in reality, physical presence doesn't affect the mindset of someone who wants to inflict pain against their enemies. It was also very easy to work with sam because he was also on board with the filming so this meant that he understood exactly what kind of shots we wanted to achieve with him.