Reece Part 2: Actor(s)

Originally, as our film only had one character, we only chose to gave one actor. Each member of the group sat down for a meeting about how to decide how to go about the casting. In order to narrow it down and make the process quicker we outlined some requirements for our actor:

• We wanted our actor to have some experience with acting. We wanted to make sure they knew how to act and weren't completely new to it which would make the filming day easier when working with them.

• They also needed to look somewhat similar to the image our director had in her head of how Dylan would look. This meant our actor needed to be a male in his late teens.

• The sound in the film was to be recorded after filming in order to be used as a voiceover. We planned to record it though our school's music department's equipment. This meant therefore that our actor would have to be a pupil in the school as they would need to be present to record.

• Our actor needed to be someone we knew well enough to know that they were reliable and someone that we could count on. They would need to be able to dedicate themselves to the project when we needed them.

• They needed to be available on our filming day.

We then decided to have Dylan watch himself drown through a panning shot. Another actor was then introduced whose arm would be shown in the shot. This meant that we needed to find another boy in his late teens who was dedicated to the project as well.

More actors would also be needed on a separate occasion to be part of the flashbacks. Four actors would be needed for these; one for Dylan as a baby, one for Dylan as a young child and two for young teenage Dylan and his girlfriend.

After a lot of thought we decided that our friend Micheál Lynch should play the role of Dylan. Our other friend Jack McGarry agreed to play Dylan in the flashback.