Actors - Practical Task - Natasha McGill

Actors - Practical Task

As a group we discussed if anyone has a younger sister, cousins, family friends or younger friends in general at which we could use for our actor. Charlie did have a cousin who was 7 but because we are going to be filming in the woods near and in a army bunker we didn't think this would be practical for a number of reasons. Some of which include the fact she maybe scared, she might not be able to do the days we want or attend the whole filming session. Georgia said she had a cousin who was 13 and even though this is a little older she has a rather young looking face.

So for our film opening scene, we are going to use Georgia's cousin. This is because in most supernatural horror movies they have a young child as being the victim of the possession or the one experiencing the supernatural being. We decided to use a girl as our victim because from previous research into horror movies, the child who was being possessed always tend to be a girl, so her cousin would fit into this category.  The image below shows a photo of her cousin Zoe and on the day she will be wearing different clothes, clothes that are suitable and would make it creepier, and she wouldn't be wearing any makeup to make her look even younger.

Zoe is 13 and even though she is older than most girls that would be an actor, this photo shows that she is rather young looking so it conforms and it will be suitable to use her. In most supernatural horror films the girls usually have brown hair and with Zoe having brown hair this would conforms to usual conventions. She has a small face but he features like her eyes stand out making it easier when she is our actor to make her look possessed. Also with wearing no make up we can make her look slightly possessed by using either a bit of black powder under her eyes and her face will look rather pale. She will have her hair either down or in two low pony tails as either way will make her look young and vulnerable. Her hair will be slightly messy so it looks more like she has been possessed rather than up nice and fresh.