Planning - Actors

Actors

For us, the process of selecting actors was something we felt was important to the success of the video. The quality is of performance within acting is something which can define the video or could make it may seem amateurish. Therefore, the quality of acting was something we wished to be a substantial standard which supports the quality of our camera work and mise en scene.

It was all about equilibrium in regards to acting, we wanted a mix between authenticity and naturalistic acting which could portray our artist in a realistic manner. What we wanted was an actual couple to perform in our external shots to ensure we had a realistic representation of a couple and whilst employing actors who could have performed this role would have granted us professionalism and a representation of a couple, we wanted to take this a step further and having a real couple to enhance the emotion and realism surrounding our video.

With this in mind, we sought balance by opting to get an A Level drama student to perform as our artist in order to a degree of professionalism and authenticity in our video. Furthermore, we wanted a performer who could accurately and emotionally lip sync to the song and competently play guitar but also has a presence on camera alongside being able to perform consistently on a set but also in front a camera. This was something we were keen to get the most out of our video.

Actors

Martha Carpenter and Thor Forster – These actors played the roles of the couple who are in the relationship, as the pair are a genuine couple, this will allowed our music video to be played out between a couple who share the emotions of love but the challenge will be whether or not they can adapt to a given circumstance and respond in a naturalistic way on camera. This authenticity could not, in our opinion, be replicated.

Connor Southwell – The reason for Connor’s inclusion is his involvement with drama and also the experience of him being in our thriller. His comfortably and willingness to perform in front of a camera is reason for his selection. Furthermore, his ability to perform naturalistically, whilst adapting to direction makes him a prime candidate for inclusion.