Male Actor - Sam Morris
Character - Chris
Female Actor - Debbie Sweet
Character - Rose
Male Actor - Mr Leach
Character - Mr Fischer
We had hoped to use these people as our actors but with the late withdrawal of Sam Morris because of school related issues we had to locate a new Chris fairly quickly. In a panic we looked to each other for ideas as to who could spare some time to be our missing actor, as a result, we turned to Adam Holland. Thankfully he accepted and we were back on track with precious little time to spare.
As we filmed the remainder of the film we started to realise that the 5 minute restriction was getting closer and closer so we made the group decision to take out large parts of the original story in order to decrease the running time. In doing this we sadly had to remove the part of Mr Fischer and almost irradicate the second half of our Short.
The final Cast List is:
Male Actor - Adam Holland
Character - Chris
Female Actor - Debbie Sweet
Character - Rose
In order for our actors to take on their given roles we needed to give them a costume to wear. After some discussion as a group about the characterisation of both characters Demi had the task of finding us the right costume to suit their personality.
Chris is a 19 year old who is forced to look after his ailing mother whilst holding down a full time job and managing the house at the same time. His office job leaves him wearing almost always formal suits which contradicts the assumption that all teenagers are up to date with the latest fashion trends. Instead Chris leaves his hair and clothing very flat and formal respectively without much care for what those around him are doing.
Below are some examples of what we expected Chris to look like:
Rose (Chris' Mum) has a medical condition involving her lungs, leaving her very weak and barely capable of completing even some of the most basic of household tasks. This is unlike many 40 year old women we see in Drama who are often always on the move, living their ordinary life, working, paying bills, doing house work and cooking. Instead Rose is restricted to the limits of her precious rose garden, planted by her beloved and mysterious Billy.
Given her lifestyle, she is unable to really wear much more than a robe.
