The promotional trailer for Skins represents young people in both positive and negative ways through its camera work, editing, sound, and mise-en-scene. The neutral camera angles and movement aim to make the viewer feel like they are at the party witnessing events. Quick cuts between scenes suggest young people live in the moment. The soundtrack lyrics imply young people feel alone and ignore rules. Mise-en-scene frequently shows drug and alcohol use as well as sexual situations, portraying youth as out of control partiers, but also willing to have fun and live freely.

1. How does the skins promotional trailer create representation of young people?<br />-100330245554526314402265045Camera angles and movement: The camera angles in the promotional trailer vary little. During most of the trailer the angle remains neutral to give the impression that you are at the party witnessing every event for yourself. This is further supported by the movement of the camera. This could suggest that when young people have parties everyone is invited, no matter if they know them or not. This in turn represents young people as outgoing and willing to meet new people.However the trailer also uses slight low and high angle shots. For example high and low angle shots are used to shows certain characters status and importance in the drama. Also, because the high angle is very slight in some shots it suggests they are trying to represent young people as inferior and up to no good but not vulnerable. This also contrasts with the low angle shot of ‘Tony’ that shows he is the main character but also suggests that young people may have a fearless, invincible attitude to life. <br />Sound:The trailer for skins features only a non-diegetic soundtrack, The Gossip – standing in the way of control. The soundtrack to the trailer is extremely well suited and the lyrics represent young people in a range of ways. The main chorus “standing in the way of control” suggests that the people are uncontrollable and ignore rules/laws set by others. The lyrics to the verse also suggest that young people are troubled and alone in the world, no one else other than fellow young people understand them. <br />Editing: Editing plays a key role in representing young people in this trailer. The cuts are quick which takes away the sense of time which suggests that they are living for the moment and live their lives to the full in a fast way. It could also be interpreted as how one of them may remember the party, in sections of random clips or events due to being intoxicated. The clips also don’t linger of one scene for very long suggesting that there is a lot to see and a lot to do. This represents young people as being busy and quite active. <br />4139565104457517284701044575-7651751044575Mise-en-scene: Mise-en-scene shows the largest representation of young people. The trailer shows a great deal of drug consumption, both legal and illegal, amongst the teenagers. This represents young people in a negative light as drug users, abusers and addicts whilst possibly in some viewer’s eyes representing in a positive way because they are willing to try new things. <br />4062095102679516624301026795-7651751026795The trailer also portrays young people as very sex obsessed due to the countless snogging and stripping scenes. This represents young people in both good and bad ways. The good side being that it suggests they live life to the full and live each day likes it’s their last, especially at parties. On the other hand it represents them as if all they care about is getting wasted, high and laid no matter what the cost or who it is with. <br />3949700149987017284701499870-7651751499870The trailer also represents young people as being fun, irresponsible, out of control and even hostile. The fun side is shown in the mise-en-scene by the toys featured in the trailer. These included: water pistols, a tricycle and 3-D glasses. This shows they are up for a laugh and generally don’t take much very seriously. The irresponsible side of young people is shown in the trailer by the scenes with vomiting and breaking household objects such as the vase. This also shows how out of control they can get. Whilst the hostility is shown in one shot where two people are seen arguing. This could also be interpreted as someone cheating because it is between a girl and boy.<br /> <br />