Actor list from our video

The following all had an on screen role in our music video:

The "band":

Jack Burton - lead vocalist (and other half of my media group). We chose him to be the singer as he knows the song and so it would save time during the shoot as he already knows the words to mime. 

Chris Gent - drummer. We chose him to be the drummer as he looked the most natural out of the three, being the most physical. What he lacked in drumming talent, he made up for with enthusiasm. 

Matt McQueen - guitarist. We chose him to play the guitar as he plays it in real life where the other two do not,  making him look the most natural (as well as it being his left-handed guitar so it made sense). 

The "victims":

Tyler Bailey - the first victim. We chose him to go first for several reasons. The first was practicality in regards to editing. As he was the tallest person available to us, it gave us more to pan upwards on later in the video when he is on the floor. Secondly, in our test shots it arose that Tyler wasn't very good at acting. Therefore, it made sense to kill him off quickly. The third reason I will elaborate on shortly.

Amy Dimbleby - the second victim. As she was the only female at the party who wanted to take part, we had her be one of the victims as it would be better suited for our promotional material later. Out of everyone, there is the biggest height difference between Tyler and Amy. This is significant one of ideas for a Digipak slide was silhouettes of the two corpses, and the height difference makes the two actors more recognisable as the same two actors from the video. Similarly, having a female play a vital role in the video and promotional material will increase appeal with the female audience. 

The "discoverers":

Jamie Pick - goes through and sees the bodies and comes back to alert Ben. As he didn't want to be in the video much, the role he plays for the most part (being involved in story links and cutaways) suited him as while we filmed the band scenes, he could do other, unrelated things. 

Ben Thorogood - gets alerted to the band by Jamie and goes into the kitchen in the final scene. As he was the most open to the idea of creating a lively atmosphere, most of the cutaways involve him in some way. Because of this, it made sense for him to be kept alive as it allowed us to use cutaways featuring Ben the whole way through the video without breaking continuity.