Grace Sommerfeld:
My friend Grace is the first person who I have taken a video and pictures of, in order to decide who I want to cast as my main character. Fitting in with the style of what I want to create, I asked her to converse with me in an American accent. The reason why I felt it appropriate for her to speak in an American accent is because many of the indie-independent teaser trailers and trailers that I have looked at use voice overs.
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I felt that her American accent was good, however there are a couple pronunciation errors with her accent where she uses R's and L's. The video which was taken on Monday the 4th of October 2010, was lost shortly after production, so I don't have any evidence of her American accent.
Hannah Carpenter (12/10/10)
Hannah has the look which I want to use within my trailer, however she doesn't have the accent of an American. Instead of using an American accent, I asked her if she would mind using a posher english accent. Here you will see two videos for her casting call, as I didn't have a digital camera with me. I will take mug shot pictures on a further date.
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Hannah was not able to do an American accent, so instead I asked her to talk in a stereotypical 'posh' English accent which helped me to decide whether I wanted my character to be English or not. Her speech is very clear and I think that she would be good for the role which I am putting in place. You can see that her 'look' would fit in with the style of work I want to create, as she gives of this normal look, however, also owning elements of a 'quirky' girl. Her look is not fully girly, which means that it could allow me to make her look 'ghastly' and rough.
Liane Davis
I have been considering other possible candidates for the role of my Bulimic character, exploring size, skin coloring and gender. I feel that Liane is too 'girly' in order for her to play the part, however, if it was a less serious trailer I would most probably consider her as she studies Theatre as an A-level. Fitting in with her stereotypical girly self, she would not take her hair down in order for me to see a more 'messy' look, therefore I could not decide whether I should cast her or not.
Adam Harris
I had the idea to address not just girls with my teaser trailer, but boys also - showing how men also get it, but its not recognized as much in the media. This is why I have decided to cast my friend Adam, as he is studying Theatre Studies, and I feel that he would be a reliable candidate doing what I asked of him.
Instead of photographing Adam with normal hair, I photographed him with messy hair as well. In order to create a 'rough' look, I felt it more important to do so. Personally, I do not feel that Adam's look is appropriate, as he doesn't give off the look which would be seen within a drama.
