2. Within my two minute short film introduction, there are only two
characters. Our characters are named Sarah and Emma and we tried to
create them to fit the generic conventions of stereotypical teenage girls
from modern day society.
There are seven key themes of representation shown within films. The
seven are;
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Age
• Sexuality
• Class and Status
• Regional Identity
• Disability
Within my short film introduction, I have included a few of these
representations including; gender, age, regional identity and class.

3. Skins is a television programme shown on E4 which is an example of what the media perceive teenagers of today to
be like. Various aspects of the plot are exaggerated to create the show to be more appealing and interesting
although this is also a method of highlighting the dangers of behaving in these ways. There are a large amount of
characters within this programme so there are numerous amount of stories within it. There have also been six series
with lots of different characters throughout. An example of one of the storylines is a character named Effy. She is a
younger sister of Tony, who is the main character within the first two series. Once the ‘new generation’ of teenagers
begin at collage, which is the beginning of series three, Effy is one of the key characters. She is portrayed as a fairly
troubled teenage girl who is alone. She turns to heavy partying with drugs and drinking, and she also has a romance
with a boy named Freddie. Although, she does have various other flings with boys before this romance begins. This
storyline and others within this programme, are demonstrating how the media perceive teenagers in today’s society.
It is a clear example of how the media believe teenagers to be these moody, lazy, destructive and rebellious
characters.
Teenage of today are often stereotyped with certain
characteristics. Some characteristics they are
stereotyped with are being;
• Aggressive
• Moody
• Lazy
• Rude
• Rebels
The media are a main example of people who
stereotype them in this way. Numerous television
shows and films portray teenagers in an extreme way
such as them having smoking, drinking, partying or
taking drugs. Examples of these include are ‘Mean
Girls’ and ‘Skins’.

4. For my own short film introduction, me and my partner wanted to represent teenagers and
in particular, teenage girls, in a different light to how they are overly stereotyped within the
media. By comparing our film to media products such as ‘Skins’ we have slightly altered the
stereotypes. We wanted our audience to be female teenagers, yet we feel that more female
teenagers are obsessed with music and the internet rather than alcohol and sex in society
today. We also wanted our product to represent ourselves, not just teenagers of today,
which is where we thought of the idea of our social realistic issue from. The both of us have
gone through a phase of where we were obsessed with a certain artist or band and we feel
that it is an issue that needs to be talked about, just as much as more extreme stories such
as drugs and pregnancy. Furthermore, we have put our characters ‘Sarah’ and ‘Emma’ into
school uniform (a green jumper, black polo shirt and black trousers/skirt), whilst in ‘Skins’
the characters wear more casual and inappropriate clothes all the time, even within their
collage. This further contrasts real teenagers in society today and how society perceives
teenagers today. Also, the way in which the relationships are seen in both films could be
seen as similar as they both explore family relationships – in ‘Skins’, Tony and Effy’s sibling
relationship and how even though they are completely different they are still reasonably
close. Whereas in our product, ‘Sarah’ is taking revenge on ‘Emma’ for being ‘obsessed’
with the band One Direction which clearly shows how they have different interests and
personalities.