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Post 15 - Casting


At first, I wanted to get professional actors to be in my film to keep the short very serious and aesthetically pleasing. However, I soon realised that it would be extremely difficult to get the person to Loughborough, Chelmsford and all my other locations that are at least 1 hour and 40 minutes away. I then realised it would be so much easier if I acted in the short film myself. From then on in, I started to film myself during all my training sessions and all my gym sessions because I knew, the more footage I had, the easier it would be to put the film together. I used members of the public who willingly said they'd help to be in my film and lend a hand. Finally, my peers also helped to be in my film, through school and cricket. They were mainly in the sequences that were filmed at school so it wasn't too bad to get them to come and do it, as I did it during our lessons so we were all free.

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