Friday, 28 January 2011

Meet our actors

As soon as we came up with the pitch for our Thriller, I had two actresses in mind for the parts. The main girl Megan needed to look innocent and naieve which would make it more dramatic for later on in the film when she goes mad. The audience need to empathise with the character and her situation. In order to play this character, the actress needs suffecient experience to bring out all the different layers of her personality. The person I  thought of immediatly is Reanna Calvert a 17 year old London based actress. She attended The Sylvia Young Theatre School between the ages of 9 and 16, during her time at the school she starred in musicals including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Billy Elliot. Since leaving Sylvia Young she is working as a full time dance teacher, and is still on the audition circuit.


Megan has just the natural look were going for. We want her to appear uncomplicated and normal, to surpise the audience later on. Her clothing will mostly consist of jeans and tshrits, shes concious of her body and never wears anything too feminine. You could say that she is more of a tomboy. Her make up is also very natural and fresh.

In our opening Megan is accompanied by her friend Jemma in moving into her new flat. I wanted the two characters to be contrasting. Jemmas character is far more bold and daring, she is not shy like Megan. This means she takes risk in her style and grooming as well. The girl playing Jemma needs to be someone who is confident and able to make the character fun. There is no one better for this part then 16 year old Jemma
Mckenzie Brown. Originally from Hull and moved down at the age of 12 to attend the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She has starred in TV shows such as 'The Amazing Mrs Pritchard' and M.I high. And at the age of 13 won the coveted role of Tiara Gold in High School Musical 3, beating thousands of hopefuls. Having now left Sylvia Young she is currently in a developing band under the watch of some of the industrys biggest names.
Jemma is perfect to play the role as she has an edgy look that is right for the roles vibrant personality. She is Megans main support system in the film and is the one who always lightens the mood. Her clothes will reflect this by being bright bold colours, she never wears trousers only skirts and dresses. Her look is inspired by people like Fearne Cotton and Alexa Chung.



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