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Tia Avey

Tia is a sixth form student alongside her key passion for music, she is 17 years old which, could be interpreted as a naive age or the age of confused/ stress over many factors including school work, work, peers, friends, family, teachers and perhaps the fear of University. Making it great for her to feel the pressure along with knowing she is schizophrenic. We want her feel trapped and like she has no one she feels that she can talk to. However, she is going to and will make the perfect lead character. She is very comfortable with her body, making her the perfect candidate for the lead role. Her personality creates a vibe of darkness and depth. She is very dramatic in a sense of energy and the fashion style she often wears; consisting of blacks, grey and khaki, gives her formal look but sight sadness or her lack or desire for colour, which would assist the sense of the character having a mental illness; but also wears accessories like finger-less gloves and hats, plus many layers which may add a vulnerability to her within the woods scene. Adding a contradiction from the openness of herself within the bath. Therefore, she is open to herself but finds opening up to others impossible, a cause from her schizophrenia. Her acting was amazing; she used her facial expressions effectively within the bath scene. in content of the bath scene she was great and versatile to what we wanted her to do. She is also very photogenic and put her own dramatic twist on the scene acting more heavily then we told her two or intended her too.

However, the woods scene has changed due to various reasons so instead we are shooting that scene at school in front of a green screen. This is because our actress is extremely busy and filming in a wood could be very time consuming. We are sticking with using the masks and creating all the same effects but the setting will be different. This has changed the date of film from the 21st of February to the 8th of March. The scene will also add some extra shots and editing will also play the role of what is happening inside her head.  However, the masks she will be wearing rather than four others to create the idea of her feeling trapped and enclosed from her, which is the effect of the schizophrenia. It will add more tension and drama, but also add isolation from the rest of the society.