Casting

For our opening scene, 3 characters will have to be cast. The mother, the father and possibly the younger son.

Tabitha is being cast for the mother.

My partner and I have decided that we will be the parts of the mother and the father in the opening scene as it will be much easier than using anybody else who are older. Although my partner and I are both 16, in the opening scene, you never see much of our face as the shots that we are in are in bed and the duvet covers most of our faces anyway. In addition to this, using anybody older who does look more like a mother or a father would be difficult as they may not be free at the same times my partner and I are because of work etc., which would be an inconvenience. A benefit of my partner and I being cast is that firstly, we are both friends and so we see each other regularly anyway so it is easy for me to go to her house to film. Secondly, we both have the same half-terms and so we can meet up easily to film and we will most likely be free at the same times.

I am being cast for the father.

Furthermore, as it will only be us two in the opening scene, we don't have to rely on any other people who might not be able to do certain days and may show up late etc. whereas with us, we are the ones who are actually doing the project and so we will be more dedicated to the
filming process and make sure we are available to get everything done.

We may have to cast a child in our opening scene to play the part of the son. This could be a disadvantage as children are sometimes a bit disruptive when it comes to things like this and may find the process boring, meaning they could mess about which is something that we don't want as we can't keep doing lots of shots over and over again because we don't have the time. However, the child we would cast would be my younger brother. As it is my brother, I know he won't mess around or cause any hassle when it comes to filming. My brother is 10 years old and so he looks like a convincing child to play the part. Another problem however is that in the original place of filming, my partner's house, they do not have a children's bedroom meaning I would have to film at my house as well. Filming in two different locations is time consuming but it something that we should be able to do. He also has the same half-term as us and so will be available to film when we need to, especially because he is my brother so I can easily get hold of him.