Screen Test:

Screen Test: 

We decided to screen test the boy we are going to use, in order to ensure that he fitted the part. We needed to make sure that he could lip sync effectively, as well as perform on camera. The boy in our video needs to ooze confidence and arrogance, therefore his performance needs to reflect his cool cocky star image. 

We picked this actor (Ben), as he embodied this look and we knew that he had a background in singing/dancing/acting. These combined will hopefully mean that his performance will be interesting, and he will embody the star image we have created. 

We had not previously rehearsed with our actor (Ben), but he quickly picked up the lyrics. However, his performance seems rather awkward, but we put this down to the circumstances - not really knowing the song and performing without the location/atmosphere. Overall though, we believe that he will do the job well. 

Also, as we want the boy in the video to do various tricks, we asked him to showcase one of them so we could see how it would look on camera. We were very happy with the result and hopefully it will look as good when combined with the coloured smoke and song.