Task 7 and 8: Role allocation and casting

Task 7: Role allocation


In my group we have split the different tasks between each other like this:


Cameraperson: Frida

Writer: Frida and Chloe

Editor: Frida and Chloe

Director: Frida and Chloe

make up and costume artist: Liz Ravenscroft

Actors: Chloe Ravenscroft as Dolly Pocket

              Sophie Ravenscroft as Tanya

Task 8. Casting

In our film we need two actors. One actor to play Dolly Pocket, the antagonist in the film, and one actor to play Tanya, which is the victim in the opening sequence of Peek-A-Boo.
The props Tanya need for the film is a baby pram and formal clothes, this character is going to be played by Sophie Ravenscroft.
The props Dolly Pocket will need is toys, doll costume, bones and a plastic knife. This character has been decided to be played by Chloe Ravenscroft.

We choosed the name Tanya to the victim as it is just a casual working/middle class name, with no linking to anything special. On this way it shows that Tanya is just a regular woman, with no special qualifications. In the film as a whole, she does not have much to say, except from showing, by her death, that Dolly Pocket is a brutal murderer.

We also choosed the name Dolly Pocket because this is more unusual. This indicates that there is something special and different about her. We specifically choosed the name 'Dolly' because in the film she is obsessed by her dead baby, and we often find her sitting amongst many dolls and other toys. The connotations to a doll, and therefore maybe 'Dolly' as well, are happy, children playing, light and safe enviroment. Since this is not the case in our film, it makes it even more twisted and disturbed. On this way we are also crossing people's expectations related to the name.