a2 media music video

1. CASTING
A2 Media Studies Music Video

2. IMPORTANCE OF CASTING
Casting is important in all media areas because it is a key way of appealing to the
target audience. If a character is cast wrong it can bring down the whole production
due to them looking out of place which can be distracting.
A cast can make or break a production so going through severally people that could
play one part is better than settling for once that may not work as well as hoped.

3. MAIN CHARACTER
Role: Centre of video
About:
• Gender: Male
• Age: 17-21
• Race: Any
• Can act, appeals to target audience, can do a full day of filming (sunrise to sunset)

4. MAIN CHARACTER
Feranmi Olunloyo – Male, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, confident,
availability
• Cons: no acting experience
George Tooke – Male, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, confident, media
student
• Cons: no acting experience

5. CHOSEN ACTOR
• Feranmi Olunloyo
I chose Feranmi because he was more available than George and was more confident
with what was needed for the video. He appeals to the TA more because of his
costume and he looks older than George.

6. OTHER WOMAN
Role: Cheating with Main Character, girlfriend of Other Guy
About:
• Gender: Female
• Age: 17-21
• Race: Any
• Can act, appeals to target audience, can do a full day of filming (sunrise to sunset)

7. OTHER WOMAN
Abbie Schweikhardt - Female,
17
• Pros: actress, confident, appeals to TA
• Cons: lives far from filming location,
lack of availability
Raquel Montalvo – Female, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, confident, lives
locally, availability
• Cons: not much acting experience

8. CHOSEN ACTRESS
• Raquel Montalvo
I chose Raquel because she was more available than Abbie. And although Abbie has
more acting experience Raquel is going to be more confident around the other actors
as they are all friends and so the characters being in relationships it won’t be hard to
portray.

9. GIRLFRIEND
Role: Girlfriend of Main Character
About:
• Gender: Female
• Age: 17-21
• Race: Any
• Can act, appeals to target audience, can do a half day of filming (noon to sunset)

10. GIRLFRIEND
Lucie Ley – Female, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, availability
• Cons: no acting experience, not very
confident
Agnese Serra – Female, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, confident, lives
locally
• Cons: no acting experience

11. CHOSEN ACTRESS
• Agnese Serra
I chose her because Lucie wasn’t confident enough around other cast members. She
also looked how I imagined the girlfriend to look. She also worked better for the
narrative than Lucie because she looked more innocent possibly making the audience
more empathetic towards her character.

12. OTHER GUY
Role: Boyfriend of Other Woman
About:
• Gender: Male
• Age: 17-21
• Race: Any
• Can act, appeals to target audience, can do an evening of filming (sunset)

13. OTHER GUY
George Balmer – Male, 14
• Pros: can act, availability, could fit age
range
• Cons: lack of confidence, doesn’t
appeal to TA
Alessandro Pook – Male, 17
• Pros: appeals to TA, confident, lives
locally
• Cons: not much acting experience

14. CHOSEN ACTOR
• Alessandro Pook
I chose Alessandro because he fit the description better and he is more confident than
George. He also appeals more to the TA due to his age.

15. CHOSEN ACTORS/ ACTRESSES
• Feranmi Olunloyo – Main Character
• Raquel Montalvo – Other Woman
• Agnese Serra – Girlfriend
• Alessandro Pook – Other Guy