Cast

Part	Actor	Picture
Protagonist ‘Porcelain’	Maia
Daughter (age 4)	Nell
Daughter (age 9)	Ella

I have asked a girl from my college, Maia age 19, who studies performing arts, to be the protagonist for my music video.  She has experience in acting which is something I wanted because a good performer in a music video helps to improve the level of quality of the overall product.  Not only this, but my finished music video will hopefully be helpful to her as it could be used as part of her portfolio.  She also has the type of image that I wanted for the protagonist, as she has a fairly slim build similar to the girl in the video for Give Me Love.  Admittedly she doesn't have pale blonde hair and porcelain skin (visual representation of the lyrics) which is something that I was looking for but this was far from essential as I can visually represent the lyrics in many other ways and I prioritise having an actor with experience who can perform well rather than someone who simply looks the part.

  I have asked two sisters who I know well to play the part of the girl's daughters (in the hallucinations and pictures).  I decided to ask these particular girls for a few reasons.  Because I already know the girls and their parents very well as they are good friends of my family, the parents trust me to take care of them both while filming.  It will also (hopefully) be easier for me, as a director, to direct the girls as I have interacted with them numerous times before therefore they will be more comfortable with me telling them what to do and vice versa.  I also know that the girls are both generally well behaved and like me so this will make filming a lot easier and probably more enjoyable!

  Obviously the 'right' image was essential for these roles because it needs to be visually obvious to the audience that they are supposed to be premonitions of her future daughter, due to the lack of dialogue which would otherwise clarify this.  The girls both share characteristics with my protagonist, as shown by the pictures, so hopefully it will be easier for the audience to identify the girls as her daughter. 

  The fact that they are sisters who look very much alike is very useful, as it's plausible that they could be the same person of different ages.
Due to the fact that they are both minors I've asked for parental consent to use them in my video and to post their photos on my blog.

  There are no laws against posting photos of minors online and I'm sure this will be fine, but I figured it would be a appreciated to just check in with her first before posting their photos on a public blog.  As you can see I've reassured her that their full names won't be posted and I've blanked out her last name so there will be no privacy and safety issues.

I will probably use Facebook messenger to make future arrangements regarding filming so I'll be posting more screenshots of this conversation in future.