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How is Age represented in the sequence from skins? To what extent are these representaions stereotypical? Young people are stereotyped as being vain and that they care a lot about their apperance. The screen shot above is an over the shoulder shot , showing his refletion in the mirror. Tony is ”checking himself out” which gives the impression that teenagers are vain. Older people are stereotyped as being grumpy and moody when Tony’s dad comes in and is shouting and swearing at Tony because his music is on. He also continues to behave this way when he walks down to eat his breakfast. This lives up to the whole “gumpy man” stereotype, which concludes that all middle ages

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How  is  Age  represented  in  the  sequence  from  skins?  To  what  extent  are  these  representaions  stereotypical?          

 Young  people  are  stereotyped  as  being  vain  and  that  they  care  a  lot  about  their  apperance.  The  screen  shot  above  is  an  over  the  shoulder  shot  ,  showing  his  refletion  in  the  mirror.    Tony    is    ”checking  himself  out”    which  gives  the  impression  that  teenagers  are  vain.          

   Older  people  are  stereotyped  as  being  grumpy  and  moody  when  Tony’s  dad  comes  in  and  is  shouting  and  swearing  at  Tony  because  his  music  is  on.    He  also  continues  to  behave  this  way  when  he  walks  down  to  eat  his  breakfast.  This  lives  up  to  the  whole  “gumpy  man”  stereotype,  which  concludes  that  all  middle  ages  

men,  are  rude  and  grumpy.  The  screen  shot  above  shows  him  yelling  at  his  son.    A  mid  shot  is  used  to  convey  this.      

   The  screen  shot  above  shows  a  teenager  in  bed  ,  delibertaley  not  responding  to  a  phone  call  so  that  he  can  stay  in  bed  longer.  This  stereotypes  teengagers  as  being  lazy.  The  mess  in  his  room  illustrates  this  sterotype  further  ,  that  teenagers  are  lazy  and  messy  people.    It’s  a  high  angle  shot  which  shows  the  extent  of  how  messy  the  room  is  ,  mise-­‐en-­‐scene  suchas  dirty  plates  help  to  show  this.  The  dark  lighting  make  the  room  appear  dingy  ,  but  the  light  on  the  bed  ,  hows  the  light  trying  to  seep  in  from  the  certains.  This  shows  that  it  is  morning  time  and  the  teengager  shouldbe  up  ,  highlighting  his  laziness  further.        

   The  shot  above  shows  Tony’s  sister  coming  home  after  she  was  out  last  night    The    use  of  the  long  shot  draws  attension  to  the  clothes  she  wears,  which  are  

fairly  revealing  .  When  she  gets  to  her  house  she  gets  her  brother  to  turn  music  on  to  cause  a  distraction  ,  so  that  she  can  sneak  in.  Because  Tony  knows  exactly  what  to  do  it  implies  that  this  has  happened  before.  The  fact  that  she  doesn’t  want  to  get  caught  shows  that  she  was  doing  something  she  shouldn’t  have  done.  This  highlights  a  poor  relationship  between  teenagers  and  their  parents.  It  also  stereotypes  teenagers  as  being    rebellious  or  naughty  and  contantly  doing  things  such  as  drinking.