Chapter 31 Movie Script Reviewing and Role Assigning Problems
"Come here," Zora said, standing up to her feet and spreading her arms open for a hug.
Angela stood up and hugged Zora. Zora rubbed Angela's back gently to comfort her.
"Thank you, Zora," Angela said, withdrawing from the hug.
Zora may appear not to take things seriously, but she does help with good advice and also helps one feel okay, irrespective of what happened.
Angela checked her time, and she knew she needed to move to Don Entertainment.
"I have to go now," Angela said and grabbed her bag.
"You will be fine," Zora said, placing her hand across Angela's shoulders as she walked her to the door.
Angela left Zora's place and hailed a taxi to Don Entertainment. Upon arrival, she went straight to the receptionist and announced her presence. The receptionist informed Don, and Angela proceeded to Don's office.
"So, he is the script?" Don said as soon as Angela was seated in his office. "What do you think?" he asked, and Angela opened the file and read the summary of the story at the front of the page.
"Sounds like an interesting story," Angela said and read through the summary again. "It is a great story. The props and costumes would also be added to it. The setting needs to be great for such a story; if not, it would get boring," she pointed out.
"Don't worry about that," Don said. "We already have some locations in mind to shoot the scenes. We will be going to Italy," Don announced, and Angela raised an eyebrow.
"Why Italy?" Angela asked.
"They have buildings that can give off the natural setting of dragons and mystical creatures," Don replied, and Angela pursed her lips but nodded in the end.
"I would review the script and share feedback by the close of the day. In the meantime, we can audition for the characters," Angela said. "Were you able to share with the team the characters and their characteristics?" she asked.
"Yes, I did," Don replied. "Let me confirm if we can move to the audition room to start with the audition," he added and used the phone on his table to make a call.
"Marcus, are we ready?" Don asked. "Great," he said and put the receiver back.
"We can proceed," Don said and stood up.
Angela stood up, closing the script file. She grabbed her bag and headed for the door with Don right behind her. They exited the office and soon found themselves in the audition room.
"Is your team not coming today?" Don asked, seeing it was just Angela.
"No, it's just me," Angela replied and managed a smile.
The truth is, she was hurt by the scene that greeted her in Bryce's office. She left the office without alerting the others.
"Are you sure you can do it alone?" Don asked. "I am not questioning your abilities, but I think situations like this require at least two or more people," he explained.
"We are doing it together," Angela said to Don, and he seemed surprised by her statement.
"Me?" Don asked, surprised.
"Yes," Angela confirmed. "They are your employees, and I believe you know them better. It would help with making the right judgment," she added, and Don took a seat next to her.
The employees started coming in per their turn and put up a good performance to demonstrate the skills and abilities that qualified them for the selected role. Angela was very happy with the effort they put into their audition.
"I think we have our cast for the movie. I will review the script, and we can give them out to the cast," Angela said.
"Perfect, we can announce the selected cast from the lot to them," Don said, and Angela agreed.
Don and Angela invited all the applicants back to the auditorium. Angela stood up with the results in hand and stood in front of the applicants to announce the results of the audition. Don stood by her, showing his support.
"I would say that you have all done very well. I am very happy with your commitment and the effort you put into the beautiful performance you put up on this stage. That was very wonderful. Clap for yourselves," Angela said with a smile, and the applicants applauded, except for Aaron, who seemed like he was not happy.
"Inasmuch as you all did very well, it is unfortunate that you all can't play the chosen characters, so we have to select. So we looked at each performance and settled for applicants whose performance exceeded expectations. Once again, you all did marvellously well, but the following applicants exceeded our expectations," Angela said, choosing her words carefully to ensure all the applicants accepted the results and also felt very proud of their performance, especially those who will not be selected.
"Now, with that said, I will announce the results of our audition, starting with the minor roles," Angela said and opened the file in her hand.
She called out the names of the successful applicants. Once she was done, she moved to the supporting roles and called out the successful applicants. She moved to the major roles.
"Now to the major roles. For this movie, our chosen female lead is Ms Caroline Fox." Angela called out the name, and the lady stood up, and all the applicants applauded. "And for our male lead, Mr Alexander Green," she added, and Alexander stood up to receive his applause.
"We decided it was best to have some people on standby for the male and female lead positions. The same goes for all the other selected characters. For the standby female lead, I have Angelina Handson," Angela announced, and she stood up, receiving applause from the people. "For our male lead standby support, we have Aaron Gregson," she added.
"Bull shit," Aaron shouted, surprising everyone. "I know who you are, Angela Anderson. You studied administrative management in school and decided to dive into finance a little bit. What gave you the qualification to select the cast for something you know nothing about?" he said, and the room went dead silent.
The employees, including Don, had thought Angela was put on the job because she had experience in the field. Don frowned, shifting his gaze to Angela.
"Mr Gregson, you are right, I didn't study anything on film marking back in college, but I had the opportunity to feature in stage plays and even directed one back in college during a school programme. I was the author of the script that won the award for the day. Having a certificate to prove you have done intense learning in the field is good, but experience is very important. Knowledge without work is like not having it at all," Angela defended.
"I see," Aaron scoffed. "So what criteria did you use in choosing these once for the role? Everyone here knows I performed better than Mr Green. No offence, yet you chose him as the male lead and made me a standby," he said.
"You may have performed better, but I chose Mr Green for the role because he related more to the character than a raw performance," Angela explained.
"We are looking for people who will do a good job, not people who will relate to the character. If that is what we are looking for, why don't we go and look for people who have gone through what the listed characters went through? They can relate better," Aaron said.
"Mr Gregson, what is your problem?" Angela asked.
"My problem here is you don't qualify for the position," Aaron said.
"Thank you for your submission, but currently I am the one in charge, so I will advise you corporate," Angela said.
"Let's see how long you last in that position," Aaron said and walked out of the room.
"Ms Anderson, you never studied anything about filmmaking?" Don asked Angela, and Angela stared at him.