Sunday, October 18, 2009

Casting




We have recently been thinking about who would be appropriate and suitable for the role of the Main girl in our music video. Overall, as a group we have decided to cast Claudia Glynn as the Main girl for a number of reasons. We feel we can rely on Claudia as she has maintained many commitments with her drama school in the past, therefore, we can rely on her to always be there for filming and rehearsals. Furthermore, we decided to cast Claudia as the main girl as she has alot of acting and singing experience therefore she will be professional and take her role seriously. Additionally, her singing experience means that when we film her singing to the camera in a 1950's bar, she can sing along so that the lip-syncing looks very professional and realistic and we can simply mute the sound on the camera. Overall, we feel that Claudia absolutely fits the role as her acting experience and talents means that when she sings she can express herself through her facial expressions and eyes and overall, emphasise her feelings for the boy and her devastation when she sees him with his girlfriend. Finally, Claudia is perfect for the role as she has a quirky sense of humour which fits in with the personality of the girl in the song and overall her acting experience advantages us as she can learn scripts quickly and she is used to taking directions. We aim to make Claudia look more 1950's to emphasise the 50's twist in our music video and we will do this by looking at 1950's fashion icons and the clothing and hairstyles they had.

We have also cast Eamon as the main boy as we feel he fits the role well and we can rely on him to be professional and take the role seriously; he is also happy to be in the video.

Finally, the understudys for our main characters will be Katie O'Kane and David Togher. Katie is our understudy for Claudia's character as she knows the song We Get On off by heart and Katie also dresses fashionably and sometimes dresses like she is from another time. For example, she wears big bows in her hair.
David is our understudy for Eamon's character as we feel we can trust him to be reliable and follow instructions.

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