Fiction Adaptation: Casting

For this unit, we have been asked to create a practical film which will be fiction based. Therefore, I will be needing some actors to convey the narrative to the audience. I decided to interpret the poem and give it my own narrative as I wasn't completely sure what the intention of the story was from then poets point of view. I also felt like this would allow me to be as creative as possible when it came to filming. For casting, I will be needing three characters, two girls to play the sisters and one guy to be the ex-boyfriend. I had put up an advert on Casting Call Pro, looking for actors that were of similar age to me. I decided to do this because I felt like acting students would be the best demographic to advertise to as many actors choose not to be in student films. However, I had problems finding actors that looked right for the parts and were of the right age.
Therefore, I have decided to ask a few members of UCA to act in it. I decided that this would probably work best as they might understand the brief and intention of the piece better than an actor as they have been working on the same brief. I also felt like they might feel more comfortable acting together, knowing each other rather than choosing a mixture of UCA students and actors. When casting the two sisters, I wanted them to not look too unalike so that it would be believable. I decided to ask Ida and Imogen with Imogen playing the main character, who I have named 'Millie and Ida being the sister 'Rachel'. I remember Imogen acting in Plamen's production of the same poem from last year so felt like she might remember it, making the performance easier for her. To play Nathan, I have asked Troy. I have seen him perform in previous projects including the last News project and thought he seemed really natural on screen. He is also good friends with the girls so thought the relationship would come across quite natural.