Casting- Representation

For my film I need two actors, the protagonist and the antagonist. I have chosen a couple of my friends to play each role, as I will need to be behind the camera.They are both confident people so I know that they wont be shy in front of the camera, and also they know each other very well which will mean that they won't find it awkward to act in front of each other. The actor playing the protagonist is called Dan Rugg and the actor playing the antagonist is called Harry Shayler. I have chosen to cast them this way around as Dan is shorter than Harry which means he will look more helpless as the protagonist. The main reason that I chose Dan to play the protagonist was because I knew that he had experience with acting on stage in the past, and more recently he has been with involved with events like house dance so I knew that he wouldn't have any problems with acting for me. I chose Harry to be the antagonist because is very tall, which makes the character look a lot more sinister and powerful. These two actors both seemed perfect for  the roles, and it also works well how the antagonist will be a lot taller than the protagonist which will make the antagonist seem a lot more powerful than the protagonist which is what I want to achieve with the film. 

I chose to subvert the stereotype by having the helpless protagonist as a male instead of a female for a few different reasons. Firstly, it would be quite uncommon to have a female playing a horror video game as this is very un-stereotypical, so the audience could get confused. Also I think it makes the antagonist seem even more threatening because it shows that even a male in his late teens who you expect to be quite tough is scared of the antagonist, not just a little girl.

            Harry                                                                                                   Dan