2. Mise en Scene
The costumes that the characters are wearing help to show age. For example,
the teenagers are wearing school uniform and the adults are wearing smart
clothes. This obviously helps the audience determine who is younger and who
is older.
The costume also helps to show the difference in the youths. For example,
Stewart is clearly a respectable youth due to his uniform as it is neat and
smart. However, you can also tell that some of the characters are delinquent
youths. An example of this is the characters pictured below. Their uniform is
not smart and they are wearing jackets over the top that are not part of the
school uniform. The audience would stereotype them as delinquent youths as
they break the rules. Stewart would be stereotyped as a respectable youth
because he follows the rules.
Stewart.
3. Editing
Cross cutting is used throughout the clip to show the different
storylines that are happening at the same time. An example of
this is when an English lesson is beginning and then it cuts to an
argument between Amy and Stewart and then it cuts back to the
English class where a student tells the teacher about the
argument.
4. Sound
Dialogue is a really good way to show the difference in
ages in this clip. The students use slang words and
phrases that the adults don’t use. For example, one girl
says “Nice threads sir,” when she is talking about his
clothes. This represents the students as quite chavy as
they use slang words and words that some adults may
not understand.
5. Camera Shots/Movement
A close up/mid shot is used at the beginning of
the clip. It is used to show Finn and Josh hiding a
teacher’s camera that they had broken. This
represents them as being quite sneaky and
untrustworthy which is a negative
representation of youths.
