‘Angel 3323’ (played by Chloe) is the innocent, attractive, teen, ‘internet blogger’ and ‘social networker’. She represents the stereotypical teen girl that is so commonly seen in popular media products, in particular media aimed at teens, students and young adults such as TV series on E4 and MTV. For example ‘The Hills’ and ‘90210’.
Within popular media products, it is not often that the attractive, ‘blonde’ girl is portrayed as an enigmatic or intellectual character, nor is our character Angel 3323. This is reflected in her narrative; her choice of subjects is very basic such as ‘a recent holiday’ when she talks about recommended night clubs, which is typical of similar characters in other popular media. Her dress is very conventional for her character, such as her ‘pearl earrings’ and ‘necklace’. However, her necklace does slightly challenge the stereotype, in that it is a skull necklace, which is not particularly conventional.
We chose to cast a male teenager in the role of the internet stalker/ murderer, Lester 727. This is keeps with convention in that he is male, but that he is a teenager is very unconventional and challenges a stereotype. Traditionally this role is played by an older man, such as in the film ‘Hard Candy’, in which it is a male, older than the proposed ‘victim’. We chose to challenge this convention, because in the modern day due to the way people are extensively connected via the internet, through social networking, it is easy for anyone, of any age to disguise their identity and fool victims, so it is not just older people that people should be weary of, but how fellow peers could be just as much of a threat.
