Research and Planning - Organisation of Actors/Actress



Katie Robb

Main Character:
For my teaser trailer I am going to use one main character. I emailed Katie Robb asking if she would like to be this character. She said she would be the actress in my teaser trailer so I arranged a screen test to see if she was suitable for the part. From looking at the screen test and talking to Katie I decided she was suitable for the part. The reason I think Katie is suitable to play the main character in my teaser trailer is because she is the same age as my target audience. This means the audience can relate to the characters. When I conducted the audience questionnaire about the teaser trailer they said that they want teenage character for this reason Katie fits the part perfectly. Another reason I think that Katie is suitable for the part is the fact she has been at drama school, this lead her to performing on stage to a lot of people. I think this makes Katie suitable because she knows what acting involves, I also think it means that she will be able to adapt to the role I give her.
To develop the character I asked if Katie could watch a number of horror/thriller movies and teaser trailers so she could see how the main characters acted. This meant Katie would be able to adjust her acting to suit the genre.

Extras:

For my teaser trailer I am going to use a mother character. For this reason I chose to use my mum. She has the characteristics of a mum so therefore will be ideal for the character. I plan to only use her for a few seconds, for this reason I did not run a screen test. As she is acting as a mum I do not need to 'develop' the character.

A dog is going to be used in the teaser trailer who will belong to the main character. The character will only be used briefly therefore I am going to use my dog.

I will also need a male actor to be the evil character in the teaser trailer. I do not plan to show the whole figure of the person as I want to leave mystery. I asked my cousin Matt Green if he would like to be the actor, I explained that I would only need a few shots such as his hands and feet, he agreed. As he will only be used briefly I do not need to do a screen shot. For developing the character I will speak to him and say how I want him to walk and speck etc.