Casting

This is a picture of myself (Louise O'Loughlin)- who will play the main artist and protagonist in our music video. Priya Bhanwra was also another consideration, but the reasons as to why we chose myself to play the part are listed below.
We felt as though the main character was a young adult who wasn't happy with life- which is why Priya was also a consideration. However, when picking a main character we had to consider their backgrounds and personalities. We felt as though Priya lacked confidence in front of a camera and so would affect the way in which she performed- leading to the story not being believable. We also thought that as Priya is the director, it would be far more practical if she was off camera, so she could watch and then tell us what to change in our performance. The reason as to why we overall decided I should play the artist was that I appear to be more confident than Priya, and I'm not the director, meaning I would be able to offer my opinion on how it looks, as well as acting as the protagonist. Ideally, the character will wear plain clothes to reflect the simplicity of the music- I own plain clothes so in that sense it won't be too difficult to create the artist. The most likely clothing will be jeans, possibly a T-shirt/jacket- as these are the ideas our target audience communicated to us.


This is a picture of Shakeel Mirza. Shakeel will play the secondary character/love interest to the protagonist. There were several other candidates we thought would be perfect for the role, but we decided on Shakeel as he is the closest to the group and so would be easy to work with. He was also in his own thriller opening, so we know he is not camera shy, and is confident regarding his acting skills. At first I wasn't sure, as I thought he would be busy with his own music video, but after discussing this with my group, we all decided it would be the easiest option, as he's only in two scenes, so it would only be one day's worth of filming. In terms of costume, we are going for a plain look, similar to the protagonists clothing. The two actors have to make a believable couple, and so by dressing in a similar style suggets they are the same class and age. Finally, Shakeel was in our focus group, so he is part of our target audience. By having a member of our target audience in our music video, it may appeal to our audience, as they can not only relate to the character but they can see the transformation that has taken place.



There will also be extras in our video that play the protagonist's friends- those in mind are Sobia Jawaid, Rabia Jawaid, Rumaysa Baig and Gamze Kaya. Karuhn Nahar will also be used as the part of the protagonist's boss.