This document provides casting considerations for a music video about a female protagonist who is unhappy in her relationship and is better off alone. It describes two main characters, Cleo and Finn, and proposes several actors for each role. For the role of Cleo, Kat is suggested due to her extensive acting experience from childhood productions. Megan is also proposed but is younger than the character. For the role of Finn, Callum is put forward given his experience acting in school productions playing various roles, though he is younger than the character. Sam is also proposed but has less overall acting experience than Callum.

1. Casting
By Callum & Jade

2. Character 1- Cleo
Cleo
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Role: Protagonist
About: Female the video is
about. Appears throughout
the whole music video so cast
needs acting experience.
Video is about female
unhappy in relationship and
better off alone so cast needs
to be able to act as if they’re
in a relationship with male
actor.
Kat
Gender: Female
Age: 16 (looks older)
Why?: Has great acting experience in
her childhood staring in many
productions such as Grease and High
School Musical.
Takes media as a GCSE so understands
the importance of our music video so
will be reliable.
Megan
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Why?: Did drama for 3 years at school
and participated in dance and acting
workshops as a child.
Pros:
• Confident
• Has a lot of acting
experience
• Reliable
Cons:
• Younger than age of
character
Pros:
• Confident
• Acting experience
Cons:
• Busy schedule to
work around
• Less acting
experience than
Kat

3. Character 2- Finn
Finn
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Role: Antagonist
About: Appears in less shots than
the female. However, has an
important role as a possessive
boyfriend who is very protecting
over his girlfriend. Cast needs to
be able to act nasty and
possessive and know what it is
like to be in a relationship so the
acting is believable.
Callum
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Why?: Participated in every school
production that was on during his
time at both primary and
secondary school so has
experience of acting. With this he
has played a variety of roles
including protagonists and
antagonists.
Sam
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Why?: Did drama for 3 years at school.
Pros:
• Confident
• Has a lot of acting
experience
• Reliable
Cons:
• Younger than age of
character
Pros:
• Confident
• Correct age
• Cons:
• Has busy schedule
• Little acting experience