Reminiscence - Actors and Character Roles

Actors - Shane, Josh, Lewis, Mrs Bobbett, Mrs Twydell and son

Killer/Antagonist - Lewis

The group chose me to play the killer for two main reasons.

Firstly because I looked comfortably old enough to play the role of the character who is supposed to be around 20 years old, my appearance also is not of a stereotypical teenager which helped in this role.

Secondly because we had decided that filming for the title sequence would be done at my house it was more convenient for the group to use me as the actor for this part.

Teen 1/Protagonist - Shane

Shane was chosen to portray the male protagonist in the film as he fits the modern stereotype of a male teenager, this then made him the actor that most of the audience would be able to relate to. In most films the male lead is attractive in order to make them appear less threatening and more likeable, this was another reason we chose to use Shane for this part.

Teen2/Comedic Relief - Josh

Josh was chosen to fill this role as the character was close to the protagonist it would be assumed that they would have a similar dress sense and general appearance. It was for this reason that Josh was chosen to fill this role as he had a similar dress sense. As the comic relief he also needed to appear somewhat cheeky and he amply does this.

News Reporter - Mrs Bobbett

This character needed to have an appearance that was noticeably older than the two teens. We also wanted this character to be female as the stereotypical reporter is this gender so as to appear to less threatening. The news being portrayed meant we wanted our character to portray alot of emotions in her facial expressions, it was because of this that we chose to use Mrs Bobbett for this role.

Angry Mother - Mrs Twydell

The character needed to portray stereotypical emotions and worries of a mother, in order to achieve this sucessfully we chose to cast the character as someone who had already experienced these worries in real life. Mrs Twydell was suited to this role as she is a mother and was readily available for filming.

Misbehaving Child - Twydell's Son

We needed the child cast to be between the ages of 6 and 9 this was because we wanted to create an emotional link between this child and the killer's sister, this would allow the audience to establish a feel for the film with this use of foreshadowing. The child cast was keen on acting and was also able to film at the same time as Mrs Twydell. As he was her son, the process of gaining consent was also simplified.