Research and Planning: Auditioning

We next focused on the organisation of actors. As the genre requires older characters I suggested using the teachers for our characters. This would make our film more realistic. I made a poster to put into all the male teachers pigeon holes so they know that a part in the film is going to be cast soon. We all then went to our two drama teachers to ask if they would like to play the main parts of the police. We decided to use a female in the opening sequence to challenge the conventions of a crime thriller.

After sending out the poster on the Monday we gained a list of all the teachers in the school. Matching the personalities to the characters in our film. We then wrote a letter to the chosen teachers and gave it to them personally to make sure they would be free on the audition date. All said they were.

That Thursday we set up the camera with lighting to give the auditionee the mood of the film. After waiting for over half an hour we decided to find the teachers to see where they were. All had gone home except one. We filmed him and packed up to go home. Disappointed, however we organised it to the best of our ability, it was beyond our control whether the teachers turned up.
After our disappointing auditions we decided to ask the teachers if they wanted to take part. We cast them there and then.
Mr Smith
Mr Darke
Mr Stark- Superintendent Barns
Miss Dicker- Jill (undercover name- Stacey)
Mr Leach