Actors

We shared responsibility for the recruitment of actors, however, I've had little luck in successfully finding actors willing to play the roles which are offered. The actors' suitability were agreed on by both Ed and I. Below, I have provided a list of the cast and the reasons for their involvement, as well as the roles they will be playing (including costume, though (details are included in the 'Costumes' post). 

The protagonist

Ed- Potential
actor for Ivan

At the time of this post's publication, Ed is being cast as Ivan, the protagonist, or the mob boss's son. He agrees that whilst he has not been involved in GCSE or A level drama, he has accumulated  enough experience in acting during his lessons in years seven, to nine to produce a meaningful and convincing performance of Ivan, representative of his character. During our discussion, I myself have gained an understanding of how Ed would personally be comfortable in performing a character such as Ivan, therefore the role will reflect both of our opinions.

At this moment in time however, I am still finalising details in the search for an actor who could potentially replace Ed as this would demonstrate a variety of casting, potentially increasing our marks for our opening sequence, though casting of such persons is not yet confirmed by the actors in question.

Costume would include:

• Smart suit- trousers, shirt, blazer
• Worn trainers
• Bright socks

The antagonists

With regards to our antagonists, I am in the process of enlisting two other non-school friends to act as Tony A and Tony B. Hopefully, the actors can be cast and the variety will have an effect on the overall grade for our opening sequence.

Background characters

Gautam, Jacob and Archie

For our background gangsters (used as a visual aid for the audience to understand the physical presence of the gang, and represent their numbers), Ed will be casting some of his own school friends: Josh Langfield, Sam Bunting, Gautam Manjunath, Jacob Knox and Archie Watson have all agreed to play a minor role in our opening sequence. We've discussed together reasons as to why he recruited them and the conversation he contributed to included his reasoning that "they requested a minimal amount of   dialogue and influence within the scene, meaning these roles are ideal for their preferences". 

Sam and Josh

As suggested before in Ivan's section, it is vital for the actors to feel comfortable in the role which they are portraying due to the quality of the performance they are able to provide. The less they are out of the comfort zone, the easier it is going to be to draw from them a convincing performance of their character and their behaviour.