Supposably, Molly has been cast....

[AGTeacher]

Originally posted by MollyGirl:
Sara, tks for the info. How many months did it take for the filming of Felicity's movie?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It takes 6 weeks to film each AG movie. The kids are allowed to work no more than 5 hrs or 6 hrs a day.

[only1genevieve]

Filming is scheduled to start May 23rd in Toronto. They really need to get into gear!

If they haven't cast many characters yet (and the casting notices are STILL up, so I am guessing not) it means it will be last minute for them, and they will be far less prepared than they could(should) be.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not quite. Many productions cast up to the day before shooting is to start. Just because you haven't cast yet doesn't mean you can't be getting the other aspects of a film ready - securing locations, polishing the script, going over your shooting schedule. Often, final casting decisions are delayed because there are many variables involved.

For example, let's say that of all the women who auditioned for Molly's mom, woman X was above and beyond the best (or maybe you want a big name star for that role.) you could also use Woman Y, but she's just not as good. Now, out of all of the girls for Molly you auditioned, there were three stand outs, Girl X, Y, and Z. Girl X and Z both look like Woman Y (as in, they can pass as her daughter). Girl X is more talented but she has another project already booked that may conflict. Girl Y is very talented, but she looks like Woman Y and not Woman X.

So, here you are, trying to cast the role. Ideally, you'd like to cast Woman X and Girl X. But Woman X is holding out for more money and won't sign (maybe she's auditioned for another project and is waiting to find out from them if she has the part). You can't cast a girl until you know for sure she'll sign, because you want to cast someone who looks related to her. Now Woman Y's agent is calling because she knows her client is in the running, but has been offered a smaller role. What do you tell Y while you're waiting for X's decision? What do you tell the girls?

Now try playing this game with multiple roles and you see that it becomes a juggling act! This is why the "Casting" credit is usually placed at the beginning of the film!

But just because you have to postpone casting, doesn't mean the movie will be bad. Television and film is different then theater in that you do not need weeks to prepare. Good actors are trained to act "in the moment" they learn their characters and use that to perform. They do not need as much rehearsal as you do in the theater and that time depends on the director more than anything.

So don't worry! Just be glad it isn't you having to pull it all together at the last minute [img]smile.gif[/img]