CAST

Music Video Forest of Sin

Name: Freya Bruhin

Character Profile

Character: Main/Girl suffering

from Schizophrenia/Artist

Name: Yet to be decided

Age: 17

Personality: Disorderly/Suffers from

Schizophrenia/Out there/Drug user

Likes: Reggae, Punk and

Alternative music

Likes: Van Gogh and Picasso/ Reggae

Clothing: Blue dungarees and

striped top.

Clothing: Anything that she feels

expresses her mood. Mondays are
sad days.

Freya Bruhin
I want to also place emphasis here that one
way in which I want to explore how the girl
deals with Schizophrenia is through her art.
Freyas individual look creates the
stereotypical connotations of an artist with
her dungarees and out there hair and
make up.
Freyas A-levels consist of Art, Textiles, Psychology
and Sociology. This is exactly the type of audience I
am aiming at, with my concept surrounding the
idea of mental illness combined with the social
aspect of media and art. In addition to this the fact
Freya is particularly good at art enables me the
opportunity to perhaps use her skills within my
music video.
Freyas availability was also key in
casting her. As a friend of mine who
attends the same Sixth Form as me,
and also who I have as a close
contact via Facebook, I can
guarantee her to be easy to get to
when I begin filming. This also
allowed me to check her timetable
and calculate when she was free.

As a teen who enjoys reggae, jazz and

alternative music, Freya acts as our ideal
target audience for my music video. Her
alternative look adds to the sort of style you
would expect an audience member of the
Piratones to perhaps look like, given the
Reggae/ alternative feel to the song. Freya
happens to actually be an audience member
of The Piratones and has seen them live many
times.
Her piercings, dreads and unique taste in clothing make her
stand out as an individual and not only separates her from the
rest of the cast as unusual, but also highlights her as creating
her own world and style. This is something to which my video
will explore as she struggles with coping with Schizophrenia
and tries to copy what she sees in within the media,
incorporating them into her own life. Researchers Bulmer and
Katz expand upon this observation and a theory of Lasswells,
publishing their own in 1974. It stated that individuals might
choose and use a text for Personal Relationships. E.g using the
media for emotional and other interaction, identifying with
artists or perhaps substituting a character in a book for yourself
in order to relate. This is one subject to which Freyas attire and
look draws attention to. Not only is her character trying to
conform to an identity she has found in the media, the
audience of the video may try and conform to her look to
connect with the style and trend of the music. This is almost
ironic and acknowledges media theory throughout her
character and within the video itself.

Character Profile
Name: Frank Dunn
Name: Anonymous Man no.1

Character: Anonymous
Man no.1
Age: 17

Personality: Distant, Friendly,

Reference to the drug dealer in
Pulp Fiction in the sense hes
chilled, but definitely illegal;ll.

Likes: Basketball, Parties

Likes: Reggae, Tarantino Films
Clothing: Loose clothing
Clothing: Hawaiian shirt and Black
Jeans

Frank Dunn
Franks personality in real life is
predominantly chilled, free-spirited and
therefore seemed like the perfect actor
to enhance realism into his character
and the distant yet also friendly persona
that I intend his anonymous character
to have.

Franks availability was also key in casting him. As

a friend of mine who attends the same Sixth Form
as me, and also who I have as a close contact via
Facebook, I can guarantee him to be easy to get
to when I begin filming. This also allowed me to
check his timetable and calculate when he was
free.

I chose Franks clothing to closely resemble the

drug dealer in Pulp fiction because this is sort of
how I pictured his character. As in Pulp fiction,
Franks character, Anonymous Man no.1 is both
likable but completely illegal and corrupt. We
will only ever see glimpses/shots of Franks
characters true friendly persona because the
video is exploring how Freyas characters
schizophrenia is making her believe the men
close to her are the sins of her life. The video
will therefore explore Frank as corrupt and
forceful because this is how Freyas character
views him. His loose and fun attire is one of the
only hints at his true character.

Name: Noah Merrell

Character Profile:

Character: Anonymous Man no.2

Name: Anonymous Man no.2

Age: 17

Personality: Formal/Proper, Loving

Likes: Playing Piano + Drums, Drama,

Band Practice.

Likes: His work

Clothing: Suit, Black and White

Clothing: T-shirts and Jeans

Noah Merrell
Noahs costume is intended to suggests a
formality to his personality. I hope to suggest
within the music video that Noahs character
(Anonymous Man no.2) may in fact be Freyas
characters love interest. The fact that he is
wearing a suit therefore enhances a certain
level of strictness and the connotations of
force which Freyas characters mind believes
he has over her when really in real life this is
all in her imagination. Connotations of his
costume will act as a signifier to the audience
as a way of controlling how they view
Anonymous Man no.2 and leading them to
believe Freyas characters perception that he
is a forceful and strict character.

The casting of Noah was simple. As a fellow actor

and friend in my drama class I was aware of his
ability to act and it was easy to approach him and
ask if he wanted to be in the video. Because he also
did Drama, it was additionally easier for me to find
out when he was free and to calculate our filming
schedule around this.

Name: Jack Bruhin

Character Profile:

Character: Anonymous Man

no.3

Name: Anonymous Man no.3

Personality: Keeps himself to himself.

Age: 17
Likes: Punk Rock, Movies
Likes: Photography
Clothing: T-shirts and Jeans

Clothing: Black Harrington jacket and

Black jeans.

Jack Bruhin
As the twin of Freya, Jack was very
easy to add to my cast as it was
easier to organise both of them to
come at the same time (with
them both living in the same
house).

Jack also has an interest in

photography, for my video he
has allowed me to borrow his DSLR camera and tripod which has
been a massive help in the
quality and appeal of my
production. Jack has also been
able to provide opinions and
help me to use the camera.

Jacks costume is intended to portray the

most brutish out of the characters. The
dark colour of his black bomber jacket and
black jeans develop the connotations of
mystery and give a deadly/chilling feel to
his character. This is intentional, because
Jacks character Anonymous Man no.3
will act as what Freyas character truly
believes is her stalker. In real life,
Anonymous Man no.3 is a man who lives
close to Freya and so she sees at the shop
every so often. The video however, will see
how Freyas character views him, hence his
curiously dark attire will emphasise this.