As a group we found the process of casting the roles extremely important, with some changes to the age of the main character (the mother) we decided to cast a younger female lead to portray the character of a young mother who is potentially irresponsible, leading to the incident of her daughter being taken. Casting was a difficult process as it involved trying to cast someone who fit the part but could also be available to film on the days the group can.
As a group we decided to cast Alissa as Sarah (the mother). Alissa is an A level drama student - we felt this would be beneficial for her and us, this would provide her with further experience and would allow us to have a believable protagonist. Alissa is 18 years old, our main character was decided to be 18 also, this also makes Alissa a good fit as Sarah. As Alissa attends the same sixth form as us, it means we can easily communicate with her and film any part at sixth form if needed.
The role of the daughter was a much harder process than casting Sarah. The daughter (Rosie) is suppose to be 4 years old, this meant we needed a young girl to portray her - this created an issue of needed a parent or guardian to also be available the day of filming. Another factor was that Rosie needed to have similarities to Alissa.
We decided to cast Trinity as Rosie, she has blonde hair and blonde hair which makes her become more believable as Alissa's daughter. Trinity is also a cute and likeable young girl, this means the audience will become more concerned when she disappears and desperate for her return - creating more anticipation.
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