Scratch That, Strike It From the Records

So we’re basically starting over. We are keeping the same theme but we are changing the plot of our opening a bit to better fit our skill set and convey our chosen message better.

So earlier I had said we were going to start the film with a series of flashbacks triggered by our main character walking through the bedroom of her friend who passed. I also proposed the idea of having her be at the beach or their favorite spot but we are not doing any of that! Now, we are going to have her express emotions of sadness and depression as she gets ready to go to her friend’s funeral in her room. After consulting our teacher, we realized that our idea was unrealistic as we only have 2 minutes to accomplish this project.

We are currently revising our plot and have come up with a pretty basic outline. Since our opening will basically be focused on one person we needed an amazing actress who would be able to emote without using too much dialogue. In order to achieve this quality we asked Ms. Lutwin, the drama teacher, if she would be alright with helping us hold a casting call. I didn’t expect it to be so easy and she was so kind and considerate while we were asking about our casting call. The whole process was a great experience. Lutwin said she had about 3 or 4 girls in mind already who fit the description of who our character is. She said she’ll let them know about the casting call. Fingers crossed!

Our casting call will be held on Friday afterschool in front of the Drama Room, and the people who audition will have to improvise a brief monologue about grief and the loss of a friend. We decided to use this method of testing because we wanted to see who could get into this grief/depressed mindset the fastest and who emoted the best.