Both Lydia and Leanne play a similar role in their dramas as they are both lesbian, obsessed characters. Their role requires both girls to act in a sly, obsessive way; taking posessions and becoming almost a stalker just to make sure their love is alrite and not being distracted by males.
Also they both share similar characteristics;
-they both are vague and disturbed in their emotions towards a friend of theirs.
-they both are not very popular and dont have many friends but try to fit in with others at college.
-they both have family problems and no father figure resulting in their attitude probably leading them to be a bit too comfortable around girls.
However, there are several differences as we tryed to challenge the stereotypes of the appearance of lesbians. Lydia's appearance is more typical; the short hair and her funky dress sense whereas Leane is quite conscious about her pretty look and dresses more stylish and simple. Therefore, this does challenge the stereotypes and is engaging for the audience as they wouldn't expect Leanne to be a lesbian.
Lydia from Hollyoaks was a big inspiration to our character of Leanne, as i watch Hollyoaks and see the twisted measures Lydia goes too for Sarah and what her life is like and how she deals with jelousy, mainly with anger .
Our media final sequence represents social groups in a similar way Hollyoaks does but with a twist as we wanted to test stereotypes, however it will still only draw a set target audience.
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