Stereotypes of Age (Lesson)

Children:

- Vulnerable 

- Silly 

- Small 

- Immature 

- Innocent 

- Playful 

- Naughty 

Teens: 

- Violent

- Chavs

- Rude 

- Arrogant 

- Rebellious 

- Antisocial 

Adults 20-50:

- Boring 

- Mature 

- Family focused 

- Work 

- Sensible 

Elderly: 

- Slow 

- Wise 

- Traditional 

- Old fashioned 

- Grumpy 

- Deaf

Counter Type: the opposite of a stereotype. Can be positive or subvert from the stereotype. 

Skins: 

Editing: 

-  Pace is slow to show teens are slow

- when fighting the pace speeds up

- more mature character gets more screen time 

- order of narrative shows the drunken teenagers first compared to the two on the trampoline 

Mise en scene: 

- Messy setting showing how untidy they are 

- Props: Alcohol, cigarette is a counter type of the way the character looks 

- red shoes show danger about to come- casey is in danger?

- Trampoline outside shows that teenagers are forced to grow up to fast and Cassie is portraying the innocence.

- Childish actions show the way teenagers are not transforming into adults despite their age 

- lighting is bright when shes bouncing on the trampoline showing us she is not doing what the sound suggests, positive light could mean positive connotations 

Sound: 

- Asynchronous sound- Cassie on trampoline - teenagers are promiscuous because it seems that she is having sex, which plays on stereotypes. When actually she is doing something completely innocent- teenagers shouldn't be prejudged therefore challenging them. 

- Dialogue- throughout, when the boy is swearing on the trampoline and another  uses 'safe' which is slang language which has connotations of 'thug' language. - also when the girl says " we f**k english boy" shows again why teenagers are perceived as promiscuous, which fits the stereotype. 

- Diegetic music which is fast and hard to hear what is going on

- non diegetic music, smashing of the glass, laughing, flirting and shouting in the party- how teenagers are irresponsible and not ready to be breaching into 'adults' behaviour yet. 

Camera: 

- Close ups for facial expressions 

- long shot showing teenagers drunken actions 

- close up to show a couple close with each other showing teenagers constant thoughts

- mid shot to show costume which is scruffy- teenagers don't care at that age "lazy".

Practice Exam Style Answer: 

P: Within the mise en scene, the producers use costume to convey messages about their ideologies of the representation of age.  

E: We see the 'chav' costumes on the group of boys that arrive late, contrasted with the posher, richer costumes of the hosts of the house party. These contrast further with the grungy dark costume of Sid, and again with Cassie's classical gold dress and flowing hair. 

E: On the first reading, the chav image seems to conform to stereotypes- the director is feeding the audience with a representation of age which we expect. It does not challenge us to think beyond the stereotype, However, the multiple representations also suggest that the ideology of stereotypes are wrong. There are many different 'types' of teenagers, whose difference should be noticed (but perhaps are not by society).