Post 10: Final casting

List of the characters

Main character - Samuel although never mentions name in the short film.

People on the train - I was hoping that the general public on the train would be ok with me just filming short clips of them.

Samuels Mother - In a flash back

Short character profile

Samuel (17 year old boy), who is also the character in the inner monologue, is an average boy from the UK who gets involved with the wrong people and has to come to a solution for his problem or face what has decided to do with himself, he is an average teenager with normal friends who has a history of being slightly mischievous, this trait he possesses has slowly grown over the course of his life and might eventually be landing him in a lot of trouble however he decides to reflect on who he would be hurting because there is still a part of him that cares.

Cast

I decided to cast Sam for the role of Samuel because he suited the average British teenager well, he was easy to access and he worked for free, unfortunately I’m unable to provide a picture of the person who will be playing mum because she didn’t want a photo of her to be online, however I chose her because its Sam’s biological mum and they look alike, adding to the realism of the film in my opinion.

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Post 13: Sound

Script The start of the film will be here, I wont be using the diegetic sound of the area because the wind was extremely loud on practice recording every time so instead ill use mild white noise. The heart beat will be a sound i use of YouTube link attached: Fades in from black Samuel walks into the train station, on his phone texting his friends, suddenly he receives a text that seems to put a serious expression on his face. He walks over to the benches to take a seat and wait for his train. He walks onto his train, taking a seat on a table seating area on the right hand corner of the carriage against the window, filmed using a long cut following him from behind onto his seat stopping where the table starts. He puts his headphones on, and it fills the outside sound . Inner monologue begins “I can’t believe I’ve got myself into this.” Said Samuel in a disappointed and worried tone. “I just need to get this over with and then I can be done with it. I can’t let anyone know w...

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