We have a little bit of a bad news in that Bill Thomas, who was to play Bonzo in our film “Clowning Around” can no longer commit to the role due to other projects and after a week of myself, Bill, Leilani and Katherine trying to find a way around it, we are going to have to recast.
This is a shame as Bill has been fantastic to work with and brought lot to the role, but these things can happen when working in low budget films when no one is being paid (and therefore contracted) so we are moving onwards and upwards in looking for a replacement. We will keep the poster competition as it is for the moment, but once we have re-cast, we will speak to the winning designer about adding the new actor, whoever that may be.
The production crew had a meeting yesterday to discuss ideas for castings as well as locations and other things relating to the shooting of “Clowning Around” and everyone has specific things to be cracking on with over the next few days so we can make a firm decision on our shooting dates next Monday, and it is great to see that despite the casting setback, everyone has very much rallied and kept up the momentum and enthusiasm for the project.
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As we gear ourselves up for the stills shoot next week, we have scheduled a number of costume fittings and makeup tests. For this, Katerina, Kirsty and Antonia need to see each actor to fit them for their outfit and try out a few options so all elements complement each other and then make final alterations in time for Thursday 7th and Kirsty needs to experiment with her designs so we know exactly what we want and there we are more prepared on the day. First up on Monday, was Bill Thomas who plays the lead character of BONZO in the film.
In order to fit the costume, Katerina had created a mock-up with Calico fabric, so what we were seeing wasn’t correct in terms of fabric and colour, but in fit and feel. It was a perfect fit and as Bill stood there, you could already see he was trying to fit the character. To accessorize the look, she added frills and a ruff. Whilst I like this addition, one part I was not sure on that she had suggested was the ruff as it looked a bit too camouflagey so we will now try something with polka dots or just a frill. Now Katerina knows this fits Bill, she can dye the fabric yellow and add the correct details (buttons, trim) once I have had a look at a few other options this Thursday when we do our final fitting. 
For makeup, we really liked to se his face behind the makeup, so went with just very simply doing just eyes and mouth. The look for eyes was really good, but Katerina thought we should exaggerate slightly and I agree, so will make them a little bigger and more oval at the top.