Music Video Casting

There are only two characters featuring in our music video, which will consist of a male and a female character in a relationship, which will see them break up, be shown apart and reunite at the end of the video.
The male character will be played by Ian Gurney, a 17 year old student from CNS.
The female character will be played by Jessica Herring, a 17 year old studnet from CNS.
We thought it would be a smart idea to use two characters already in a relationship in our video to attempt to use actor body language and the chemistry towards each other to make the image of both characters in a relationship more convincing.
Other reasons why we chose our actor and actress are because of their age and culture. With our characters being the ages that they are, this should help us reach out and connect with our audience in a way that allows them to familiarise and identify with us, which should aid their understanding of the media language we convey towards them and also their understanding of the situation and emotions that our characters will be experiencing; our audience can familiarise and allow them to connect with the video better.
In terms of culture, our characters are very urban through the clothes that they wear and the location they are situated. The converse trainers and jeans for example that my male character wears will connect to our audience that share a similar dress sense, and can place them parallel to this character in terms of status, which should add appeal to the audience.