The documentary examines representations of youth in various media sources such as music videos, television shows, news articles, and video games. Interviews are conducted with youths, experts, police, and parents to get different perspectives on whether media portrayals are accurate or stereotypical. Statistics on youth drug and alcohol use are presented alongside examples that challenge common stereotypes, showing youths engaged in positive activities like education and community service. The documentary aims to have a balanced discussion and show that not all youths conform to rebellious media archetypes.

2. Conventions Use/develop/challenge Description How we’re using it
in our
documentary
Voiceover Use Used when We will use this
montage or when showing
images are on statistics
screen in order
to explain
Public Use Ask public We will use when
involvement questions asking about
relating topic stereotypes of
youths and this will
create a debate
Presenter Challenge Usually formal We will have a
and of middle young presenter
age, used to dressed informally
lead topic in order for her to
relate to our topic
Facts and Develop Used to back up We will have bar
statistics what your charts and pie
saying. Its very charts that move
important in a in order for it to
documentary look interesting for

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5. • Basic
• No topic
• Not clear on what is
going where

6. Introduction •Put images Presenter talking about After
of statistics facts whilst showing up break
Presenter will introduce of how on screen What will
talking the show and title – negative happene
channel 4 you are now view on Talking about how d after
watching…… youths in youths are portrayed break
this modern through music vids and
When that is done we’ll have society news/t.v
a instrumental playing low in Fast
the background whilst •Voice over Example of videos and forward
presenter is talking whilst this is shots
happening Then slow
Interview people to see down with
•We will what they think and if youths
We will Show what is going to have case they agree that this is saying
happened in this episode studies on how youths really are
youth
portrayal Challenge the view that were not
Have music playing in the youths are rebellious as bad as
background whilst forward of •Begin our you think
the 5mins is being showed own Have voice over of
experiment presenter talking whilst
with having shots of positive things
a youth that youths do come up
with hoodie

7. • Too detailed
• We need to consider time
• Consider the topic- representation
through media
• Crammed on one slide- separate
• We only need the blue part

8. Example from
one part

9. DRAFT 3
• Again too detailed
• We don‟t need yellow part twice
• We confused the colours up
• Only needed to do blue

10. Previous TITLE:
episode: - Statistics/
‘How Voiceover:‘’ Representations of Youths’’ Reports
youths Talking about: - ( stats on
are - GTA4- How youths are seen negatively- style of first draft)
represent clothing - Wwe- sister
ed - Grime Videos- violence, sex, drugs killed by
through - Rock Video’s- Marliyn Manson- rebellious attitudes brother
poverty - Boy gets
and disease of
wealth’ - Interviews playing too
- Going to the shop GAME, speak to worker: much.
Fast clips - How many youths buy games?
of music - Whats the most popular game?
videos; - Sell rates of GTA4?
jessie j,
rhianna - VOICEOVER’’ VERY CLEAR YOUTHS ARE Blue:
50 cent INFLUNCED….’’
Archival
footage MUSIC VIDEOS
of live
concerts
N-DUBZ
(crowd
reaction)

11. We will show the different portrayal of wealthy youths What will
happen
-IMAGES OF CELEBS- Paris Hilton, Kelly Osborne, Mary Kate Olsen and in next
voice over of how they are drug users and its easier for them to episode
access drugs due to the fact that they have the money, they know
the people whereas lower class adolescents don't have connection Music
to the strongest dugs like cocaine videos
and
(PRESENTER TALKING ABOUT THESE POINTS) games-
-They turn to dugs( Paris Hilton) as they have easy access to it. how
- closed minded youths
-Don’t know much about life whereas lower class s appreciate life are
more represen
- ‘ rich commit crimes but less likely to get a lot of time in jail to how ted
they have financial support from parents. through
that
-End with how the media portrays youths very generally as there are
cons and pros to being wealthy and being of lower class.

13. TV NEWS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES SOCIAL SITES
We will look into the Representation that •Web2.0 is a tool for
rebellious ways of youths are like savage destruction
teenagers shows through like.
the riots •Bbm used for
communication to cause
trouble
How youths are hard to Criminals that need to be Youths are not serious-
handle( fighting police) watched over or find riots funny(
punished facebook)
They don't think before They don't know how to They like to publicise
acting( burning down a drink responsibly violence through
pub) YouTube
Violence that is All youths are involved in YouTube vids like:
portrayed on the news consuming of drugs
during the riots through •Stealing from shops
imagery chosen •Damaging stores
•Threatening people

14. Video games News
The view that youths play games Youths are very revengeful: kill because
all day they lost a game play
They only enjoy crime related They are easily influenced – they copy
games moves on WWE- death
We will show that generalising is Youths have nothing going for them- they
wrong by: only hang around areas doing nothing and
Showing youths that like to play causing trouble(hoodrats)
other games
Stereotype that lower class youths of ethnic
Show that some youths have other minority- black are usually the cause of
aspects to their life's apart from problems in London.
playing games
Also contrast by saying that its a Contrast by showing that some youths are
positve thing that youths turn to not violent and do things other than being
games in their free time because on road
that way they will be out of trouble -Private music lessons
-Join school plays

