A2 Media Studies- Personal Release Forms

Personal Release Forms 

In order to legally include my cast members into my A2 media portfolio i had them fill in a personal release form, this allowed me to guarantee the rights to my actors involvement. 

Below is the personal release form that my characters had to fill out in order to take par within my Music Video: 

Casting Forms

A2 Media Studies- Actor Styles

Actor Styles

In my previous post i was talking about the styles of my actors and this is what i have come up with for both of my actors.

This is Francesca's style that we went with for the music video, I'm giving you a sneak peak to whats coming....

For Francesca i went with the natural beach waves and a light smokey eye makeup, casual clothing with a nice zipper front black tank top and cut of jeans. This style is extremely relateable and in style relating to the teenage generation making the audience for my audience a mix between teens and young adults. I want to aim to this audience and make them more interested in watching and understanding the concept behind my music video.

For Fin i wanted the same casual style which looks a little like this....

I know its not a very clear picture, but for Fin i was thinking a in style casual jumper, with skinny jeans which is high in fashion at the moment. This makes Fin seem more realistic as a character and therefore the audience will believe in the video more and what i have to offer in terms of the emotions within the video.

Hope you enjoyed my post....untill next time bloggers!

Ciao for now x

A2 Media Studies- Casting

A2 Media Studies- Casting

These are the final people i chose to star within my music video...

Francesca Montanino

This is my close friend Francesca Montanino, she is a performing arts student at A level and she has many talents. Francesca can sing, dance and act and she is available to come to my location when i need her. I thought this was a perfect choice and to make this music video my own I am thinking about  recording Francesca singing the song and put that on the track instead of the Hollywood version of the song.

The next bit was the tricky bit because we needed to find a male character As soon as possible to get some shots to get a rough idea of what type if music video i wanted and what scenes i wanted i=to incorporate.

After much thought and deliberation, i decided to use Fin Mckenna to come and perform in my music video, this is Fin.....

I choose Fin for many reasons: he lives in bournemouth so it is easy access for me and my cast, he is very natural in front of the camera therefore i can make the emotions feel more real to the audience making them engage more within the music video. Finally Francesca and Fin work well as a pair and they have been family friends since they were little babies therefore i knew they would work well with one another.

Hope you have enjoyed my post and have a good understanding of my characters, why I picked them and also i hope you like the look of them :) 

A2 Media Studies-Cating

Casting Actors

It is important that as i director that i auditioned possible candidates to star within my music video 'Give your heart a break' by Demi Lovato. I considered a cast list and sent emails to those people who i thought would be most appropriate, and asked them to send some information on themselves and a head shot which i can use to my advantage within the audition to really see who will fit within the role. 

I received replay's from 4 females and 3 males sending me their head shot and below are the comments i made on them during the audition:

Females:

Francesca Montanino-  Francesca is an extremely confident person she knows what she is doing and it seems to come natural when acting out a scene, she is available on the dates i need to be at my location at bournemouth beach. She is extremely co-operative and i believe i can work well with her as an actor. There is no negative comments that i have to say about Francesca.  

Jackie Hibberd- Jackie was another confident candidate, she was natural and relaxed. However jackie seemed slightly confrontation something that can be difficult to work with, and we have conflicting schedules which means i cant film when it is best for me. 

Simone Mayer- Simone is an extremely beautiful, smart actor, she knew her lines and read them well. However she was extremely nervous and it didn't seem natural.













Rebecca Underwood- She knew all her lines and read them well, however yet again it seem rehearsed and i need a more natural actor to make the emotions more really in my music video.











Males:

Finian Mckenna- He was very natural and he seemed to know what he was doing, he made me believe the emotion of the text and i was impressed on his effort. He was free to film on all the dates and he was an extremely good candidate.

 

                                          

Luke Sulley- Luke was a very nice candidate and he seemed excited and ready to audition, however he wasn't a natural actor even though he knew his lines they weren't delivered naturally.

Jake Wood- Jake was very interesting, he seemed to take a different stance on the text and make into a comedy instead of a romantic piece. However he tries hard and impressed us with his adaption to the text.
















After much deliberation i came to a firm conclusion that i wanted Francesca Montanino and Finian Mckenna to be the main characters in my music video.