Location Reccy/Preperation Work

I met up with Victoria Wilson and we did a little 'prep work' for our short film 'Moving Out' to set up and practice a few shots of our scenes to see how we would do it and how they would look, this also helped us come across any problems we might incounter instead of incountering them on the day and being stumped and looking like fools on the day.

One example would be reflective pictures. There is a framed painting in the living room and if the camera man were to stand in and have the camera shooting, depending on what angle they were shooting at, you may be able to see their (the camera person's) reflection in the painting through the camera.

There weren't that many problems we encountered during the reccy but the problems we did find we simply sat down and figured out a soloution for each one.

Our Actors for 'Moving Out'

Quick post - It's Caroline and James

Casting Call #3

The third person to show up was James, (auditioning for the role of the son) again we gave him a monologue and a script extract to perform for us

James' performance was a mixture of strength and venerability and we thought he was perfect for the role of Charlie. We loved how he could literally change emotion in a snap, as well that he looked the part.

For more news on the film check out or follow Victoria Wilson's blog

Casting Call #2

The second person to show up to the casting call was Rachel. I really liked Rachel from the moment she walked in, like Caroline we gave her a short monologue and an extract of the script to perform.

I found Rachel's performance excellent; it was very vulnerable and endearing and exactly how I imagined the mother to be. Everything from her facial expressions, gestures, even down to every precise movement was so in tune to the character

The only problem was; did she look the part of the mother and could we make her look the part?

Casting Call #1

I had casting calls for mine and Victoria Wilson's short film 'Moving Out' a while back, and planned to upload the videos to the blog but the video files are too big! (and I'm not the best with computors) so I'm just going to talk about it instead.

With that out of the way...

The first person to show up was Caroline and my initial thoughts on Caroline were that she looked great for the part. We then gave her a short monolouge to perform for us and a short extract from the script. For the first person to show up for the casting call we were very impressed with her perfomance and good easily see her as the mother role.

Caroline came of very strong willed in the casting which is a bit of the opposite of the role of the mother as she is very caring and nuturing, but we thought that with a little bit of direction we could make her more like the mother on the day of the shoot.

For more news of the film why not check out or follow Victoria Wilson's blog!

Film Location

One of the biggest questions of filming is where is the film set? And following that question is, can we get the right location to match where the film is set?

My film is set in a house where a mother and son live and, to the annoyance of the son, the mothers boyfriend. We need a home where we can shoot. Funnily enough we decieded to shoot at my home. (Where I'm typing this up right now)

Casting Call

I held a casting call for my location shoot and I felt a sudden swarm of professionalism come over me.

Me and my co-producer/director held the call, for the script I wrote ('Moving Out' a short about a strain on a mother-son relationship when the mother puts a boyfriend before her family. Relatable I think.) in a radio room where we gave the auditionees a short monologue to read to loosen them up and then a short extract from the script to see how the related to the character, and I must say I was impressed by all!

We recorded the casting also (and might upload the footage) now we jus have to pick

Finding Actors

Probably one of the aspects which was the main cause of worry for me for this shoot, I had to find a teenage male and a female actor who could play the role of his mother; and I didn't know any actresses around this age to play the role.

So what did I do? I took to twitter of course, but to much my dismay that didn't pay off as much as I would have liked it to, compared to my other class mates (annoyingly) so I decided I'd post an add on Gumtree (UK version of greg's list to any readers who might be from the States) and to my complete surprise it worked!

So now I have casting calls tomorrow (4 March); which I am extremely excited about. I'll let you know how it goes.