Casting arrangements

1. Casting Roles For My
Music Video

2. Once I had decided on the plot to my music video, I had
to think about casting for the main roles of my
narrative. I needed mainly two guys and a girl aged
16-18, and a few extras for the background in scenes
such as the party scene and classroom scene. I
wanted them to also have some interest in the genre
of music I was doing for my music video, so they had
an extra passion for the task and suited the indie-folk
style I was aiming for.

3. Therefore I held casting auditions for these main roles. I
asked around friends and asked them to spread the
word to see who was interested and was prepared to
give up some of their time for this. I got a good
response, with numerous people eager to get
involved. After asking them of previous experience in
acting, as well as acting out a few of the scenes I had
planned, I chose my final three people that would star
as the main three characters in my music video.

4. Name: Warwick Cooper
Age:17
Previous experience: A Level drama student,
also involved with The Garage so out of school
experience
Audition: Confident in role, easily adapting to
character
Availability to filming: Available most days and
weekends, depending on other A2 work
Position in music video narrative: Main male
figure (boyfriend to girl)
I have also decided to cast him as the singer for the
band, therefore he will take part in the performance
footage of the video, lip synching and playing an
acoustic guitar.

5. Name: Katie Gilbert
Age: 17
Previous experience: A Level drama student,
as well as previous out of school drama classes
Audition: Very confident performance, read the
lines clearly and gave a strong emotive
performance
Availability: Everyday apart from Saturdays,
depending on A level work
Position in music video narrative: Main
female role as girlfriend in relationship

6. Name: David Herring
Age:18
Previous experience: A Level Drama student
as well as attending drama classes at The
Garage
Audition: Great interaction with the other
characters, and easily portrays different emotions
Availability: Weekends in the day time but not
evenings, as well as Thursday and Friday
evening
Position in music video narrative: Male
figure two who girl cheats with
I have also decided to cast him as part of the
band for the performance sequences of the
video, preferably playing an instrument in the
background.

7. Now I had my main cast of actors I could now
proceed to arranging filming dates for my music
video, using the social media site Facebook to
contact them to arrange suitable dates that
fitted around their availability and worked with
my schedule of production.