Casting arrangements
- 1. Casting Roles For My Music Video
- 2. Once I had decided on the plot to my music video, I had to think about casting for the main roles of my narrative. I needed mainly two guys and a girl aged 16-18, and a few extras for the background in scenes such as the party scene and classroom scene. I wanted them to also have some interest in the genre of music I was doing for my music video, so they had an extra passion for the task and suited the indie-folk style I was aiming for.
- 3. Therefore I held casting auditions for these main roles. I asked around friends and asked them to spread the word to see who was interested and was prepared to give up some of their time for this. I got a good response, with numerous people eager to get involved. After asking them of previous experience in acting, as well as acting out a few of the scenes I had planned, I chose my final three people that would star as the main three characters in my music video.
- 4. Name: Warwick Cooper Age:17 Previous experience: A Level drama student, also involved with The Garage so out of school experience Audition: Confident in role, easily adapting to character Availability to filming: Available most days and weekends, depending on other A2 work Position in music video narrative: Main male figure (boyfriend to girl) I have also decided to cast him as the singer for the band, therefore he will take part in the performance footage of the video, lip synching and playing an acoustic guitar.
- 5. Name: Katie Gilbert Age: 17 Previous experience: A Level drama student, as well as previous out of school drama classes Audition: Very confident performance, read the lines clearly and gave a strong emotive performance Availability: Everyday apart from Saturdays, depending on A level work Position in music video narrative: Main female role as girlfriend in relationship
- 6. Name: David Herring Age:18 Previous experience: A Level Drama student as well as attending drama classes at The Garage Audition: Great interaction with the other characters, and easily portrays different emotions Availability: Weekends in the day time but not evenings, as well as Thursday and Friday evening Position in music video narrative: Male figure two who girl cheats with I have also decided to cast him as part of the band for the performance sequences of the video, preferably playing an instrument in the background.
- 7. Now I had my main cast of actors I could now proceed to arranging filming dates for my music video, using the social media site Facebook to contact them to arrange suitable dates that fitted around their availability and worked with my schedule of production.