3 Potential Actors

Possible Actors

Since we are doing an R'n'B genre music video we automatically knew we had to use an ethnicity which was either black or mix raced. This was to follow the conventions of an R'n'B music video to make ours look as natural as possible however in 'Man Down' Rihanna's accent is quite strong therefore using a white person wouldn't look natural mouthing the words as the accent isn't stereotypical with that ethnicity.

Sara

Our first actor idea is Sara. Sara is half Indian which gives her the brown pigments within her skin. Sara has long black hair which will gave us the opportunity to experiment and try different styles of for different shots and has a very pretty face, which is a natural blank canvas to work one in terms of make-up. Despite being small Sara is a very confident girl which will be helpful when filming in public areas. In addition to this all Sara is a dancer is a numerous amount of styles which we could use to our benefit as we could have dancing shots within the music video. Even though Sara is confident she wouldn't be open into wearing clothes which are to exposed as she will feel uncomfortable which is a slight disappointment as fashion is such a manger inspiration for the target audience. Here is a front and side shot of Sara, her fashion is quite plain however this is due to her school uniform. Her natural costume is baggy, relax wear, where Sara is a dancer she doesn't really have much of a party wear however there are ways where different costumes could be used in order to give her a more unique dress sense. We then got Sara to do some poses, one including a chair to allow us to use different angles and a long shot pose with different arm lines, this is also allow use to get a good idea on a potential album covers.

Rihannon 

 Our second actor idea is Rihannon. Rihannon has elements of the Caribbean in her therefore she has the right ethnicity look. A massive element of Rihannon's appearance is her fashion sense. As you can see she is wearing a bright colours shirt, black trousers and Doc Martins, her 'Indie' style stands out, Rihannon also has short hair which is blonde and fluffy. Her image is very unique and interesting, this will allow us to use full advantage of her style to create an 'Indie' image, however she slightly subverts the female stereotype in her own way which isn't a problem however for our music video she might not be the right image. Also her availability is quite poor due to her working hours. We took photo's of Rihannon to get different perspectives of her in different angles and poses, as you can see Rihannon hasn't got that sassy posing look like Sara did, Rihannon's poses make her look cute and young which isn't the impression we want to give. Instead of a deep glare she has a cheeky smile and a has a jolly look on her face which doesn't make her look submissive which we want as we want to keep our audience as mass as we can creating a male gaze which we don't think Rihannon has.

 Chrissy

Our final actor idea is Chrissy. Chrissy has the ideal figure which is a massive benefit as if she was our model a lot of females would look up to her and become inspired by her figure and would motivate themselves in order to have the ideal figure. Chrissy's natural outfit varies between party and indie look there's no in between which Rihanna has. Chrissy has a very natural face however she covers it a lot with her hair . You can see from her head shots and modelling shots she is very photogenic and her poses are very natural. Chrissy however hasn't got a lot of confidence despite looking good behind a camera, which could be a problem when filming in public places. Also the availability off Chrissy is limited therefore finding a time when both us and she free my be tricky. Chrissy can dance however her main style is only hip hop, we have not yet decided what style of dance we want in our music video however is we chose Chrissy she will limit our free range of different ideas. 

We have come to the conclusion that we are going to use Sara to symbolise as the actor of Rihanna. This is because she has the best canvas for us to work on in order to get the right Rihanna look. She is more available and has a larger range of looks in order to allow use to have a wide experiment range in order to create our music video. Sara is also quite a close friend therefore we know she's reliable. Even though we aren't using the other actors we may need a background cast therefore we would ask these girls to play a role within this area. We are going to transform Sara into our ideal Pop Star in order to have the right image for our music video.