Alter ego auditions

Four teenage girls auditioned for the chance to be the main characters in our thriller opening title sequence. Due to the fact that the two main characters are going to be played by the same person we only need one actor to play both parts. We will be filming all of the shots which the teenage girl is in first and then we will change the actors make-up to a more sinister look and film all the shots that the alter-ego will be in. Every actor in the auditions acted out the same scene from our thriller opening, which is the scene where the alter-ego is crouched on the floor covering her face and then slowly looks up into the camera lens. We decided that they should audition using this scene because it is a very serious part of our thriller opening and we needed to make sure that the actors were comfortable expressing intense emotion and were able to stay serious until the filming was over. However we were filming these auditions outside and the ground was damp from the rain so we decided that we would film the actors doing the facial expressions of the alter-ego standing up.


Kezia Smith- Kezia auditioned for the role of the alter-ego, the antagonist in our thriller opening. Kezia has had experience with acting and has had past successful theatrical performances. She was very keen and had clearly prepared for the role. She also showed a lot of theatrical skills and we decided her dark facial expression suited the character.


Alex Storey- Alex auditioned for the role of the alter-ego. Alex is currently studying drama and has had experience with acting in a successful theatrical performance in the past. However we found she wasn't confident in performing as a dark and evil character. She also was not committed for this role and had other commitments at the time which we would be filming.

Leona Bilby- Leona auditioned for the role of the alter-ego. Her performance was very good however she did not take it completely seriously which is shown by the laughter at the end of her performance. We would have found it hard to work with this person as they would need to be very confident and comfortable expressing intense emotion.

Claudia Wilkie- Claudia auditioned for the role of the alter-ego. We decided her acting style was more suitable for a comedic role. This is shown by the humorous gesture at the end of the audition. We decided she wasn't suitable for the role because we needed to work with someone that would be serious and efficient while working.

The teenage girl which we decided suited the role more than the others was Kezia Smith. This was because she showed us commitment towards filming and also presented herself as a serious actor. She also had a facial expression during her audition which we thought really suited the alter-ego character we had thought of in our group.