This document provides casting details and character descriptions for a music video. It describes the lead protagonist Jake Barnes and lead girl Sophie Carey, both experienced actors well-suited for the roles. It also describes other characters like the cheating girl Mabel Collins and school bullies Gideon Lax and Dexter Gibson. The document outlines costumes and props that will be used to convey each character's personality and further the story, such as the nerd protagonist's pink shirt and books versus his later suit and sunglasses when wealthy.

1. Actors
 Protagonist (Nerd/Jake): Jake Barnes. I chose Jake to act
as my lead male character because I used him as my
protagonist in my AS-level 2-minute film, 'Mobster from
Manhattan' and he did not fail to impress me. Having
performed the lead in various school productions and
concerts, his acting ability is outstanding and his
characterisation truly helps to bring my characters to life. I
and other students alike are always impressed with his
talent at immersing himself into the character in question.
Therefore, because he can adopt different facial
expressions this means he can look right
for the ‘nerd’ and the ‘cool’ phases of my character.
 Lead girl (Sophie): Sophie Carey. Sophie has also acquired a
lot of acting experience throughout the years, being the lead role in
school productions and a lead singer in numerous school concerts,
thus giving her great confident when performing in front of an
audience and camera. Her acting ability is of a high quality and she
has a thoroughly radiant screen presence, being perfect as the lead
female due to her characterisation as being able to appear desirable
for the nerd in the school scenes.
 Cheating girl (Mabel): Mabel Collins.
Mabel is, by nature, highly reliable to work with as she always
appears on set on-time and is a very reliable actress. Amongst
looking right for the part, Mabel is versatile in her
characterisation which means she never fails to
deliver great acting. She is an elaborate performer,
thus confirming to the audience why the nerd was
attracted to her flamboyancy. Similar to Sophie
and Jake, Mabel has also played the lead role in
various productions at the school.
 Bully 1: Gideon Lax. Gideon has a strong physical presence
and his rugged facial looks make him appropriate for portraying a
rough, stereotypical ‘school bully’. Furthermore, though he is a
non-scripted role in my music video, his personality off-screen
endured my to cast him as he is confident
and able to communicate himself well; this therefore will
come across on-screen.
 Bully 2: Dexter Gibson. Dexter has had numerous acting
experiences in school – also being the lead role in the
production and carol concert. Similar to Gideon, he has
confidence in his abilities and ensures his persona on and off
camera is noticed. He is very suitable for the role of the
second bully as his physical ability and gestures enable him
to have a dominating presence.

2.  Students in corridor/laughing and pointing at protagonist: Faegan White, Bella
Rix and Mabel Collins. All 3 of these people have acted previously, with Bella and
Mabel being lead roles in a large number of productions and concerts.
Because of their years of
experience and talent within the
subject, I really had no hesitation
when casting them because I knew
they would be reliable and deliver
a good performance,
characterising themselves as to
how I wanted. I also worked with
Faegan on my AS film opening
and, because of his success, I
knew has ability would be carried through to my A2 music video.
Costume
The costume choice for any music video is essential because it enables the filmmaker to
convey a specific meaning to the audience. Moreover, the costume is effectively a window
into the characters’ personality which therefore reveals the motivations for their actions.
1. Nerd: • Pink t-shirt with white strips. This conveys his uniqueness and
how he is slightly out of sync with the general trends of his fellow
students. I chose for it to be tucked it to his trousers to represent his
reserved nature and his inability to be relaxed and ‘cool’ when in the
presence of other students, especially those he likes. • Dark trousers
with grey Converse trainers. I made this costume decision to convey
the subtle hint that he will soon adopt two different personalities, one
that conforms to his unimpressive and quirky nerd lifestyle, and the other to underline
the darker aspect of his character. ‘Cool’ stage: • Grey suit. A stark contrast to the
nerd’s unpopular and safe clothing – I wanted him to wear a suit immediately after
winning the Lottery to convey this difference in not just his clothing, but the way he
acts in the suit. • Brown Shoes complete the formal look and the colour brown
complements the grey suit very nicely, unlike his grey trainers with his pink top
during his nerd stage. • Swimming trunks and no shirt. Though the trunks are not too
visible, the audience can clearly tell the nerd has reached a point in the video in which
he feels comfortable in ‘loosing up’ and letting go what others think of him. This is
supported by the fact that he has taken his shirt off, obviously conventional for when
going swimming however the nerd may not have previously used a lilo, being shy and
unadventurous.
• Smart/casual blue shirt. For the speed boat scene, and his general ‘cool’ look, I
wanted the nerd to stay casual but also retain a semi-formal look. Therefore, to
convey this, and because it was a warm day in August, I told him to wear a sky-blue
shirt to represent his ‘cool’ stage.

