After watching through and discussing the auditions as a group we decided to have a male character, to go against the stereotype of a woman being the vulnerable character.
Out of the 3 male actors that auditioned we picked Carlos Pereira and Robert Eades to partake in a final audition based off improvisation.
We created a councilling scene where Aisha would play the part of the councillor and our actor would have to get into character to express their emotions and thoughts relating to various factors in their life.
Before the auditions took place Aisha went through the made up situation with both of our actors seperatley just to make sure they understood what we wanted. We filmed Aisha talking to Carlos about the audition about to take place:
This is Carlos' final audition:
Analysis: In the first clip we liked the fact that Carlos wasn't afraid to change the script and express his own feelings as the character. On to the audition Carlos was very involved in his characters lifestyle, he did well referencing the family situation with his mother being an alcoholic and his musical talent side of things not going to plan.
However the main issue we had with his audition was his confidence. Our character is set to be lonely, quiet and insecure, Carlos exuded the exact opposite, the amount of swearing involved was good in relation to his anger management but on the other hand the way he delivered these lines expressed by his body language was as if he had no trouble talking to people which isn't the case within our story.
Robert's Final Audition:
We were very impressed with Robert's audition, as he showed the right balance between being nervous but angry. He displayed other ways of being angry apart from verbally. He used swearing when appropriate, banging the table, his body language and facial expressions were exactly what we wanted. He allowed himself to open up slighty but because of his attitude and general demeanour he stuttered not knowing what to say and where to start.
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