Our first character is Brooke Morgan, who is played by Rebecca Lake. We based this particular character on Katie Price as she fitted what we believed to be the 'stereotype' of a popular, sixteen year old wild child. Like Katie Price, Rebecca has long blonde hair and big boobs, she also wears a lot of make up which suggest that she is a 'bimbo' and is therefore thick and not very streetwise. These characterisations could have contributed to her death, as she may have not been very street wise when perhaps she is walking home alone at not a very sensible hour. Moreover, in our shots of Brooke she is seen in a short dress and high heels. This connotes where Brooke has been for the night, as she has clearly dressed up for a party or an event that includes drinking and drugs etc. Popular girls are also judged as thinking that they're better than others, which suggests that maybe she made a few enemies and hence the reason tha t she has been followed and murdered. She also dresses slutty as she thrives off male attention, which is another reason as too why she could have been attacked and killed, as she attratced the wrong sort of attention. As we are suggesting to the audience that she is very drunk and vulnerable the audience could feel apologetic towards her, as our target audience are teenagers and are therefore probably are not very sensible and often leave themselves in dangerous positions.
Who we based Brooke Morgan on:
Our character Brooke Morgan played by Rebecca Lake:
Lastly, our only other character was called Merlin and was played by Jamal Mckingley. I guess you could say that Merlin isn't really a stereotypical geek, as he doesn't wear glasses and dress like a nerd, but has the personality of what you might call a geek; he continously looks nervous and anxious as he walks threw the park, which helps build tension for the audience. He is what you would call the opposite to Brooke Morgan, which connotes that this may attract a wider audience as completely different characters may intrigue more people, as different 'groups' of teenagers may be able to relate to each character individually. We have chosen merlin as our other main character as we feel as if he portrays someone who is very self aware and careful, he isn't a party animal who goes out all the time but is sensible and works hard to earn money for his family. He is very independent and lacks social skills so therefore he is our ideal character to cast alongside Brooke, as both there personalities and facial features are a contrast. Arguably you could say that our character was based on Will Smith's character in I am Legend, as he appears very vulnerable and lonely, he also cares and is forever seen with a dog also.
This is Will Smith and his dog in the movie 'I Am Legend'
Here is our character Merlin with his dog Ruby:
Our other and last character that we decided to use was a dog called Ruby. We used Ruby as Jamal's companion as we though that it would allow our character Merlin to become more vulnerable, almost like a stereotype as a 'geek' as you won't find many teenage boys strolling around with a type of pug dog. If we wanted to portray Jamal as having a 'hard' exterior then we would have used perhaps a rotweiler or another aggressive dog to establish his tough persona. However, as we used a lovable and friendly dog this suggests that Ruby is more of a companion for Merlin, and allows him to become more vulnerable and fit his stereotype as being 'geeky' as he shows his compassion and love for an animal.
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