3. 2. Sophie: • Leather Jacket. This demonstrates how she is much more ‘cool’ than the
nerd and a stark contrast is made between Sophie and the nerd’s adventurousness in
their costume choice. Leather also symbolises what a traditional
rouge or perhaps a rebel would wear, representing the fact that she
is romantically unreachable to the nerd. • Scarf. This underlines
Sophie’s good sense if fashion and trends and creates the image
that she is desirable.
3. Bully 1: • Grey top (and jeans). The lack of colour denotes the
bully’s lack of style, yet it is not unfashionable. He does not
need to make a statement, but he remains in a neutral
fashion, boldly dominant over the nerd.
4. Bully 2: • Green Hollister top (and jeans). Hollister is a popular brand,
which therefore means he is trying to be in-keeping with modern trends. The
colour green is almost a sickly colour and I wanted this to represent him
almost as a monster in the nerd’s eyes.
5. Extras (laughing and pointing in background): They wear typical
student attire – tops and jeans – to represent the general trends of most students, also
holding folders to convey the school scene.
6. Mabel: • Purple dress. Like Sophie, Mabel’s character also has a good taste in
fashion. To convey this, and using my knowledge that purple dresses are in-trend at
the moment, I have made Mabel comply with modern trends to demonstrate how the
nerd was attracted to her.
Props
 3 books: 'Macbeth', 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' and 'The Great Gatsby'. I wanted the
nerd to carry these during the school scene at the start of my video. This is not only
because they represent his 'nerd'-like persona and intellect to the audience, but also
they all symbolize greed
and power in one way or
another, and how it can be
misused, therefore
foreshadowing to the
audience what will happen
to the nerd. For example,
Macbeth greedily will do,
under the influence of his
wife, whatever he can to
become king, just like the
nerd during his sudden accumulation of wealth. Also, Gatsby uses his power to get the
girl of his dreams, Daisy, just like the nerd does with Sophie. Furthermore, he relates
to Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because he completely shifts his role and position by
becoming a completely different person, much like Dr Jekyll, and it happened almost
momentarily.

4.  Glasses:I decided to have the nerd wearing glasses as it conveys the stereotypical,
constructed identity of a 'nerd' to
the audience and it makes his
position bring sympathy to the
audience - soon to be shattered by
his juxtaposing actions upon
winning the Lottery. During the
school scene, they become a key
focus point in conveying his
unfortunate social situation -
coupled with the blurred camera I use the glasses to show the audience what it is truly
like to be him and to be laughed at, therefore by bringing up the lens to the camera in
a POV shot I am giving the audience a new perspective of his situation.
 Newspaper – This represents the nerd’s average life and the
sense of routine that he is in. Going to the shop to buy a paper
will soon be a stark contrast to what he will do when he
obtains a vast amount of money.
 Lotto cheque – I have used the design of the official
Lotto cheque to increase the realism of my video and
to make it an item that audiences will recognise and
associate with wealth. The fact that he begins to
manhandle it roughly conveys the first sign of his
aggressiveness towards power.
 Watch – The fact that the nerd parades his nice watch around
demonstrates his desire to be perceived as a powerful, wealthy figure.
I have made sure the watch used is of a very high quality and, more
importantly, gold which is a striking colour to the audience and it is
associated with wealth.
 Sunglasses – These make a stark contrast to his
normal glasses and highlight his effort to look cool. I
have chosen for him to wear the ‘Aviator’ style of
sunglasses as they are stereotypically worn by cool

5. characters – also made famous in the 1986 film ‘Top Gun’ starring Tom
Cruise who wears them in the film.
 Audi A6 – The nerd, at the stage of the Hotel
scene, has won a lot of money, so I wanted him
to spend it on a new, expensive and ultimately
masculine car that underline his power.
 Silver tray – This represents the extravagance he
has entered. A waiter will lift this up in the
foreground of the shot during the hotel scene
because it is a symbol of decadence and
represented his sense of rejuvenation within his
life.
 Lilo – Loosening up, the lilo conveys the sense
that the nerd is relaxed with his life – in fact he is
care-free - and he does not need to worry about bullies or his previous troubles
anymore. I have chosen for him to lie on this because it is an object which essentially
appears to float and I wanted this to symbolise how content the nerd is with his new
life.
 Rib (speedboat) – I wanted the nerd to travel in a speed boat because it is a clear
sign of his new sense of power. The acceleration will highlight to the audience the
sudden dynamic shift in his life but also suggests how he is almost
accelerating out of control and becoming wild.
 Glass of champagne – This will be used for the back garden scene with
the Lotto cheque and also at the Passford House Hotel. After receiving the
cheque, the fact that he swigs it down in one and chucks the empty glass
behind him represents his first sign of, not just aggressiveness, but also
greed – foreshadowing later events, almost like he will dispose of anything
he does not need anymore (like his cheating on Sophie at the end of the
video).