The Lost Brother - played by George Miller
The lost brother is a character that features in the flashbacks in my opening sequence. His face is not really shown in the opening sequence because I wanted to create mystery and suspense, this was because I wanted the audience to feel more emotionally towards he little brother and the mother.
I decided to make the missing brother older as I thought that the audience would emotionally connect easier to a child that was a older toddler. This is because when it came to him being taken, the audience would be able to sympathize because they had got to know the boy.
The only problem with using an actor as young as him, as it may take more patience to get shots that i can use, and directing him may be harder than using an older actor. However, using someone this young hopefully will evoke emotion in the audience because of his innocence.
The Little Brother - played by Sam Hytner
The opening sequence focuses around the little brother mostly. He is in the flash backs with his older brother and in the present tense with his mother. The opening sequence focuses around the emotions that him and his mother are feeling to the loss of their brother/son.
I wanted to use someone really young for this part, as i wanted there to be hints in the opening sequence that he understood that his brother had gone missing, but i also wanted a sense of naivety, where he doesn't completely understand.
Again, this actor is younger than the older brother, and therefore may be even more difficult to work with, this is because directing him may be hard. However, i need someone this young to play the part to be able to convey the innocence i need.
The Mother - played by Joanna Grayson
The mother is a character that will mostly be in scenes in the present tense. I will focus around the emotion that she is feeling after her son has gone missing. This will be the easiest person to film as she has the full range of emotions needed and will be able to connect to the part as she is a mother herself.
Using someone older and easy to direct means that it will be easier to get the exact emotion i need for my sequence. I need someone who is a middle aged women and someone that looks the stereotypical age to have two children.
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