Casting

For the two days of shooting, I plan to use between six and seven actors depending on their availability.

Three of these seven actors shall of course be the band members who will feature throughout both scenes of the band playing and other scenes around Warmley Forest will also encompass four extras. Two of the band members included are myself and my colleague Jake Kardasz as during our AS Portfolio, we encountered several problems with using external actors therefore we both decided that we would be more motivated to give a convincing performance compared to those last year who could be considered as immature and time wasting. However one actor who was used last year, Adam Canning, gave a convincing performance in his role therefore has agreed to work with us once again as the lead singer and main focus of the video; he is also a member of our target audience and has already been interviewed to see what he looks for himself in a music video.

Other extras will mainly include girls, Ellen Ireland, Olivia Hopkins and Caitlin Whelan as well as Jack Stiff. These people have been selected mainly for their appearance and fashion as they will already own items of clothing which will coincide with my research into vintage culture and the costume of the band members. All four of these people are within the age range 16-18 years old and are, like Adam, members of our target audience therefore their inclusion will suggest to the audience that they are actual fans of the band so there is a chance they could hang out with them too. It also helps to avoid alienating the band from the target audience as they are shown to be hanging around with everyday teenagers just like their audience. Although due to my AS Portfolio I am weary about using other actors, these people will only be given very minor roles, without any dialogue or any tasking actions therefore they should be able to successfully fill the roles given to them. All four extras also live considerably local to the Warmley Forest location therefore there should be no issues with arranging to get all of the actors on location at the correct time.

Preproduction Task	Date to be completed by	Completion
Costume and Propostions	14th December 2013	Completed
Recce	28th November 2013	Completed
Storyboards and Shotlists	28th November 2013	Completed
Casting	29th November 2013	Completed
Equipment	30th November 2013
Camera	2nd December 2013