In a world where technology is so advanced, mailing has become a thing of the past. I rounded up the guys together through the use of Social Media and text messaging. Since they all had Facebook accounts & mobile phones it made it easy for me to communicate with them because they are only a notification or text away if I needed them. I created an art collective entitled 'The Young & Talented' which is a group of young people I brought together, each of them having some sort of talent or aspiration to do something creative. Since they all share a common interest it makes it easy for me to work and push forward any ideas which they or myself may present.
Selecting just the ones out of interest for my trailer, I arranged a meeting with them via Facebook in order to discuss the screenplay and what to expect while playing their roles. We agreed to meet up with each other in town, directly in front of the train station because it'd make it easy to locate each other. We then proceeded to the nearest Costa and sat down in there having coffee while briefing them the idea.
How did we go about shooting?
I didn't create a shooting schedule because some of my cast members were due to go off on Holiday soon and that means I only had a short amount of time to work with. We decided on days that we would film, the time & place we'd meet at the meeting but re-arrangements had to be made but thanks to social media I was able to Liaison with the group.
As you can see things didn't go as planned and so roles had to be improvised, my original synopsis contained 4 members but since one of them were sick and it meant I had to make some adjustments, making brief alterations to the story. This in turn actually became a positive thing because it means that there was less people to work & direct, making things less complicated.
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