Initial Planning - Casting

Character One:

This will be the main character throughout our opening. The opening will be surrounding her and the decline of her mental health. This character will enter the story a happy, healthy teenager with a strong friendship with character two, however over time she will become a vacant shadow of the person she used to be.

Lauren Barlow - We have chosen Lauren Barlow to star in our opening. Lauren has experience in acting as she currently studies Musical Theatre at Stratford College. She has a lot of experience in performing arts as she has taken on leading roles in school productions and has performed in front of large audiences such as Wembley Arena. With a lot of acting experience we felt she would be able to understand the complexity of the character and would be able to portray it well. She is also fits our age range perfectly.

Character Two:

This character will be character ones best friend. This character will deliver the main psychological element to our opening as she will be what provokes the mental decline of character one. Although it isn't directly shown exactly why their relationship declines, this keeps the narrative open for the audience to question what happened to the second character, some evening questioning the existence of her. This character could be a genuine friend, or a figment of the first characters imagination. This will also be implied by the constant appearance of the second character whilst the first complete breaks apart. 

Lauren Bricknell - We have chosen Lauren Bricknell to play our second character as she has also had a lot of acting experience as she has taken leading roles in local performances. She also studies musical theatre at Stratford college and has a great understanding of representing different characters. We felt she would understand the character well and she also fits the characters age range as she is a teenager.