Character Profiles - Thriller

Casting is definitely one of the most important processes in the film making process because the characters and actors/actresses are the driving force within the narrative for the majority of the time. The opening sequence for our thriller will only include two characters which means we will be able spend more time choosing each character because there are only two actors are needed.


Character's Name: Man 1
Actor: Oliver Morroll

The first character we have decided to cast is Oliver Morroll. This is the character who is more dominant in this sequence because he is shown the most during the thriller. This is the character who is walking towards the house. We decided to call the character 'Man 1', this is because his name is never revealed in the sequence.

We believe that Oliver is perfect for the part because it requires some acting experience which Oliver possesses because he has acting in different short films which we have made previously. Oliver and Jonathan had more experience than me in this part because they have twice entered the George Spencer School Film Competition, where they finished third and second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIVtP0voeY
This is the short film 'Picture This', which came second in the film competition. It shows the talent which Oliver has.


Character's Name: Man 2
Actor: Jonathan Hawes

The villain in our thriller will be called 'Man 2' and this is because his name isn't revealed in the sequence so we left it for the audience to guess. This is the only character in our sequence who has lines of dialogue, which is when he greets the victim at the door and the dialogue is "Hey, come on in, man. Do you want some coffee?". This character needs to look fairly evil and sinister to the audience but not to the other character in the sequence because the audience can then see that he is quite evil but he still gains the other character's trust in coming into his house.

Jonathan does not have as much experience as Oliver when it comes to acting but he has directed a few short films and can use this past experience of directing others into his own performance.