Preparation for Screen Tests

Before we start our main filming we are going to some screen test of our actors to see if they are good for the roles they are going to play.

A screen test is a method of determining if the actor or actress is right for performing a certain role or are good for a film. The performer is normally given a scene or couple of lines to read and to act them in the certain role they are going to portray. Later on the film is evaluated by relevant personnel to see if the person is right for the role. Some screen tests can be to see if costumes and make up look right on the performers.

Here are some examples of screen tests:

These two screen test are show different ways in which we can do our screen test. the Juno "test" is Ellen Page and Olivia Thirlby acting out a scene from the film in  room. This is unlike Joseph Gordon Levitts screen test which gives the viewer more of an idea of what his personality is like. The reason why the two screen tests may differ is due to maybe the actresses in Juno are less known then Joseph so may require proving themselves to be suited to the role. Joseph Gordon Levitts screen test was done in an interview style by a famous interviewer Lynn Hirschberg- who works for The New York Times

For our trailer we could do a mixture of both interview style screen test for people who have no dialogue in the trailer, and for the people with speaking role either making them read out their parts or making them perform/ be interviewed in the style of their characters.