So I'm casting for 'my' first four minute short tomorrow. I'm excited and nervous.
The plan is we have invited around 15 to come tomorrow with another couple next Saturday. The two ladies next Saturday are probably the front runners for the womens' parts. If one of them drops out before the shoot on the 1st October, I have a final casting (one, final actress) on the 24th just in case. This is my backup plan.
I have mega, pre-casting nerves. We're going with a 'dress to impress' look in that we will have lights, camera, Macbook, highly organised casting area with separate room, tea, coffee etc... We have a receptionist and a runner as well in addition to three of us doing the casting plus someone else who will be sitting with us in the casting. All of this has been kindly donated for free.
The nerves come from the fact that when we put the script online, we received a wealth of talent. Some of them are ridiculously good. We were really taken aback by a couple of them who look way too good for our little no-budget production with CVs and one of them has a showreel encompassing popular television shows!
The standard of the talent is pretty daunting. Sure, I'll put my game face on but we have been shocked at how good the applications have been for a zero budget production. I'm more concerned that they'll see through me for what I am... a bumbling amateur trying to make my first 'real' short.
Apologies for the rant. I just can't sleep and wanted to get it off my chest. Catharsis. Maybe I'll make a film about it...
The plan is we have invited around 15 to come tomorrow with another couple next Saturday. The two ladies next Saturday are probably the front runners for the womens' parts. If one of them drops out before the shoot on the 1st October, I have a final casting (one, final actress) on the 24th just in case. This is my backup plan.
I have mega, pre-casting nerves. We're going with a 'dress to impress' look in that we will have lights, camera, Macbook, highly organised casting area with separate room, tea, coffee etc... We have a receptionist and a runner as well in addition to three of us doing the casting plus someone else who will be sitting with us in the casting. All of this has been kindly donated for free.
The nerves come from the fact that when we put the script online, we received a wealth of talent. Some of them are ridiculously good. We were really taken aback by a couple of them who look way too good for our little no-budget production with CVs and one of them has a showreel encompassing popular television shows!
The standard of the talent is pretty daunting. Sure, I'll put my game face on but we have been shocked at how good the applications have been for a zero budget production. I'm more concerned that they'll see through me for what I am... a bumbling amateur trying to make my first 'real' short.
Apologies for the rant. I just can't sleep and wanted to get it off my chest. Catharsis. Maybe I'll make a film about it...
