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Cast Notes and Considerations

(In order of appearance)
Considerations:
For the role of Eve:
Name: Yasmin Escoffery
Age: 18
Previous acting experience? Yes

Name: Kim Younas

Age: 18
Previous acting experience? No

Name: Christine Sandford

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Age: 18
Previous acting experience? Yes

For the role of Marcus:

Name:
Shaquille Clarke
Age: 20
Previous acting
experience? No

Name: Kyle Thompson

Age: 20
Previous acting experience? Yes

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Name: Marcus Stamp

Age: 18
Previous acting experience? Yes

For the role of Emel:

Name: Tanyel Dayla

Age: 17
Previous acting
experience? Yes

Name: Paige Edwards

Age: 18
Previous acting experience? No

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Name: Skye Donaghy
Age: 17
Previous acting experience? No

For the role of Damion:

Name: Andrew Johnson
Age: 18
Previous acting experience? Yes

Name: Abraham Abraao

Age: 17
Previous acting experience? Yes

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Name: Ajay Kosoko

Age: 19
Previous acting experience? Yes

For the role of Saura:

Name: Leena Sayeed
Age: 16
Previous acting experience? Yes

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Name: Sophie Laxton
Age: 17
Previous acting experience? Yes

Name: Chanelle Baker

Age: 20
Previous acting experience? No

Final casting decisions:

Christine
Sandford
Age: 17
Features:
Brunette
with ginger
dip dye and
brown eyes
Character:
Christine is
playing the
role of Eve
Reasons behind
Eve is the protagonist
production, not only

casting:
within our
that but it is

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the most dramatically demanding character as she has to behave as
someone with a mental disorder displaying a complete diversity
when it comes to the moods she must display. We wanted our
audience to be able to relate to this character and therefore it was
important we chose a character within our target audience age
range. We chose Christine as she has a lot of experience with acting
as she has belonged to an acting class for three years now and has
performed in performances for her class including Chicago and an
interpretive piece inspired by Les Miserable. She is also studying
Drama at A-level as well as Creative Writing so can understand
aspects such as connotations and the art behind our project.
Christine is a confident character that has experience with acting on
camera for student films prior to this production so is highly
experienced. Christine is also very flexible in terms of her
availability so this was also another reason for choosing her.

Tanyel Dayla
Age: 17
Features: Brunette with brown eyes
Character: Emel
Reasons behind casting:
Emel is a duetagonist and although she has
a very minor role, it was important to us that
we casted an individual with some acting
experience as she has to play the role of
someone physically abused by their partner
and we need this to be shown in the least
melodramatic way as possible. Making our
production look as realistic as possible, as
we want to represent a realistic
representation of life with a mental illness. Tanyel studied Drama at
GCSE level where she received a B so the characteristics of Emels
role should be very easy for her to master. She is less available than
Christine, which is not too much of an issue because she is only
needed for three scenes.
Marcus Stamp

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Age: 18
Features: Brunette with brown eyes
Character: Myles
Reasons behind casting:
Marcus is another duetagonist in this
production he is represented as
aggressive and therefore once again it
was important that we had someone
who had the ability to act in a way that
relates to the realistic verisimilitude of
my production. Marcus Stamp studied
Media at a GCSE and A level and
therefore can understand the necessary
performance level required for the
production to look good. Marcus has
performed in other student films and therefore has the experience
necessary for this role. In other productions he has played an
antagonistic characters so I know he can take on this role and
execute it effectively. Marcus is also very flexible and is always early
and willing to give advice on possible ways of improving our work.

Andrew Johnson
Age: 18
Features: Brunette with brown eyes
Character: Damion
Reason behind casting:
Damion is another duetagonist in this
production, he is represented as Eves
demonic impulse and this is probably
the second most demanding role for
any of the cast. It was imperative that
the actor was experienced and
showed capability to play the role.
Andrew has studied drama at both a
GCSE and A-level and has also
attended stage school outside of
school where they have put on several local productions including
Bugsy Malone and Too Much Punch For Judy. Andrew was a clear
choice for this character due to the amount of experience he has
with acting, he has never done a filmed performance before
however proved efficient throughout the entirety of our production.

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Sophie Jade Laxton
Age: 17
Features: Blonde with blue eyes
Reason behind casting:
Sophie is another duetagonist in
this production, she is represented
as Eves suicidal impulse and this is
also a demanding role as it
surrounds a very sensitive subject
that we did not want to be seen as
melodramatic as it may come off as
being insensitive towards our
audience. Sophie is the director of
this Enigma Studios production; she
is passionate about this film and will
ensure she puts all of her effort in
to make this production look as
good as possible. Sophie studies both Media and Film Studies at Alevel so knows exactly how to work with the entire camera and has
performed on camera previously so knows the quality of acting
required to make the production look good.