Presentation about our casting process

1. CASTING OUR
MUSIC VIDEO

2.  We have been thinking about
who we want to cast in our
music video. After lots of
thought and consideration we
have decided to go with girls
for the dancers as there are a
lot more to choose from at
school and we think that this
will look better.
 We have been coming up with
a list of characters/people that
we need and have culminated a
list of potential people.

3.  Mad Scientist – needs to be able to lip sync – adult male
(teacher) – quirky vibe and lots of energy
 Mike Niland, James Hartman and Andy Johnson
 We have chosen these teachers as we think that they fit the
kind of look that we want to create for this character as well as
the fact that we think that they would be able to do the job well
and lip sync effectively. We think that these people have a good
energy about them and we think that the audience would be
able to connect with and enjoy their performance.

4. HERE IS THE EMAIL I HAVE SENT TO
THESE PEOPLE ASKING IF THEY ARE
AVAILABLE TO AUDITION FOR THE
MUSIC VIDEO.

5. DANCERS
 We need to cast 3 female dancers who are able to do a 1920’s
routine which would include flapper/charlston style dancing and
they also need to be able to dance in a hip-hop/futuristic style
which needs to be funky and cool. Ideally we would like the
dancers to have a similar look in terms of height and hair colour,
however the main objective is to pick the best dancers who are
able to dance well in both of these styles.

6. DANCERS
 We are considering both A1 and A2 student
dancers and we are looking at dancers who are
in the school dance company as well as dancers
who attend the weekly classes as these will
inevitably be the most advanced dancers at
school.

7. DANCERS
 We are thinking of Maddy Bowyer, Sally Waine and
Megan MacKay who are A2 dance students and they are
every advanced technically but they also have good facial
expression and are good performers and so would be able
to attract and engage an audience.
 In terms of A1 student dancers we are considering
Oriana Pooles, Nandi Clarke, Elise Bugeja, Eden
Bowyer, Daisy Jelley, Cressida Taper, Emily Bryne,
Honor Collins and Olivia Hartley as these girls are very
talented dancers and performers again and we think
that they would be able to dance to both of these styles
and we also think that they would be able to dance well
with the A2 students if they need to.

8. HERE IS THE EMAIL I SENT TO THEM
ASKING THEM IF THEY WERE
AVAILABLE TO COME AND AUDITION TO
BE IN THE VIDEO:

9. EMAIL BACK FROM DANCERS
 I have had some replies to the email from people
saying that they are interested and would like to
take part. So we need to think of an audition
time hen we can see their potential.
 Unfortunately, some of the other dancers have
responded to me and said that they are unable to
take part and be in the video for various reasons.

10. MUSICIANS
 This is going to be the most difficult thing to cast as we are so
limited with our choices as there are only a few people or in some
cases only 1 person at school who can play these instruments.
 We need people who can actually play the instruments as this is
going to make the band look for effective and realistic. However, this
does mean that we cannot choose a certain look or style for the jazz
bad as in some cases we just have to go with the one person at school
who can play the required instrument.

11. MUSICIANS
 We are going to ask Emily Hart if she will play the clarinet in the
video as she is the only student who plays this instrument ad she
is very advanced.
 We are going to ask Izzy Pelling is she will play the violin in our
music video as she is again the only student who plays this
instrument and she is very talented.
 Unfortunately, both of these students have said that they won’t be
able to participate for different reasons and so we need to re-think
who is going to be available for these roles.

12. MUSICIANS
 After getting some feedback from Luke we decided that it
was going to be very difficult to get hold of these musicians.
Luke suggested that we use his friend for the double bass
player and that we use Evelyn who is in our group as she is
a very talented violinist. We are going to ask one of the
students who plays the Clarinet whether they would be
interested in taking part and then hopefully we will have
our jazz band finalised.

13. HERE IS THE EMAIL I SENT TO DAVE
PARSONS WHO IS HEAD OF MUSIC TO
ASK HIM ABOUT STUDENTS WHO PLAY
THE DRUMS AND PIANO.

14. HERE IS THE EMAIL I SENT TO THE
MUSICIANS ASKING IF THEY WOULD
LIKE TO BE IN THE MUSIC VIDEO

15. CASTING
 I think that we have chosen some very strong
candidates to be in our music video and hopefully
when we audition them we see a lot of potential
and we find a very good cast.
 The next stage is auditioning them and seeing
what they are able to do and then from this
audition process we will be able to select our cast.