Casting Roles For My Music Video

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.