In this week's seminar we had actors come in and read through each of the groups' scripts. This was very helpful as it really helped to hear the script read aloud by actual actors. It highlighted any flaws that we had in our script and led to us making changes to the script before finishing the final draft.
POSSIBLE ACTORS
LIBBY
Talking to the actors was very helpful as well as one of the girls that joined us in the seminar had a very young-looking face, which we think we could use in our film as a back-up in case we can't find a thirteen year-old actress to play the character of Libby. We would only cast her as a last resort as we would then have to make Libby around 15/16, whereas we wanted her to be a bit younger.
However, one of the other actresses mentioned that she teaches a drama group in Chesterfield which consists of young actresses around 13/14. This is very useful as we would like the role of Libby to be played by a girl around this age and also we a re shooting in Chesterfield, therefore if we did cast one of the girls in this drama group in our film, then this would reduce the time and cost of travelling to the set for her and her guardian.
After the actors had gone through each group's script, we then had a chance to talk to each of them about possible casting. This was when the director, Tyler, then added the two female actors on Facebook so that we could stay in contact with them.
After the session Jess, the actress who taught the drama group, got in contact with Tyler and said that she had an actress that she thinks will be perfect for the role of Libby. Below is a screenshot of the message she sent;
After this conversation Tyler, the director, and I have decided to go to the class that Jess teaches to meet the actress that she has in mind and discuss the possibility of casting her. This will also give us a chance to look at the other actresses in this class, to see if we can find anyone more suitable for the role.
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