Casting

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I used Casting Call Pro in order to obtain actors for my production. I chose to do this because I wanted to work with people who had some experience and could really take on the role of playing my characters.

Annie Richards - played by Jodie Shanks

I chose Jodie to play the character of Annie as I felt she had the innocent look I wanted for Annie's character. I was aiming for Annie to come across as quite young and naive, which I think Jodie portrayed really well. I also wanted Annie to have a slight temper on her and be quite passionate when she spoke, something that I thought Jodie could put across well from watching some of her previous work. When it came to filming I thought that Jodie portrayed Annie's character perfectly and loved the emotion she put into it.

Steph Butler - played by Ellie May

I felt that Ellie would be good for the role of Steph as she displayed the ability to be quite serious but still sympathetic which was my initial description of Steph's character. Steph is supposed to be the leader in terms of their friendship, Ellie being taller and slightly older than Jodie meant that I could portray this well through low angle shots looking up at Steph making Annie seems more inferior. During filming, I thought that Ellie got Stephs character just right and represented Steph in the way I wanted.

Another reason I chose Jodie and Ellie is that I liked the differences between them, for example, Jodie has brown curly hair and Ellie has straight blonde hair. I felt that this was important for my production as I want my audience to be able to recognize the two characters and not get confused as to who's who. I'm making a trailer which is only 2 minutes long, it would be different in a film as the audience who have to time to distinguish the characters so I wanted to make it clear from the start. 

I very much enjoyed working with them and found it to be a great experience. I hope to keep my connection with Jodie and Ellie so that I can hopefully work with them on future projects. I will also be using Casting Call Pro again as I found the process very easy and the response to my request was really great. 

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