Digital News Production: News Anchor Update

At the moment my group are currently seeking out applicants to apply for the role of News Anchor.

We managed to find an applicant through the Casting Call Pro website. We were also lucky enough to find a suitable candidate through Kate, she is acquainted with a Capital FM presenter named Ryan Hunter.
Here is some info on some of the possible applicants we have lined up for this role:

Ryan Hunter

Ryan Hunter

 As soon as we saw some of Ryan's video's on YouTube, we knew right away he seemed like a good choice. He's a young DJ who fits in well with our age demographic. He describes himself on his own website as a "fresh and overly excited" presenter. When we watched his showreel on YouTube I noticed two things straight away. These were that he is very energetic and also that he's had quite a bit of experience in radio already. In general it seems like he has a tone and style that will fit in comfortably with our audience. 

The biggest downside to picking him would be that as he has a job on Capitol Radio he is a fairly busy guy. This means that he might be very reliable when it comes to filming days. We will still be in contact with him despite this because he seems like a very good choice if he's available.
(www.youtube.com/RyanDHunter)

Abdoulie Touray,
aged 25.

Abdoulie Touray

We were able to find an applicant through Casting Call Pro who was interested in our project. His name is Abdoulie Touray. On his page he only had one one video which was available to watch called "Yamaha Piano Key Shuffle". Unfortunately it was hard to determine what his acting skills are like as the video featured multiple actors and he wasn't present for very long at a time.

He sent Sam B. A video of him reading a news based story as a demo piece. Unfortunately he wasn't as enthusiastic as we had all hoped for although he managed to deliver the lines with perfect clarity and skill. His tone could be worked on however and the upside is that he is easily available.

Here is a link to his profile page:

http://www.total-talent.com/uk/view.php?uid=576726&job_uid=245122&filter=&presenter=0

Hannah Eckersley 

Hannah Eckersley,
aged 21

Our newest applicant is called Hannah. She is our first female applicant and is also someone that has just graduated. This means it will be easier for her to personally relate to the type of student based ideas we are using.

She has just finished a course studying Drama at Uni which means she will be more likely to be amicable at the presenting job. We have asked her to reply back with a short video piece of her reading a News Story. If we like this enough we will ask him for an interview as we have done with Abdoulie.