Character and Casting - Part Two

In an earlier post, a Google Slides presentation was attached which described a rough idea of the sort of characters we would like in our trailer as well as the traits of the cast that we desire. We also considered issues that we could face and how we will find the right actors and actresses for the trailer. Since this post, Vince, Max and myself have had many discussions into the story line of our characters. We all agree that it is important that the characters have a strong background story, because even if this isn't shown in the trailer, it helps us to understand the characters as if they were real and helps us to know how we want them to be portrayed. We are also in agreement that we should make a film concept as if we were to make a full feature length and then decide what would be in the trailer instead of just considering this to be a trailer. This allows us to make sure the trailer makes sense and that we don't add random parts to the trailer for effect only. Below is a Google Docs table I have created which shows the characteristics and background story of both our protagonist, antagonist and female role. We discussed these characters in great depth and keep making little changes to the story. One significant change we made was to alter the story of the main characters mother. Initially we had the idea that she had once checked her phone whilst driving causing her to crash and costing her life, we then discussed this on our Facebook group chat (as posted below) and changed it to a story that meant another driver checked their phone, causing them to crash and kill the protagonists mum. This is posted below.