Character shots - old man

These are character shots of our old man character. We had to change the actor due to accessibility reasons, however after doing some filming with him we feel he suites the part well.

We looked into costume and experimented with different hats and glasses. These two photos show our selected hats, the bottom image is a woolly hat however we decided  not to choose this option as it had a football emblem on it and we do not to associate our film with football. We finally chose the flat cap as the actor is not quite as old as we had hoped and the flat cap appears to make him look older. 

 We also decided against the glasses because it symbolises intelligence and a better upbringing which does not fit the old man role as he is meant to be working class and educated through experience instead of learning through an establishment. Finally we wanted him to wear a dull coloured coat to emphasise the idea of a negative life. 

Character shots-mum

These are pictures of the actress we were going to use for the mother character. We chose her originally because of her accent and appearance, both fitted a working class woman. However, recently we learnt that she was no longer available to film so we are having to look at other options which is delaying our filming.

Character shots

This image shows the person we have selected to use as our antagonist. We wanted to use an elderly man becuase we though the bond between the two would be more unexpected and interesting to view.
His dialect and appearence connotes working class and so he would be perfect for our trailer.

This image shows one of the possible boys we could use for our protaganist. We feel he suites our characters appearence and his dialect strongly connotes working class. However one of the strong codes and conventions of a social realism films is convincing and natural acting and so we decided to look at other options.

This is our second option for our protagonist. He fits the age most popular in our questionnaire. We liked his small frame and his unconventional appearance as he is not stereotypically "beautiful". However his appearance still allows the audience to sympathise when the character is suffering hardships, this is because he is not "ugly" either. We are trying to convey normality as much as possible and after doing some filming with Oscar we believe he is suitable.