Francesca gave such a strong performance in the previous film that I felt she should be considered in the major project. She will be playing a very similar role which gives her a head start in the character building process. Her age, image, and vocal tone fit that of the character 'Ellie', Francesca showed a enthusiasm and commitment to the demanding role in our previous film which will be required again in this major piece. Her trust in the crew and myself as a director allowed me to push her performance and I aim to do that same in this film. Francesca is comfortable with very emotional scenes which is the main reason I wanted to cast her again, she can produce an extremely convincing break down as demonstrated in the first scene of “Still in the Night” where she leaves an upsetting answer phone message.
Another quality that Francesca posses is her people skills, she quickly got on with David Worden our supporting actor from “Still in the Night” despite meeting him moments before shooting the explicit sex scene and I hope that she can achieve this creative dynamic again with the actor that she will be supporting this time round. She is comfortable with directional changes and adaptions on set quickly understanding what I wanted to achieve, responding with her ideas to flesh out the rendition.
I feel that Francesca's voice has the ability to fathom an instant response or influence the audience simply from her vocal tone, she has a resonance that feels familiar and filmic. I'm hopeful that Francesca's voice can compliment the lead actor to build an interesting dialogue sequence. I understand that dialogue is like a symphony and that bringing in the correct pitches and tones can fabricate an accomplished complete sound, I aim to find this arrangement so that the soundscape is an accurate reflection of her disposition.
Francesca was comfortable with violence and even gave interesting input into her previous role in which I welcomed, her feedback allowed me to produce a convincing scene with her insight and experience, this is something I will imminently come to grips with in the argument scene which will take place in the later scene of this script. I'm looking forward to working with her on a more developed character, we both have more freedom and time to investigate a character that has an interesting relationship occupied by intense emotions and questions.
where can we see still in the Night?
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