Cast List, Prop List, Costume And Locations

These are my finished idea of last minute planning before i start to film my music promo video, I'm going to explain my Cast, Prop list, Costume and the locations in which i will shoot my music video.

Cast List
I'm going to have quite a few extras in my video and one main star. The main star will be the main character within the story and the extras will be the random characters holding up their 'secrets' on the A3 card looking towards the camera

Main Star: Victoria Kelly, 21 from Leeds (My Sister)

Extras: Jemilla Pir, Emily Potter, Beth Mcbride, Krystina Cole, Jack Waller, Danni Mcgarry, Charlotte Armstrong, Jade Adam, Frances Ellis, Cat Boal, Sean Hickman, Sophie Scudder, Ashleigh Jarvis, Gemma Bradford, Emma Metcalf and Maureen Lennon, Stephanie Kelly, Tracey Kelly and Dermot Kelly.

There are a lot of extras and i don't defiantly know if i will be able to get them to film their scenes on the day, however i like the idea of spontaneous filming, having a random selected extra to film on the day is what i want to really do, as it's the idea of everyone having 'problems' and 'secrets' no matter how random they are, they are probably going through the same problems are the main character therefore i feel it will be so much more successful if i was to use random friends where where at the right place at the right time. Therefore i might end up using more males then females, or vice versa it's totally unpredictable therefore i feel i will be getting more realism from the randomness in which is taking place. However, I'm defiantly having a set main character as my sister, i feel will act the part brilliantly and as a director i am positive she will act the way i want her to.

The final three names Stephanie Kelly, Tracey Kelly and Dermot Kelly are the family in which will be totally ignoring Victoria as a character as she's trying to search for someone or something, i chose my real family to do it as the age suggests the idea of parents and little sister. It creates realism to the video and i feel it's nicer to include your family is projects like this.



Prop List
There aren't many props which i plan to use within my music video, the obvious props are:
-A3 Card, which are the secrets which will be written on the card with a black permanent marker, also the main star has a collection of these in which she is constantly carrying around
- Cup and Saucer, which will be used by my family during the shot of when she is searching around her home, and when her parents are totally ignoring her
- Tea Lights in Glasses, which will be used in the final scenes when they are in the garden and hanging from the tree

There aren't many props used within my music video as i want to keep the music video, very natural and i feel if we include too many props it seems very product based which is not my concept. I feel by lacking props you are creating realism and making the video easier to digest as, as an audience member you're not constantly shown all of these props in which all of the characters are using.

Costume
The costume in which i would like my cast to wear varies:

Main Character- For Vicki, i would like her to wear a long floaty white dress. I like the colour white due to the connotations in which the colour suggests, i want to the audience to see her as a pure, fragile, angelic soul. I want her to remain as natural as possible in terms of make-up, as i feel she's supposed to suggest she's 'naked' and completely 'natural' to the audience, who are seeing the lost and vulnerable side to the character, however i would like the character to be wearing bright Red lipstick, as i feel this suggests with the idea of her 'sewing' her mouth up, the idea she can't talk or mention any of her problems or secrets to everyone. I like the idea of her having stained lips, these secrets are stained on her lips as cruel and murderous, and she can't brush these problems and secrets off... they're stained on her.

Extras- For the extras in terms of the characters holding up the secrets on the A3 card, i only want them wearing what they are at the time, i feel this adds realism and reinstates the original idea of the story: you are not alone. I want to push the idea of the fact all of these 'normal' people have problems and secrets too and are also trapped and through the use of everyday clothing, i feel this suggests they are 'everyday' and 'normal' people, which adds strong realism to the video. In terms of my parents, i wish for them to seem completely repressed, therefore i would like them sternly dressed in either suits or just boring harsh clothing, the females with their hair brushed back and in a bobble, and for my dad i want his hair gelled to his head. I feel this represents the idea that the parents are ignoring their child's problems when she needs her family most, therefore what she is searching for is not seen in her parents.

Locations
For the locations i have listed some main areas in which i will film certain sections:

My house- I will film quite a few shots in my house and my surrounding area, such as the main character waking up, her searching a carved tree, searching around her family, walking down the street and also the final last scenes in the garden.

College- I will also film a lot of shots around college, especially all of the shots in which my peers are holding up 'secrets' and 'personal problems' upon the white card. I will use the back field, for there is a green gate which i could film behind my peers suggesting they are trapped. I will also film my sister searching through nature, such as grass and trees as i feel the college has a large enough green space and i will also film my character walking through the Crampton Room which is a social area in the college when she's searching around pupils who are sat down and possibly eating or talking as they ignore her.