Jewish Boyz: Cast List

In order to find my cast mates, I used opportunity sampling to see out of all my friends who was most available to feature in my music video. Before creating the idea for the video, I had no pre-conception of what I wanted the star to look like and I had no idea who would best portray the star image that I wanted to display.

My opportunity sample resulted in me having a cast of 10 people at the start, as my original video idea planned to have as many people as possible. However, at the last minute before the first shooting day, 3/5 of my cast had become unavailable for the video, which left me with a cast of 4.

When this happened, I was slightly upset and disappointed but I made a positive out of a negative, by justifying the reason for my small cast. The reason for my small cast is all part of the parody: Wiz’s cast for We Dem Boyz featured approximately 100+ people and my video features a dramatically different cast number, which adds to the humour. Here is the list of cast that featured in my video:

Elior Doani: Once my cast of 4 was finalised, I still had no idea who I wanted to be my star, because I saw that any of these cast members could perfectly portray the star image. Elior volunteered to be the star and he told me he did because he was intrigued by the video idea. I was happy with choosing him as the star because he has this confident demeanour that reflects my star image and I knew he could act and lip sync well enough for this video. Since the release of the video, its popularity has gained him some recognition within the Jewish community which he seems to enjoy.

Daniel Werb: One of the 4 members of the cast. He is an extra who I filmed with on shooting day 3. In terms of where he is in the video, he is most known for holding the LAY THE TABLE cue card, and saying OY VEY ZMIR, THAT IS AMAZING! And because of these scenes, he has gained recognition and has been remembered the most (because LAY THE TABLE was the catchiest line).

Josh Bergman: One of the 4 members of the cast. He is an extra who I filmed with on shooting day 3. In terms of where he is in the video, he is most known for wearing the sombrero and holding the LOCO LOCO cue card, and dressing up as a baby near the end of the video. I chose him for those parts because I knew he would fit them the best, based on the fact that we came up with these lyrics and scenes in particular together. Since the release of the video, people from my school who have seen the video ask me who he is.

Nadav Knoller: One of the 4 members of the cast. He was supposed to be another extra; however, he wasn’t available after he filmed with me on the first shooting day, so I had no choice but to axe him from most of the video because there wasn’t enough footage of him. He does still feature in the video in the ‘extra costume’ standing outside Carmelli’s whilst ABOUDY “high fives” him.

And although this person wasn’t in the video, I believe they still need a mention:

Jake Marlowe: He is the person who helped me create the song on Logic Pro, and without him, the song wouldn’t have the best sounding quality as it does. He is a musician and has experience with creating songs, and I knew he would be the perfect person to help me record the song.