PERFORMERS AND CASTING

Casting for the Music Video

As a group, we have deliberated over the casting and have decided that it would be most practical for us to use the people in our group for the casting of the performers in the music video. This is because these people would have to attend the filming anyway, so they would be available.

Female Performer

Reliability:As I am in the group myself, I will be attending all of the filming sessions. Also, I will be fully invested in the final product so I would perform to my best.

Desirability:As I am a teenage girl, this will relate well to the target audience of our music video. Also, I have an Indie/Folk style which will attract our music genre audience.

Availability: As I am part of the group I will be attending the filming sessions.

The female performer in the music video will be the main performer. She will lip-sync the lyrics of the

song, but also participate in the narrative part of the video. The female performer will be played by me.

This is for a number of reasons:

Male Performer

The second most important performer in the music video is the boy. The boy is dating the girl throughout. This

part will be played by Jamie. This is because:

• Jamie is in our group so he will attend all of our filming sessions. He will also put effort into his performance due to it being his Media coursework.

•Jamie has an Indie fashion sense which will attract the Indie-Folk audience. It also means that he has the right clothing for the music video.

•Jamie and I have a rapport and have performed with each other before, which will mean the music video performance should appear natural.

The ‘Friends’

In our music video, we plan to include shots of how the couple first met. This will be shot inside a car; we try to insinuate that the couple

met through friends, who will be played by Charley and Ben- both members of the group.

Charley will be available for filming due to her being part of the group. She also

possesses clothes which are suitable for the Indie-Folk music genre. Charley is in the right age bracket for our music video

too.

Ben will also be available for filming due to him being part of the group. As these

shots are set in a car, Ben would be ideal to perform as the driver as he

drives. He also has the Indie-Folk fashion sense needed for the music video.