Casting - Feedback

After auditioning several girls for the role of the Youtuber, I have decided to cast Anna Jordan for the role because I believe she has the confidence and appearance suitable to play the role of a teen pop culture icon. She is confident in front of the camera and is part of a Norwich Drama group which grants her with lots of experience.

I have two men cast to play the stalker, this is an option to me as the stalker's face will not be in shot at all throughout the two minutes and therefore in terms of ease I am capable of using both men where appropriate. I have cast Ron Powrie and Kevin McMullan as the stalker.

Casting - Auditions

I will not have to audition people for the role of the stalker as he will have no dialogue and his face will most probably not be in shot, to add to the creepy feel of his character.

To audition for the role of the Youtuber I will have several girls aged 16-18 read a monologue taken from an already existing youtube video. From this I can decide which girl suits the role of a youtuber the best.

The script will be taken from this video:

http://youtu.be/kmHE4H1fOgI

Here photos from auditions:

Casting - Character Profiles

What characters do we see?

In my two minute opening there will only be two characters. One male and one female. 

Character Profiles

Character 1 - Youtuber

As of yet I have not decided whether this character will have a name or not. This character is bubbly and outgoing and has a large following on social media. She shares a significant proportion of her life on the internet and so people feel a connection with her when in reality she has no idea whom they are. The Youtuber is pretty and wears a substantially amount of makeup, which is tastefully done.

Character 2 - Stalker

The stalker is one of the people who have developed a fictional connection and relationship with the youtuber. He is obsessed with her and feels the need to follow all her social media accounts. He is quiet and has quite a creepy presence about him. He is obsessed with the youtuber and eventually has the compulsion to take his obsession a step further and meet her.

Costume

Youtuber - Modern fashionable clothes, several different outfits needed to stage fake youtube videos etc.

Stalker - All black including a black coat/jacket with a zip.