Casting

To cast for my music video, I first had to come up with an initial idea of what I wanted. From doing previous research into the youth subcultures and the genre of the song I wanted the prime focus to be a teen couple. I decided to pick a teen couple instead of an adult couple as I wanted the video to show an element of innocence and how for now, they are just living in the moment and not thinking about the future. Whereas adult relationships can become more complicating and serious, so I really wanted the theme of young love and friendship to be portrayed in my video.

I messaged some people on Facebook who I thought would be suitable for the role, for example someone who has experience in modelling or acting, but I have also messaged people who have little to no experience but could possibly fit the role well. I messaged people who live within my area so it would be easy to organize a casting meeting with them if they are willing. Below is the message I sent to them.

The advantages of using social networking sites is that due to the popularity of them, the replies were mostly instant and I was able to work around how many girls and boys I could cast. Originally, my ideal was to have 4 girls, each quite tall with long hair so that I had a lot to work with and 4 boys who were slightly taller or the same height as the girls so they would look good together in the video. 

However, due to 14-16 year old's being at the age where they have a lot going on with: jobs, school work and sports etc. I only managed to get 3 girls (including myself as a backup) and 3 boys. However the 2 girls that are able to come to the casting have long hair and are both at least 5 foot 6 inches or more. Likewise with the boys, the ones who can make it are all taller than or the same height as the girls.

Below is my casting session.