Casting...

Here is our chosen cast for our music video. We have images showing who are cast are and have justified our reason of choice below:

This Jess, she is 18 and will be playing the main girl in our music video. We chose her because we both get on well with her and therefore we will feel comfortable asking her to adapt her acting and she will hopefully feel comfortable as she won't be embarrassed to act in front of us. She is confident and will fit the role well as she is average height, so she will be shorter than both boys; this is not particularly important in real life however we hope to make our music video as balanced and appealing as possible and the couple will look best together if the boy is taller than the girl. Jess will also be good at this role because she is pretty and this is important, despite how wrong it could be seen as, as people prefer to watch a video with attractive actors/actresses in it; she will also attract the male gaze as the music genre we have chosen is listened to by both male and female audiences. We also want viewers to be able to relate to Jess, maybe even aspire to be like her and therefore it is important we represent her as a normal, fun, pretty girl.

This is Tom, he is 17 and will be playing the new boyfriend in our music video. We chose him because he is a bit taller than Jess and as mentioned above this will make our video as appealing as possible. In addition he is attractive and fits the role of a cute boyfriend and will therefore appeal to the female audience. Also, viewers will be able to relate to him too, we are representing him as just an ordinary teenage guy who has now got into a nice relationship. People may aspire to be like him and it possibly may make them personally refelect on their life, like their past realtionships for example. Furthermore, because we are showing users the fun times Jess and Tom have had together, it may make viewers want to get into a relationship so they can experience times like the copuple have. He and Jess get on well and should feel comfortable acting like a couple around and being close, this is important within a music video because if the actors are laughing or look awkward then it will not look believable.


This is Jonny, he is 18 and will be playing the ex-boyfriend (who will also be the singer / guitarist). Similarly to the other actors we chose him because he gets on well with everyone and will feel comfortable.  He also used to play guitar so he will be best at pretending to play along with the song, he can play a couple of notes and would be best in making it look realistsic to viewers. He too is taller than Jess and is also in good shape and will appeal to a female audience  Also, he is just an ordinary typical teenage boy, he enjoys sports such as cycling and surfing, listening to rock music including Foo Fighters, Kasier Chiefs, AVA, and playing xbox. Jonny and Tom both dress in fashionable casual clothing such as Superdry and Hollister, this shows to viewers that they are just ordinary people like them. Because Jonny is a relationship, he knows what it would feel like to loose someone who is that close to you and therefore his emotion could be portrayed better in the video. People may feel sorry for Jonny, they may have experienced a similar thing in their life, so can connect with him and know how he is feeling.