R & P Post 27: Casting

When casting, we knew as a group that we would have to strike a balance between those who we knew would look the part - those who would have the required performance skills and characterisation, and people who were willing to be flexible and give up a huge amount of time to perform for the project. As a result, we discounted a number of potential performers and decided early on that we would instead use Georgina from our own media group as the main performer, with Phoebe and possibly myself playing smaller roles if needed.

Our group's cast list. As it is only the current draft
for the test shoot, some aspects may change, for
instance I may not be performing in the main shoot.

We believed that casting Georgie as the main performer would have significant advantages as opposed to someone outside of the group. One reason is, indeed, the fact that she is in our group and is used to the demands of both the project and A-Level media in general, thus will be guaranteed to offer the flexibility which you must have when completing an intensive period of rehearsals, testing and final production. The other reason we had full confidence in her is due to her previous on-stage experience singing and acting, and we felt this (alongside performance skills from the Taylor Swift prelim) would be extremely useful for our project. Thirdly, we felt that we could easily convey our artist's persona and take inspiration from real-life female soloists through her.

A selection of reference points when casting. We felt that
Georgie could easily take stylistic inspiration from real-life
artists such as Demi Lovato, Meghan Trainor & Katy Perry.