getting and confirming the cast

 to get the cast for our media shoot we had to send a formal email and explain to them the following 

- would miss a day of school 

- need to be confutable around water 

- be comftable getting in the water 

- be comftable driving their car to and from school 

- understood the sequence and what it was about and if they would be ok to do it 

here is the template we had to use to formally email the potential cast

Dear ______

I am currently working with a group of A1 Media Studies students to plan our Film Opening Sequence coursework project.  We are making a film about _____________.  We are trying to cast an actor /actress to play the character of  _________ (describe the character eg Bob, a serial killer, aged 30-50, powerful and super clever - be careful about insulting the teacher!).

We are wondering whether or not you might be happy to play this character in our opening sequence?   The filming is likely to take place on (give date) ​but the department shooting schedule is not yet finalised and could still change. 

The scene we are filming involves  _______________ (Let them know if there are any issues which might affect them eg fake blood, or them having to do something like running fighting, screaming etc eg Bob tying up a victim in a basement).  We anticipate that we would need you for approximately ________ (give indication of time needed, if it ia very small part, barely seen,  maybe only 40 mins, if it is a main character on screen a lot, then maybe the whole day 9-3?​)  We would love to have you involved. Please could you let us know as soon as possible if you can help us?  

Many Thanks

__________ (names of students in your group)

after emailing the potential cast we found that cassia Jackson would not be able to shoot with us so we had to get another actor, we have chosen Maddie Higgins to be the girl in our sequence and alibi confirmed he would be able to shoot with us.

we made sure alibi knew he would have to be in the lake and paddle boarding and he agreed to the terms and was our boy in our opening title sequence