Important Decisions (switching locations, casting, etc)

 

Christian Aniello
as Christain

Lauren Nau
as Lauren

Sebastian Calderon
as dead Christian

Hi blog!! We have (finally!!) cast the roles of the girl and boy in our film!! We have been reaching out to many different people who would fit the roles of the girl and boy trying to see who would be willing to participate in our film. Many of our friends and classmates were very busy and did not know if they could spend a few days filming. We decided that it would be best for Lauren to play the girl in our film since that was the main role and she already knew the basis of the film. For the boy part, we picked our friend Christian. The main issue was that Christain could not film multiple days, so we decided to get creative. We had our other friend, Sebastian, play the part of Christain in the first half (where he was dead) because his face would not be shown in the shots. We decided that if we used unique camera shots, angles, and composition, the audience will never know that we used a body double for the dead Christain (our very own behind-the-scenes Hollywood secret!)

Since my last post, we were discussing with a friend about our project and they gave us a great suggestion of a fourth park that we should consider--regional park. It is a closer distance, open 24 hours a day, and has a great forest-like effect. Also, the park is busy during the day but nearly empty at night. We think that this location is most ideal for filming our forest scene and really checks off every item on our list. We have also decided that we are going to use Callie's house and her neighborhood clubhouse to film the second half of the film opening. We are going to use her room because it has a large open wall where we can build the shrine, and a window so it can show Christain skateboarding by, and Lauren taking pictures of him from her window. At the neighborhood clubhouse, there is a basketball court surrounded by lots of trees. We are hoping to film Lauren stalking Christain playing basketball behind a tree, taking photos of him. Also, there is a video game/pool room with an outside connection, so we are going to try to incorporate that room into the film, as well.


Now that we have our cast and final locations for our film, we are really starting to see our story come to life!! I can't wait to start filming and see it all come together!!