This is the screen test for component 3. This screen test was filmed on my device, and everyone contributed in filming it, while Kimora edited it. This blog post was done by me (Cassie).
⋆.˚ Screen Test ⋆ ✴︎˚
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Screen Test
/ˈskrēn ˌtest/
noun
a filmed test to ascertain whether an actor is suitable for a movie role.
Why did we create a screen test?
My team and I decided to create a screen test so we can tell who would play the roles of our main characters best. We needed someone who was confident and comfortable on camera, especially when filming affectionate scenes since our music video contains themes of love. Doing this will help us avoid actor-related problems in the future such as an actor having a different vibe than what we are looking for, or an actor’s delivery not being as good as we wanted. By doing a screen test, we hope to find someone with good star quality who can execute our vision properly. Additionally
Our Process
First, we sectioned the lyrics and decided one person would lip sync one section. Once that was done, we first filmed ourselves as we may be possible candidates. Then, during free periods or after school, we looked around for people who were willing to be our actors. We gave them limited instructions: just lip sync to the song/say this line and the rest is up to you. So, body language, delivery, and other factors was purely up to the actor. After filming enough people, I put all the clips from my device in shared google drive, where Kimora edited it on CapCut. Tisha then uploaded it on Youtube.
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Screen Test #1 - Our Artist
From our candidates (except the two boys, we did that for the laughs), we decided actor #3 AKA Kellie, our team member, was the most confident and comfortable with the camera. She often posts lip syncing videos to her TikTok, so this was no surprise. Kellie was perfect for what we envisioned, so we decided to select her as the actor for our artist. We named our artist “Ellie”, a shorted version of Kellie.
Screen Test #2 - The Boy
After deciding the female actor, we now had to decide the actor for her love interest. Because of this, we decided to also hold a screen test for Kellie’s close guy friend outside of our school even though most of the guys in this screen test are from our school. Based on line delivery alone, actor #4 AKA Karl, did it best in our opinion. He also has an advantage, as he is already close to Kellie, so we assumed his chemistry with her would be satisfactory as well. To test this, we decided to do another screen test purely to analyze chemistry.
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