Initial planning - casting

For our opening scene, we needed to find three different actors/actresses to play in our film. Two of the three castings will be females aged between 16-18, as this is the age that we feel will be appropriate to play the characters. One will be the protagonist, while the other will play the murder and abduction victim; using females as they can be represented as vulnerable which will link in with our narrative.

A male will be used as our third character and will be the antagonist of the film opening; he will need to wear all black, with something dark covering his face so that his identity isn't revealed - this will help to keep a mysterious feel for the audience. Physically. he will need to be tall and strong in order to portray the character that we have in mind, and also to intimidate the audience so that it meets the audience pleasure.

We have chosen to use people who have experience with acting as we feel that this would help us to make the best film opening as possible, therefore two of the people we have chosen studied drama at school, one of them studying full time at college. The male in our film won't have a dramatic acting role, as he will only be used in POV shots and over-the-shoulder shots.

Miah Kirton 

Miah studied GCSE drama, getting an A*, so we thought that she would be perfect to play the victim of the crime.
Miah will be involved in some of the most dramatic scenes, so her acting skills will really help to make these realistic. Although she won't be the main character, her experience in drama will assist in creating a convincing opening. Her character will be called Alice.

Lauren Bricknell

Lauren will be playing the main character, the protagonist, who experiences the flashbacks and was present at the event of her best friends kidnap. She is currently studying drama at Stratford college, so has a lot of experience with this type of acting. 

Her experience will be used to help make some of the most challenging scenes, where the conventions of thriller ad horror really come into play. 

Lauren will be playing the character of Martha

Luke Macdonald 

We decided to cast Luke as the antagonist because he does not fully feature in the opening of our film. Small shots of his back, hands, and hooded head will be seen, but there is no physical acting required to do this.