Casting is a very important part to our music video. This is important as the person that we will pick to play the main character in our music video must be suitable. In our music video the main character has to be a male, and they must have desirable qualities and confident to perform in-front on a camera.
The person that will pick to play the main character has to be confident and can't be worried about being self conscious in front of the camera when performing. We have to be very good with our decision as we can't pick anyone who will feel uncomfortable and not be able to perform up to the standards that are required for our music video.
Therefore, the person we pick will need to adapt and need to be efficient at lip syncing as they will not actually be singing in the music video, but need to convince to the audience that they actually are. Throughout the filming process we will get our singer to sing along with the song so it is easy for us to match the footage up when editing. In addition to this they need to hold the correct look and fashion that would suit are target audience and relation to our artist. I will need to make sure that performer can be available for when we decide to film. We will need to contact the performer and plan out when we are all available to film. Furthermore, I took picture of candidates that could potentially play the main actor in our music video and then I will explain weather or not we think they would be a suitable choice.
Jamie Butler
Jamie aged 17 we feel like he wouldn't be a suitable choice to play the role as the main character in our music video. We believe that Jamie isn't very comfortable in-front of the camera and is someone who prefers to be at the other end of the camera. Jamie often likes to look at the camera whilst filming so we feel like this is a reason why we would need to pick someone else. He also isn't very good at showing a variety of emotions when performer therefore, Jamie wouldn't be a good candidate as our performer needs to show emotion from the lyrics in the music video.The person that will pick to play the main character has to be confident and can't be worried about being self conscious in front of the camera when performing. We have to be very good with our decision as we can't pick anyone who will feel uncomfortable and not be able to perform up to the standards that are required for our music video.
Therefore, the person we pick will need to adapt and need to be efficient at lip syncing as they will not actually be singing in the music video, but need to convince to the audience that they actually are. Throughout the filming process we will get our singer to sing along with the song so it is easy for us to match the footage up when editing. In addition to this they need to hold the correct look and fashion that would suit are target audience and relation to our artist. I will need to make sure that performer can be available for when we decide to film. We will need to contact the performer and plan out when we are all available to film. Furthermore, I took picture of candidates that could potentially play the main actor in our music video and then I will explain weather or not we think they would be a suitable choice.
Jamie Butler
Sam Merrison
Sam aged 17 we feel wouldn't be a suitable choice o play the role as the main character in our music video. Similar to Jamie, Sam would prefer to be at the other end of the camera filming instead of acting. Even though Sam is a bit more confident in-front of the camera he has little patience and wouldn't be able to stay focused throughout the video. This would be a problem because it would be hard to get the music video recored as he would keep losing focus and this could lose the effect of the video.
Sam Thompson
Sam, who is also aged 17 would be better suited to play the role in our music video as he is more confident in front of a camera. He also has experience of acting. He is also good at following instructions. He can also show different emotions in front of the camera as he doesn't become shy or lose confidence when the camera is pointing at him. Sam will also suit our target audience as he has the correct fashion sense to match our target audience. This is important as this will allow our audience to connect with the main character as he will have the same fashion sense as the audience. As sam is our preferred actor we had him perform in a practice video to see how e would perform. This is how he got on;
Conclusion
Me and Ryan decided to choose sam thompson as our artist as although he was over coforident in the casting video we could tell him to act like that in our music video. He is the best choice as we believe he can follow instructions correctly and is confident infant of a camera unlike the other two candidates. we also thought that jamie didn't suit the style of the music video and the genre of music and he wouldn't connect with the people watching the music video.
