Casting

 Casting Process    

    As much as I would love to show pictures of our cast list or other known as actors for our film, my partner and I have had many issues regarding our cast. So, let me break down the process for you.

    Our plan was to get people who could act and play the roles of Verena and Janus. This is because in our script we have dialogue, which is difficult for it to come out good if the actors are not fully committed or aren't trained for this. We need this dialogue to sound realistic and not scripted. So, my first thought was "Oh I know some people in drama that may play these roles well, if they're able to." I started texting my friends in drama if they or anyone else would be interested in playing either the girl part, Verena, or the guy part Janus. We had options to start with but they were very inconsistent and uncertain if they would be able to. 

    After searching for actors for days maybe even weeks my friend texted me this:

At my school, the drama class is currently working on plays for the beginning of March. This means they would barely have time to help us film our portfolio project and were less likely to agree to helping us due to their own responsibilities at the moment. We didn't want to pressure anyone since that is their commitment, however now we are somewhat stuck on what to do. This is our first major obstacle, which I know we will overcome, but I'm worried we're running out of weeks to film. 

    If I am being completely honest I feel like we are a little bit behind but good news is that we did end up finding our Janus that will act in our film. Now for filming days we are scheduling them out beforehand, that way it works for everybody in the group. I’m deciding to take this obstacle we are facing as a lesson, and continue to move forward with this process.