Casting

     Hi blog! For the casting of our film opening, we opted mainly for people who we knew really well because it was a more reliable option than for example asking the drama club at our school. We made this choice, and ended up having 2/3 of our characters be people in our group. Those characters being Lee and Madison, playing Aurora and Kai. We asked a friend to play Sam, who we got the name of from the actual person we asked, since we felt like their name Sam fit the character really well in and of itself, however in the comic, Sam goes by the name "Atticus", since we wanted a more mythical sounding name for the fantasy world that Sam is so obsessed with.

    Sam: We went with this person for our character since he has very surface level "nerd" features such as the dark hair, that can still be stylized to be a more objectively attractive look at the end of the film. Sam also genuinely enjoys acting in people's pieces, since he is in CBTV (Cypress Bay Television), and is good at it as well!

Aurora-Lee: We chose Lee to play the character of Aurora because she has a naturally fun and different look, especially with her hair being dyed, as it can be either grungy or quirky, which are the two sides of Aurora's character. Lee also has a very unique style that we thought would work very well with Aurora as a whole.

Kai-Madison: Finally, we selected Madison to portray Kai because of their hairstyle and overall look that could easily fit the "bad boy" aesthetic. Madison is a very sweet person, despite Kai's character, but they enjoy the acting part of production, and they definitely will be able to present Kai's character in their own unique way, aince they have such a genuine enjoyment for acting in different roles.