Casting Actors! (Planning)

Having finished the storyboard and script, the next goal for me and Tatlie was... casting. The actors were an essential element of our film. From these blogs -> Representation Ideas! (Representation) How will my film represent social group/issues! (Planning) 

Some necessities for actors were that:

The protagonist had to be female and preferably (does not have to) be a person of color.

The male lead had to be... male and preferably a person of European descent. 

LUCILLE (Protagonist)

When scripting and planning, me and my partner were (nearly) dead set on who our protagonist could/would be. 

Alexis Mighty

PROS

• Very open to anything, flexible and adapts easily
• Has previous experience onset/acting
• Lives very close by so availability/not showing up is not a problem 
• Is a person of color

CONS

• Very chaotic/funny personality

We believed the pros outweighed the cons and Alex stated she would happily be in the film. Though, she can be silly at times, I fully believe that she can take on a mature/calm role. 

This is a fairly shot shot of her acting onset but it shows her ability to follow directions well and depict the character she plays.

STEVE (Male Lead)

On the other hand, we had some issues deciding on who would play Steve. We had four options but cut/simplified it down to two. Me and my partner then weighed out pros and cons, finally concluded our settlement.

The first person we had in mind was one of our shared friend!

Headshot of the first person we had in mind

PROS

• Was previously in Media Studies (Basically knows how it works)
• Has experience in acting
• Very openminded

CONS

• Not too familiar/close with him
• Busy scheduling + not having the chance to reach out to him yet.

The second person was also another one of our shared friend: Landon! My partner had suggested him first.

Photo of the second person in mind

PROS

• Awkward personality (which fits the character but also may be a con)
• Reliable having worked with him in a previous media proj. + very openminded as well
• European Descent

CON

• No experience acting at all
• May come off as too nervous

Because of conflicts in our schedules..., in the end, we both agreed to Landon playing the part!

Now that we have our actors... making schedules was the next step! Since we also have the actors planned out, it will be much simpler to visualize the film entirely.