Auditons & Rehearsals before the Shoot

Thursday 12th March 2015 -

Casting and Auditions -

After receiving replies for our film we did two Skype auditions one with Amelia below and one with Caldonia below. We did one physical audition and during the audition we asked the dancer what they would like to add in terms of there of their own ideas and influence to the project, and also asked some practical things such as availability.

Amelia 

Caldonia



This is footage from the physical audition we done. ( Daisy Tait)

Daisy Tait was good, but we felt as a group that she seem passionate enough and didn't have enough enthusiasm for the project, same with Caldonia and that Daisy and Caldonia if we have of chosen either of them two they would have needed direction and their hand holded which we didn't have time for as we only have one day to shoot. Due to some complications in room booking and scheduling due to an anonymous individual.

We decided to cast Amelia Forrest as from her Skype interview she seemed really passionate and enthusiastic about our project and had a lot of her own input, which we as a group seemed really about to take on board and how she's part of an professional dance company.

During our Skype conversation with Amelia we  talked alot about collaboration, and how different art form could feed in to each other.

We also went through different film ideas and how to approach the idea, and how we'd like to structure it.

Overall, as a group we are extremely happy with Amelia, and believe she is a strong motivated, passionate and enthusiastic individual and fits for the part. I think Lucy smashed it in finding Amelia Lucy outdone herself in my opinion.


Monday 16th Rehearsals

On Monday we booked out JLO8 for our rehearsals where we met Amelia for the first time, and had a quick brief and greet of our new dancer. We as a group with Amelia had a discussion about trying out a few things i.e. movement, visual effects and costume. Footage from the rehearsals.



A quick VFX experiment which Tom had done on the day, to see weather the idea would work. in my opinion it looks good and am looking forward to shooting the film.