Auditions

Before casting the actors for our music video we conducted auditions and called in people that we felt would not only suit the genre we have chosen, but learning from decisions and mistakes made last year during AS Media we aimed to cast actors who would take their roles seriously and be dedicated to the final outcome of the music video. Actors that will be cast and do not appear in the audition tape are actors who Ellie and I mutually agreed upon and felt did not need to audition as we knew they fit our requirements perfectly (Luke and Seb). Actors who we were unsure of and asked to audition are shown in the audition tapes, we also allowed people who were auditioning to chose any song from Tame Impala's album 'Currents' to allow the actors to show a range of skills through picking their own song (Ellie and I were mainly interested in if the actors worked well with the psychedelic genre and any Tame Impala song would show us this). Ellie and I used the collated audition tapes to decide who to cast, the tapes made our decision easier as some actors put far more effort into their audition than others. To add to this Ellie and I also took into consideration the actors interests and skills. For example, actors who take art and/or drama related subject were more desirable to cast as their level of dedication and skill was far greater than that of other actors. Ellie and I also realised that location would play a role in the actors that we cast as some of the people we considered for the acting roles lived just under an hour away, therefore the expense of train fair may hinder filming and reliability.  All of these things Ellie and I agreed would have to be thought through before casting took place as to not put us behind schedule (using actors who lived far away and would affect filming).