Auditions

Because both of our actors decided to withdraw from the shooting of the video, we decided to find new people who would fit the criteria. Thus, my partner and I decided it would be wiser to hold auditions for the role of the girl, mainly because the storyline is told from the girl’s perspective; hence we have to make sure that the actor playing the girl is fit for the role.

I therefore decided to audition Aleksandra Lipinska. Before the audition, I made sure to explain the storyline of the video, as well as the emotions of the main character. Because the storyline touches on an extremely touching subject – the breakup of a couple – I had to make sure that Aleksandra would empathize with the character. To do so, we talked about relationships, and presented her to the 5 stages of loss (Denial/Isolation, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance).

After discussing about the storyline, I presented Aleksandra to the lyrics of the song we are going to use for the music video. To get her used to it, I decided to sing with her in order to make her feel more relaxed about the situation.



Finally, I decided to make Aleksandra play the opening of the video, which consists of the protagonist packing her bag and going out of the room. Although I did not have time to audition her for other parts of the the storyline, we find her suited for the role mainly because of her facial expression-which I believe is very emotional and truly shows the pain that the protagonist is going through.