Chosen Actors

In the original plan we were planning on using three brutes to beat up poor Edward. However, through the process of elimination and due to inconveniences of actors not being able to make it, or being ill, we decided on only using one. This at first seemed as a hinder however by the end of the shooting, it worked better with the use of only one character as it made the character of Edward seem more feeble and helpless. For the people that we chose to act out our movie, fitted the brief perfectly.

Edward

This is Sam Todd. 17 years of age, current A level drama student, with out of school acting lessons and an aspiring actor. Although not our original choice, he fared a lot better than our previous engagement. Incredibly reliable, Sam was there on set on time and as a starting actor was very professional  The brief for the character of Edward was: feeble, timid, quite young looking (teenager), lanky etc. As you can see from the photo above he has a feeble look about him, his features in his face are quite small and almost delicate. When we made the character of Edward we weren't looking for specific facial features and structure however when we came across Sam we started to see all the different aspects that could make this character. Along with the structure of him, he's: very small in height and shape, his acting is quite dramatic however instead of looking tacky, he emphasised small movements to enhance the feeble and needy look that we were looking for when we first came up with the movie. Not only this, but the controlled but loose hairstyle also gives off the image that this boy may be some sort of ''clean teen'' that doesn't do anything like this and probably won't again.

In content to the movie, Sam was perfect for the role. On set he brought great energy and worked quickly and effectively, he listened to everything we had to say and worked well with directions. In accordance to our directions he also brought something of his own and gave his own personal twist to the movie with his acting style which accompanied the movie thoroughly. Not only this, but in accordance to working with the other actor, the acting styles gelled completely and through acting we believed that Edward really was threatened by the thug.

This is Danny Morley. 17 Years old, A Level Student and current Rugby Player. Although we had the image of having three thugs, the use of one turned out to be effective as well as less time consuming and more efficient. The character of Steve had the brief of: big built, threatening, thug and intimidating. Danny is a very lovely guy however in appearance (when pulling the right facial expression) holds all of these aspiring qualities. Being a rugby player, we knew that he would be well built and so was at first an obvious choice for one of the original three characters we were looking to use. As well as being well built he was obviously very athletic which fared well when a lot of running came into the movie. With no acting before this movie he was brilliant. Subtle acting techniques with not an over 'Phil Mitchell' vision of a character, Danny was perfect for the role! On set he listened to our direction, doing everything we asked at an excellent standard. He was quiet when needed and didn't shy away from pulling an intimidating face or two, or running in public to more than observant passers by. The reliability of Danny was amazing! Although we did stress if it was an issue with his training that we would try find someone else, but he worked round his training to be there for our filming and didn't complain once.
In relation to a thug, or intimidating character, I would cast Danny every time!