Sunday, March 10, 2019

Problems with Casting

Although we have gotten some responses, our original post for casting required only a headshot. However, this was not enough information to determine whether or not those auditioning were good actors.
The introduction to our short film is basically silent, besides some small sounds and words of comfort. Therefore, it would be extremely hard for actors to audition with our own script.
Ricardo and I therefore made them audition with a scene from Revolutionary Road. This scene is extremely dramatic and emotional, that it would completely allow for the actors to show off their skills. It also allows us to see how these actors would portray Trevor's emotional nature as well.
This is the scene we chose. 
We narrowed it down to Leonardo DiCaprio's "monologue", since we are looking for male actors. This is what we provided for them to audition with.
And now, we wait...


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