Possibe Actors

Possible actors

Rhiannon Elliot

One of our possible main actors is Rhiannon Elliot, we chose her as one of our options because she is a very alternative, expressive and confident. She has an image that is very unique which is what we are looking for our final choice. Whilst taking pictures of Rhiannon she was very confident in front of the camera and did exactly what we asked for her to do. She also showed how she is not shy to pose in different positions that felt comfortable to her.

However when we informed Rhiannon that she will need to be seductive in the role, she was slightly opposed to the idea, and when asked to pose seductively she could not. This is an issue because we need to represent a very seductive character as Kehlani herself is.

Even though she is not seductive, she can show other emotions very quickly, as the picture shows her smiling and being serious, which shows that she can show different emotions that the song may be conveying very easily.

To conclude, Rhiannon shows that she is very confident in the camera as well as outside of it, she follows the instructions we give her very easily and has very good skills when a change in emotion was needed as she completed the change very quickly. But as she struggled at the attempt of being seductive, it is hard to give her the main role as that is one of the main characteristics that our actor needs and the most important.

 

Mikah Arnold

 The second possible choice of actor is Mikah Arnold. We chose Mikah because she is very confident and has the natural attitude we want for our character.

When taking the pictures she showed her confidence in front of the camera as well which was good because she needs to feel comfortable with the camera on her as if we choose her she obviously will be in front of it. However she wasn't extremely confident at first as we were in a room with external people not involved in our media project, but she soon tried to focus on us and became fully confident.

As Mikah wears glasses we thought this may be an issue in the music video as glasses aren't really associated with a gangster, or that theme at all. But we did have this conversation with her and she was fine to use contact lenses instead, which erases the issue.

As we want one of the main characteristics of our lead to be seductive, so when taking pictures of her we asked her to pose seductively and she showed us that she could be very seductive, which is a necessity for us so it appears that Mikah if the strongest person to fit our music video.

Another positive aspect of Mikah is that she has many piercings which the pictures show, on the side profile and she also has a neck piercing at the back of her neck. These are positive because as Kehlani has many tattoos so piercings are a very good alternative as they are both adding to her body.

 

 

 

 

 

Balinder Powar

 

 

 Our third and final possible actor is Balinder Powar, she is also very confident and probably the most confident one out of all three options. She is not afraid to do any facial expression, anything with her body and just if overall open to playing any character usually in a very humorous way.

When taking pictures of Balinder she was very helpful when we asked her to do a certain pose or be in a certain position, but also was very whiling to express her own poses. This is good because when it comes to the actual recording of the music video, we want our actor to be able to do their own   thing without us having to direct every move, it will just make it a lot easier if she can have some input to what she feels she should do in some shots.
However as mentioned previously, Balinder does have a very humorous way of expressing her personality, which shows her as a happy and joyful person. Unfortunately this image is not what we want to convey to the audience, we want the feel of seduction and love, which I don't think Balinder will be able to represent in the video.

After taking in to consideration of all our possible actors we have decided to cast Mikah as our lead characterbecause she is confident in and out of the camera, she can be seductive, and her overall image, especially her piercings, is what we want for our character.