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Cineformation: Casting 2008
The process of casting was the central topic of this month’s Cineformation networking event, held at the Watershed and presented by filmmaker Oliver Purches.
The first short film screened was Back in Ten, a feel-good story written, directed and produced by siblings Lucy and Barney Heywood. Both brother and sister explained the peculiarities of the casting for their film, and they were supported by their two main characters: veteran David Graham and child actor Ben Kirkwood.
The Heywoods admitted that they wrote the script with the image of Graham, an old family friend, in their minds. Graham plays an alter ego of North American rock legend Janis Joplin, a match that would initially seem unusual, given the fact that he looks like an average British gentleman. Young Kirkwood was one of the young actors who auditioned for the part of Graham’s co-star. It doesn’t seem that the Heywoods were scared about the difficulties of filming with children. Kirkwood, whose only previous experience is in theatre school, wasn’t concerned about some use of language in the film.
The second guest speaker was producer and director Rich Warren, who spoke about his short film Malcolm. Although the initial reason to make the film was to portray an innovative use of music (the iPod of the main character could almost be a second character itself), Warren explained how much the film owes to the presence of the main actor, who was suspiciously similar to the co-director.
Warren dedicated much time to explaining the virtues of a good casting director, among them, even making the auditioning actors cry, almost a legendary image that one wouldn’t dare considering truthful but that apparently is. The young director admitted to have spent many months looking for the right actress for a controversial short film The Watching, also screened.
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