Choice of Actors

Now that we know about the characteristics characters in the film, it was now necessary to pick actors to play these roles. When looking for actors in our film, our main priority was a person's quality of acting. Additionally, we needed someone who is used to the process or production because we want someone who would be familiar with how production works so being efficient would be essential. Because we attend a sixth-form, there are a huge catalogue of people we personally know who will be willing to act. We identified that there were a handful of people who had similar free periods to us so now it was just about choosing people who have had acting experience and will be committed to our project.

For the role of the student, we decided to hire a close friend of ours named Jamil. He has some minor acting experience before as he has his own projects on YouTube. However, he does have a tendency to get distracted and mess around but we're sure we can contain this by maintaining professional attitudes.

For the role of the teacher, we decided to hire Timur. In our opinion, he suits perfectly to the role of the teacher because he matches the criteria. He has a very alarming posture which would indicate that he is a no-nonsense type of person. He also looks older than he really is which will make it easier for the audience to recognise him as being a teacher. He also has a strong Russian accent which is useful to us as he does project his voice well. This will be very good when recording dialogue.




For the role of the friend, Samuel has volunteered. Him and Jamil are both Ethiopian and are friends in real life so it will allow the audience to recognise that they are friends in the film. Additionally, Samuel aspires to work in the TV industry when he's older. Because he has done many projects before, he is familiar with the processes of production and can share his knowledge with the other actors on set.