From experiences working on previous productions Paige and I were aware that it would probably be necessary to assign specific characters to each other. This will help to improve continuity during filming and also make the actors feel more comfortable in the knowledge that they will be working with the same make-up artist every morning of filming.
We divided the characters up at such:
My Characters:
- Roran played by Neal Williams
- Cadoc played by Will Hobby
- Bill Ferny played by Liam Atton
Paige's Characters:
- Reigna played by Walter Mirks
- Stanis played by Matthew Jopling
- Halbarad played by Jack Boswell
Both Paige and I would also create our own design for the Hunter Orc as this was a character that we were both excited to work on and have the chance to develop larger scale prosthetics. We would design separately and then incorporate our designs closer to the time of filming to finalise a character that we were both happy with, we would then apply the make-up together as it is such a large piece that will cover the actors head, neck, torso and arms. We would both also design a selection of orcs to ensure variety in the characters in the scenes were a number of orcs would be featured.
After reading the script I realised that my choice of characters would come with quite a substantial amount of prosthetic work as in the script Roran repeatedly suffers injuries throughout the fight scenes. I was also a little concerned about how ambiguous the information regarding the character of Bill Ferny had been and the fact that I had not yet been provided with a head shot of the actor.
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