Actors and Organisation

This post is about my choice of actors and my organisational skills.

At the moment I have a total of three characters to cast:

1. Boy 1 - protagonist. Finds the focus object and fights to keep it safe. Should look average and non-threatening. He is an outsider and should dress as such. Must also look fairly juvenile and be good at running for the purpose of the chase scene. 

For this part I have cast Philip George.

Philip George: age - 16, year 12, fairly tall, non-threatening, fast runner.

     2. Boy 2 - henchman. Works for the girl to steal the object and keep it safe whilst also uniting all the                    characters. Must be fairly tall, have the ability to look distance, defensive and slightly menacing. Must            be a good runner. Less juvenile than Boy 1. 

For this part I have cast Nick Thomas.

Nick Thomas: age - 17, year 12, taller than Philip, has acted before, faster than Philip. 

   3. Girl - antagonist/protagonist. Young girl that knows something about the object the other characters do          not. Must be small, non-threatening but not the traditional idea of little girl. 

For this part I have cast Maia Briggs.

Maia Briggs: age - 11, year 6, much smaller than the boys, suits the part very well.

As for organisation; I feel the key aspects I need to focus on will be: communication with my actors on subjects such as shooting days and costume suggestions, making sure I have all of the equipment necessary to be able to get on with filming, and taking precautions like bringing an umbrella, muck boots etc for the forest shots.