We then asked Rhys to do a series of facial expressions showing emotions. We asked him to do this because our song is an emotional song and facial expressions are vital in order for the audience to understand the feelings of the song. Rhys was good with some of the expressions he done however he lacked understanding some of the emotions we asked him to do. Our last question for Rhys was "How do these lyrics make you feel?". We asked this because we want an actor who understands the song as well as we do in order for them to give the best performance possible. Rhys seemed to struggle finding an answer to this question before replying with "quite sad". This answer was to brief for our liking as we want him to understand how to feel within the music video.
Audition for male actor number two
Audition for male number three
Bradley Welch - We asked Brad whether he had any experience in acting before and he said that he had done some small time acting for past students so it is perfect standard for us. We then asked brad to give us a series of facial expressions and he managed to nail all of them without being distracted. This will be useful for us when filming as we will be able to get more shots done in a faster, efficient way. Our last question for Brad was "How do these lyrics make you feel?". We asked this because we want an actor who understands the song as well as we do in order for them to give the best performance possible. Brad gave us the perfect answer that we were looking for and nearly described our storyline, word for word. This is useful so the actor then knows the storyline of the film and can then use his skills to make our video look professional.
Audition for female number one
We then asked Viki to carry out a series of facial expressions which unfortunately went awfully for her because she didn't seem to understand which certain expressions meant. By this point we already knew that we would not be hiring Viki.
Viki then made certain that we would not be hiring her when she said to us "I better be getting double the pay of the other actors". As a group we found this very rude and we would not want to/be able to work with her.
Audition for female number two
Karina Fox- we asked Karina the first question which we asked the others about her previous experience. Karina gave us a strong response which concluded that she had performed three times in the Civic Theatre as part of a play. However, before we asked this question she turned up 20 minutes late to the audition which showed that she is not very punctual. when we asked why she was late, her answer was that she "forgot". This showed us straight away that she did not care much for this role and put us off hiring her.
The second part of the interview was the facial expressions which she nailed followed by the third part which gave a strong answer. Karina was a strong contender for the part however because she was late and the reason for which she gave, we decided as a group we could not hire her because we want the actress to care as much for the part as we do for the music video. They need to have the same goals as us and want to succeed.
Audition for female number three
Olivia Pridmore - Before interviewing Olivia we were notified that she has taken drama throughout GCSE and A level. From that we could tell that she would be perfect for our role as she would be able to act regardless of how much experience she has. Unlike Karina she arrived at the interview 5 minutes early and unlike Victoria she didn't mention anything about being paid and understood that we have to do it as part of our media production. Like Brad in the second and last questions, she did brilliantly and managed to give us the perfect answer we were looking for. From analysing all of our candidates fully, weighing out their strengths and weaknesses Olivia came in top because we didn't like the attitude of Victoria or the punctuality of Karina.
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Audition number one -
The first audition was from Ryan Chapman aged 17
Initial thoughts - Ryan was a very enthusiastic character who spent time learning the lyrics for the song so that he then knew how to pronounce them and when they were coming up. This is a feature that we are looking for in our actor so that when it comes to filming we will be able to just get all the shots we need, done quickly instead of messing around with trying to know the lyrics. the negatives to this individual is that he didn't really look like an artist and at times didn't put all of the enthusiasm into all of the lyrics. Also off the camera the individual lacked the ability to communicate with us when trying to give him constructive criticism.
Audition number two
The second audition was from Jack Jolly aged 18
Initial thoughts - Unlike Ryan Jack was very laid back and already knew the lyrics to the song so ended up not rehearsing before and wanting to jump straight in. This is clear from the footage we have got and most of the time he was out of sync with the music (this was not down to the editing). Having someone that is not in time with the music will make it harder for we come to editing and we have to match the music to the visuals of the artist. From the over confidence within the song this actor struggled to stand out from the others.
Audition number 3
The third audition was Tom Strangwige aged 18
Initial thoughts - Like Ryan tom rehearsed all of his lyrics for the segment of the song we had chosen so when we then went to film he was ready and precisely on time, with only a few minor exceptions which could then be covered up by shooting the same shot three different times and using the best one. This candidate also has the perfect style that we have been looking for in our auditions. From this in conclusion if the artist is available for the dates we are filming we will be asking number three to be our James Blunt.
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