Character Profile

This is David. I have chosen David to star in my music video as he has performed well in all of my past video products for my media studies coursework (including AS preliminary and final product and A2 preliminary and current final product).
Here is a little information on David and why this made a perfect star for my music video:
- He is 19 years old. This means he is in the same age group as my target audience, making him a relate able character. Despite my audience appearing to not need elements of readability (based on the UGT questionnaire did for my audience), I still feel that elements of it are important. This is because my product needs to effect people in order to make them think a bout the message, so applying it to something similar to them and their lives will make it easier for them to understand as well as get them into the shoes of the character, thus taking the message on board.
- He is male, and despite this not being extremely important, I personally wanted a male because it is much more hard hitting for a male to take on any feminine attributes over a female taking over male attributes. This is because we see it all the time in women's style with androgynous models, baggy clothes and the tomboy style. We don't get this with men - society has a very set view on how men should look in regards to physique and clothing. This involves straying away from pink, wear over the knee shorts and to accentuate broad shoulders and muscles through clothing. Men don't get the best of both worlds like women do, so I felt that showing this side of a man as his true identity would hit harder than a women dressing from a woman to a man in a video.
- He is very confident in his sexuality and body, as well as understanding of all identities. This was a vital aspect I needed from the character of my music video because I do not personally know any trans* people, therefore my only option was to get a heterosexual male to play the role of the opposing gender for a video and do it confidently as though it IS their identity...which can't be easy for many people. However, David was more willing than most to participate and I know that he is a good actor as he has acted well in my previous videos.