I will (or Graeme, should I say).

Over the last week or so we have been auditioning actor. Well, they weren't your typical audition. We wasn't asking them to perform, we wanted to have a chat and see if we got along on a personal level. Also it was a good opportunity to ask them other question not related to the project.

We asked all of them if they do any writing, we've found it hard to find writers and I imagined a lot of actors would write or at least know what sought of scene they would like to be in. Even if they didn't write it, they are at least feeding us with ideas to create with them.

A lot of them said they did a bit of writing and we pressed them to have ago at writing a short film, or at least a scene. I will (or Graeme, should I say) definitely chase them up about this.

Most of them just wanted screen experience, this made me think that short sequences, 30-120 seconds are great. Even smaller than the ones we are doing for this brief. We don't have to go all out with locations and sets, but try and look for locations around us and stage a scene there. This would give the actor vital experience and another piece for their showreel and in return gives us another opportunity to use the kit and work with actors. We are all getting massive amounts of (KEY WORD) experience from it.

We interviewed a fair few actors, but can only use possibly five of them, however we weren't just interviewing them for this brief. We are trying to start our own network.

After each interview I've been trying to think of sequences for the actor. What I've realised this week and as I said before screen experience for semi/unprofessional actors is essential. We are looking, in a way to take advantage of that. £10 in travel fare for them is nothing for what they are getting out of it.