Finalize casting: new actors

 Finalizing Cast list: New actors

Finally, we found our main character. As previously states in my past blog post about my actors, I have struggles to find someone to cast as the main character. I had two people in mind and was waying in pros and cons to determine who should win the spot to play the role. I went through with the mini auditions idea as stated in the "Our Cast: Who we've found" blog post, and it actually was pretty effective in deciding who to choose. I went with the person I felt fit her the most, then went through the process and choosing with my cinematographer to get her opinion and she openly agreed. We have now casted Shaunae as Dariah Clemonte, the main lead protagonist. 

We also made another decision to replace the original person casted for the main lead antagonist. The original person was not per say "a bad option"  but she was not enough to fulfil the role; in other words, I was not fully satisfied in my choice. Luckily, I have stumble upon the person actor for the role during class. Sanika, overheard my conversation about looking for a new actor and offered her help. The reason why I believe she is to be the perfect person is her look and her attitude. She is a master at makeup, having someone who is conveniently good at makeup is a huge advantage. She has a very intimidating, domineering look to her that makes you believe she is a mean person. In fact she is very nice and friendly, but just the fact that she looks so intimidating sold it for me. Not only that but I have a extremely good feeling that she will be a good actor and that I will enjoy working with her to create this film. More on appearance, she is 5 foot 9 so she has a lot of height on her compared to the main protagonist which is exactly what I wanted. I have worked availability with her and although she does works on weekends, we have managed to find a way to have her attend the shooting days.