Screen Test Notes Complete and Final

8/9/2019 Screen Test Notes Complete and Final

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Screen Test Notes

For my AS film studies portfolio I have developed my planning furtherfollowing my textual analysis of two films, Adulthood (2008) and 2 !ears a

Slave (202)" #sing the narrative theories of protagonist vs" antagonist,e$uili%rium and the destru&tion of the e$uili%rium, whi&h I found in the analysisof my two films" I have planned a &reative artifa&t of ' ey frames where my&hara&ters will %e represented this way through my use of mi&ro elements" Iintend to use my ' ey frames to show the most important moments in mynarrative, I then intend to further highlight these point %y explaining how ea&hpi&ture &orresponds to ea&h part of my film"

For my protagonist yan it was important that he was played %y a %la& %oy atleast * years of age, as this suited the loo of a stereotypi&al young east+ondon gang mem%er" his &hara&ter had to %e at least *ft tall with slightly

toned arms" his &hara&ter will have to &ome a&ross as tough" In my &reativeartifa&t this &hara&ter will %e wearing a dar %lue hoodie with %lue tra&suit%ottoms and %lue trainers and a dar hood or &oat"Although this &hara&ter does not have many lines they will need to sill to %ea%le to mae all a&tions and fa&ial expressions &lear"

-y antagonists will only have a small role in my artifa&t %e&ause they will onlyappear in the final flash %a& the roles demand a&tors with the right loo tomae my artifa&t %elieva%le" .oth antagonists will need to %e %la& and ofmedium %uild and height, a%out /ft *ft 1" .oth &hara&ters will also need toloo strong to mae the s&ene more %elieva%le" In their s&ene they will %ewearing trainers, eans and a hoodie or a tra&suit" here will need to %e onetaller than the other so that the audien&e &an &learly see that one antagonisthas more power than the other" I have also &hosen to have two antagonists%e&ause it lins to my textual analysis of Adulthood" he dire&tor represents&hara&ters that have more power as the people with more people aroundthem in this &ase it will %e two to one, two antagonists to one protagonist"

3n&e I had thought of my &hara&ter profiles and I had &reated a s&ript I hadan idea of whom I wanted to play the role of my &hara&ters, yan and my twounnown antagonists" o mae sure that the people I had in mind were ust

what I was looing for and so that I &ould see the way they rea&t to a s&ript, Iheld auditions" I held the auditions of my antagonists over fa&e time video&hat and held the audition for my protagonist in my house" I &reated an extra&tthat &losely lins to s&enes in my &reative artifa&t to see how my a&tors wouldrea&t in similar situations"


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Monologue

4rug dealer5 who you6

yan5 4ex sent me

4rug dealer5 what for6

yan5 2 ilo

4rug dealer5 (gives yan a funny loo) you &an7t handlethat ind of delivery

yan5 trust me I now what I7m doing" (apping his &hest)I7m a man"


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Potential candidates

Name: 3wen -artin

Age: *Height: /77Hair colour5 .rownEye colour: .rownMonologue feedback: this a&tor as the talent and is morethan &apa%le of playing this role" At first gla&e this a&tor hasn7t gotthat hard9 loo a%out him %ut when dressed in the &ostume thisa&tor will loo the part" his a&tors voi&e is &lear and has greatfa&ial expressions"

Name:A:ee: ;uuAge: 16Height: *772Hair colour: .la&Eye colour: 4ar %rownMonologue feedback: this a&tor has a very &lear anddeep voi&e some fa&ial expressions were not spot on %uthad a good enough effe&t and when with the s&ene" hisa&tor had great %ody language throughout the monologue"

Name:Anthony Sinner


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Age: 22Height: *77Hair colour: .la&Eye colour: 4ar %rown

Monologue feedback: this a&tor showed great talent ina&ting as and not afraid to play any &hara&ter in themonologue"


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Name: =oshua SmithAge: *Height: *77>Hair colour: .la&

Eye colour: 4ar %rownMonologue feedback: this a&tor looed the part toplay any of the roles in my produ&tion %ut showedlittle talent in a&ting other than fa&ial expressions"

Name: =oel 4ouglasAge: ?Height: /77'Hair colour: .la&Eye colour: 4ar %rownMonologue feedback: this a&tor had small a&tingtalent and found it hard to eep a straight fa&e when

reading the monologue, although he had great fa&ialexpressions"


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inal selection

I &hose this a&tor to play the part of yan %e&auseI&ould tell this %e&ause although he new he was %eing

filmed he never on&e looed dire&tly at the &ameraunless he was ased to" A&tor was very good atportraying the &hara&ter in my produ&tion although theirpersonality is nothing lie it" Although my a&tor is olderthan the age I have &hosen for my &hara&ter I %elievethat he is &apa%le of playing the &hara&ter.

I &hose this a&tor to play unnown &hara&ter num%er %e&ause he loos the part exa&tly espe&ially whendressed in the &orre&t &ostume" he a&tor I have &hosenhas great &onfiden&e when a&ting and will have nopro%lem a&ting in the s&ene" his a&tor also wearsglasses, whi&h is not an offi&ial part of the &ostume forhis &hara&ter as these may fall of and %rea in his s&ene"he a&tor will have to wear &onta&t lenses or leave theirglasses off to a&t in this s&ene"

I &hose this a&tor to play unnown &hara&ter num%er 2%e&ause At first glan&e this a&tor loos to short to play

this role %ut when stood next to the a&tor I have &hosenfor unnown &hara&ter num%er you &an &learly see theheight differen&e is not that large" ogether with themonologue feed%a& this a&tor is right for this role"

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