Casting Characters

Main character Description:

The main character in our music video (Protagonist) is a young girl battling a drug and alcohol addiction. This influences her character to be anti-social therefore, loneliness is shown throughout our music video. This idea is heavily influenced by other media platforms we have analysed, such as the character Effy, from the Television series 'Skins' and stereotypical representations of 'druggies' in music videos such as, 'A-Team' by Ed Sheeran. 

Callisto Ryder-Dixon 

Callisto is a 17 year old girl at our college studying Art, English Language and Sociology. We originally choose to cast Callisto as our main character due to her having studied drama in high school. This is clearly projected in her personality as a confident and expressive individual. Additionally, with the study of sociology this has incited her into different mind sets of individuals therefore, being able to give an accurate representation of someone with an addition. We also felt that Callisto had typical features of the representations we have been studying, for instance long brown hair and dark make-up under the eyes. 

Abbi Chase

Abbi is a 18 year old student, acting as the second half of my pair. She is studying Art, Photography and Media at Reepham College. As an alternative, it would be incredibly easy to use Abbi as the main casting character in our production as she is aware of the storyline of which our production has to follow. This would make the filming easier for me to achieve, as explanations of the plot wouldn't have to be explained. In addition, this is more convenient as Abbi will be a reliable source, knowing that she will turn up for filming according to the schedule. Abbi further fits the criteria of our main character as she has dark hair and similar features to the girls whom we have identified in other music videos, shown on our mood board. 

Nicole Eddy

Myself. I am a 17 year old student studying Media, English Language and Economics. I was chosen for the casting of the Drug Dealer as I am aware of the storyline and thus, what needs achieving in the shots. Furthermore, it is convenient for me to take this part as I will be doing the majority of the filming meaning that I will always be on seen so Im a reliable source for this small casting part. Although, I may not have the typical appearance this is irrelevant as the drug dealer's face will be covered by a hood.