Decision

Although the audition with Aleksandra convinced both my partner and I that she would be perfect for the role of our protagonist, we unfortunately got announced that she would no longer be available for the role due to work. Because we no longer had time to audition someone else, we decided to use my partner for the main role. 

Because she does not have much experience as an actor, we decided to discuss about the character in order to make her empathize with her, and her situation. To do so, we went through the storyline again and tried to observe our protagonist in much wider detail. Since the storyline follows the 5 stages of loss, we also looked at how the protagonist behaves in those conditions. The video therefore, starts with depression, where the character is deciding to move out of the house. She is sad and exhausted. As she remembers the day she found out that her boyfriend cheated, the viewer can see her asking the boyfriend “Is there someone else?”, even though she has evidence of it happening (the texts he received on his phone); this scene showing the stage of denial. Immediately after, we see her getting aggressive towards her boyfriend and herself, which shows the stage of anger. By the end f the video, we also see the protagonist imagining herself in the position of leaving him while he suffers. The fact that she is inverting the roles shows the stage of bargaining, where her feelings of helplessness makes her desire to regain control. At the end of the video, we see the character looking very calm, which shows the stage of Acceptance. 

After discussing this with my partner, she finally felt like she could relate to the protagonist, this ultimately allowing us to film the following weekend.