casting

Planning - Casting for Our Opening 

(Characters are un named)

Target for The Zyklon’s – aka irrelevant character that dies

This character needs to be portrayed as vulnerable and tentative as he is walking through the woods alone. He is unaware of who the Zyklon’s are and what they are capable of. He is a target for the colour of his skin and not for what he has done as a person. We want the character to be played by Sam Thompson. Sam is a confident person in front of the camera due to the fact that he takes Drama for A levels, he also is a very good actor so he will be a great addition to our opening. 

Zyklon 1 

The leader of the Zyklon’s needs to be the most over the top character. He needs to be ruthless, merciless and a tactically genius mass murderer, all without saying a word. He needs to portray leadership and the other Zyklons should respect him. The role is controversial so we need someone who can be mature In dealing with the responsibility of the role. This responsibility can only be handed to James as we feel he would suit the role perfectly. James is devoted to the role and his infectious enthusiasm will motivate others to work as hard as he does as the Zyklon leader

Zyklon 2 

The second Zyklon is significant as he is responsible for dropping the bag that sets up the plot for the film. He has to over exaggerate how he inexplicably drops it so it doesn’t look obvious or intentional. Kieron Dodge is going to be playing the Zyklon as he is confident in front of the camera and will help our group as he has experience working in film with his YouTube channel Kieron Chris Videoing. Kieron can assist James in portraying a realistic white supremacist but one concern would be he takes his role to seriously, potentially causing offence but we will address this if it happens.

Zyklon 3

The final member of cast is going to be the third member of the Zyklon. This character needs to be the authority or the muscle of the group. Whereas the other two are sophisticated and erratic genius’s this character is the backbone to the operation. He needs to be taller and have connotations of power and strength. This character is debatable for who we are going to cast so we have short listed a few candidates. Our top target is Olly Newman; however, we are unsure if he will want to participate due to his confidence in front of the camera. If he does not want to take part, we will have to find another character. Potentially Harrison Clarke could fit the bill although he is hardly the muscular specimen we are looking for.


Casting problem and changes
Unfortunately our original zyklon's James, keiron and Harry were not able to be apart of the opening as James had left KBA and couldn't help out, and the other two were busy doing other subjects and weren't able to turn up and shoot the opening. So are replacement Zyklon's are Sean and Michael Welsh and Oliver Newman as they also have the same qualities as the other Zyklon's, we also got a picture of the 3 Zyklon's together.