15. MUSIC VIDEOS- GRIME Video games
Youths usually semm Intimidating Neeko
through body language which looks -Baggy jeans
authoritative. -Trousers under bum
Clothes -Lower class area
-Hoodies View that youths who play these
- jeans below bum games are usually associated with
-Limping violence. And when someone sees a
-Screwed face youth dressed like this they would
Usually have drink and alcohol in hand automatically fear them or police
would stop and search
CHOIR MUSIC( bbc youth choir Contrast
Usually dress in: Upper class white youths are also play
-Suites these games and some are as violent
-Formal clothes -The difference being most of them
know the difference between reality
Therefore they seem more and hyper reality
approaching and respectable -So they wouldn‟t go killing someone

16. Tv shows/films Music video(grime and hip hop)
Male youths are represented to be the Males have more access to drugs
more authoritative gender as they
usually sell drugs in movies(kidluthood) They binge drink
Females are „loose‟ usually have no Females are more conservative with
morals when they go out- having sex in drinking
toilets( tool academy)
Challenge by saying that females do
binge drink
Female youths are represented to be Criminals that need to be watched
vulnerable as all they are used for over or punished
pleasure- they seduce the males (top
boy)
Male youths: They don't know how to drink
-Have power responsibly
-Usually commit crimes
Female youths All youths are involved in consuming of

17. films NEWS
Black youths are usually associated Black youths are more likely to go jail b
with drugs more than white
White females that live in bad areas Black youths are usually youths showed
usually become drug addicts (top boy) to go jail for illegal activities
Black ethnicty youths(male) are Youths are mostly the ones that Drink
portrayed to go into drugs because of driving and get into accidents
troubled childhood or financial stand
of parents
Chavy white youths are portrayed to Black youths are disruptive.
be youths that binge drink everyday
and use foul and violent language.(
fish tank)

18. TV SHOWS NEWS
Underage youths usually drink more Youths are rebellious as they think laws
than legal age adults don‟t apply to them
Underage youths are mostly drug They think they have more power over
consumers. government
Male youths usually breach laws of They are stubborn
government
Youths turn to damaging peoples party We will show statistics of how many
and call this having „fun youths are arrested per year because
of drug and under age drinking
Youths don't like to be told what to do TV shows we will look at
so they do what they like instead -Geordie shore
-world strictest parents

19. Last episode-wealth and poverty YELLOW-20 Seconds
Channel 4 advert –voice over explaining what is coming on
“Previously on..” -WEALTH AND POVERTY
Fast clips of different location as it relates to the topic we are exploring
Location: Peckham
Chelsea Comparing all locations
Upper/middle/working class areas
Interviews by some
youths form middle class areas : "I will never step foot in Peckham
“Peckham, never been there
before”
Interviews by some
Youths from working class areas: “stuck up middle class areas”
“they're too different from us”

20. RED-1 minute
-Introducing what the Episode will show to the audience
-Sexuality Alcohol and drugs
-Subtopic 3: laws- alcohol and drugs in specific
Montage
-Fast clips of this episode
-Underage youths drinking in the park
-Drugs and alcohol on table
Overview of what will
-Statistics of how many youths drink and be shown
How many youths getting into jail for
possession of drugs
-Interview of public saying whether her child
Drinks and what age her child is
-clips of news-(riots)
Title then appears (Picture of London while title appears on front
to picture)

21. GREEN-2 minute
Presenter
“So do you think youths conform to media serotypes of rebelling
against government?...”
Location presenter will be: Acton-in front of council estate
Voiceover of:
“Statistics show…”
( these statistics will come up on screen and we will make the graphs move)
about underage alcohol/drug consumers
-how many youths a week get arrested for drink driving
-Average age for drink driving
-News reporter
-Frankie cocozza bad youth representation ( TV SHOW- Xfactor)
-underage influence
The presenter will talk about statistics above as they come up on the screen.
Presenter at estate in Acton :
Its clear that youths do conform to some of these statistics but should this be
the reason to why they are represented so badly in the media?

22. Presenter
BLUE-2minute
“In the news there are several negative representations lets see if the
public agrees” location: oxford street (busy)
TRANSITION WILL BE FADE OUT AFTER QUESTIONS
Interview
People will then agree or disagree with the
presenters statement
Public After audience
-People of the street response
(Location-Elephant and Castle-market/bowling) Presenter will summarise
Experts What the public have
said
Miss Rayner „„from these responses
(Sociologist-have both positive/negative views) We can see why....‟‟
(office in school)
Miss Vaz
(Mentor-showing positive aspects)
(Location: mentoring room)
Police officer
(mentioning negative aspects)
(Location: streets)
Parents
(Location: outside school gates after school)

23. Victim of stereotypes( this will come up on screen)-Youths- Location
Harlesden outside sams)
Presenter- “do you drink?”
“what do you think of the representation that is put on you by
the
media?
Presenter -will respond to youths comment
Presenter
“Its true. There are negative representations in the media that show
rebellious alcoholic youths. but we shouldn‟t just focus on the negative,
we need to remember the positive too”
Harlesden
Background music-low volume
Positive clips:
Opening results
Graduating
Helping out community- fair trade stall, singing for charity
Group of young people saying inside a library- Harlesden:
“were not what you think we are!” and youths will say shhhh!

24. CREDITS COME UP
Alexa
Haben
Kayleigh
Channel 4
documentaries
production