The cast required for our opening sequence is around 10-20 people. In order to communicate regularly with our actors (to remind them of rehearsals and shoot times), we created a Facebook group and Whatsapp group chat. To inform the actors more formally of the times and dates they will be needed, we will send out letters to each cast member. The letters will state the importance of the actors' commitment to the project and that they should notify us if there will be any issues. This is useful as it demonstrates that our project is of high importance and that we rely on the commitment of our cast.
Our cast list consists of a mix of males and females of different ethnicities, as we want to represent the multicultural society of Britain. As it is difficult to find a high number of reliable actors, Gift and I have decided to be a part of the production as characters in the background of the corridor scene. The film reference for our casting would be "21 Jump Street" as the car park scene clearly conveys the different social groups in a school through their appearance and costume.
We decided to organise an audition process to cast the actors, and made our decisions based on their suitability/similarity to the characters, appearance, and availability on the shooting days. This was useful as we wanted our characters to be realistic, and some potential actors did not fit the criteria.
Cast list:
Michael Gargaro (as Arthur)
Willem Troost
Alisha Shah
Amy Bauco
Seb Curtis
Will Curtin
Shayam Utting
Seth Hoskins
Okkor Habibi
Najid Rehman
Monica Aghadiuno
Luke Eves
Bonttu Tesfa
Gift Emesi
Ela Yokes
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