Cast List

• Rory Wilton - DETECTIVE -  he is the biggest star we cast in terms
  of previous acting work as he is an actor from Poldark who has also done lots of other film and TV work over the last 20 years, is actually a minor character, the detective. We were really lucky to be able to secure Rory Wilton for this role as it is often really busy. He breaks conventions of a stereotypically Hollywood hero as he is in his late 40s and doesn’t fit the stereotype of most heroes; fit, muscular, young (20s) etc. We felt this made him more relatable and represented our audience more while bringing something fresh and new to British cinema. Also, this better fits the conventions of crime dramas as male detectives are shown to fit Butch’s 1998 theory of males being, ‘Well intentioned but dump and flawed’ as, despite being likebale, he is unable to solve the murder. He represents middle aged males and females in the audience and follows character conventions of characters like; Cracker, Frost and Wycliffe who are all intelligent, middle aged yet flawed in some way.
• Bella Jeffries - WOMAN -  fits conventions as she is stereotypically young and attractive which follows Laura Mulvey’s 1975 gender theory as she is an object of desire for the killer and males in the audience. She was chosen as we filmed one of her drama performances and decided we really liked how she acted in front of the camera.
• Luke Howe - PATHOLOGIST - an experienced white middle aged actor who looks physically strong and unstable enough to be a killer but also professional enough to be taken seriously as a pathologist. He fits Gauntlett’s 2002 alpha male theory because he is an alpha male who controls the morgue and action with violence.
• Richard Mann - CORONER -  in his early 60s who has previous experience acting in another popular Cornish TV Drama Doc Martin. Richard follows conventions of coroners and doctors as they are often cast as older experiences males at the end of their career. He also fits some crime drama conventions as older people are often part of the target audience and show like New Tricks and Frost use older actors to represents older males in the audience, which is what Richard does in ours. He breaks the conventions of age because he does not appear helpless in the scene.
• Jessica Jenkins - BODY DOUBLE FOR WOMAN - chosen simply as she's a close friend of ours available on the day who's not only willing to lay under a blanket for a long time, but also has a similar body type as our actress.

EXTRAS

• Joe Jackson - CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHER
• Bartek Smolis - POLICE OFFICER
• Rebecca Stott - CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHER