1. International Depiction of Youth in Film Deanna Kim, Fabiana
Tesauro, Shohei Takahashi
2. General Premise of Gokusen (2009) Delinquent teens in High
school Adults perceive them as degenerates
3. General Premise of Gokusen Teacher arrives to teach
important aspects of life (friendship, family, love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_5LV_irIGA 5:10 (really
cheesy)
4. General Premise of Gokusen Teaches students how to
assimilate into society (By treating the kids like people)
Conclusion: Kids become functional members of society
5. Gokusen (2009) 13:37 How delinquent high school kids are
represented in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrU9MD4HV
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6. Characters High school Delinquents: Outcast of society No
future Teacher from Japanese Mafia: Protects students no matter
what Caring, Parental figure to students Teaches importance of
friends and family
7. Adults 2 types of Adults: one that can empathise with youth
one that condescends on youth 1:48 - 3:04 (How 2 types of adults
view HS kids) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvJvqcb0QoU
8. Youth and Japanese Culture Music: J-Pop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNriGWEUHAE Why J-pop?
Marketability Established fan base Pop-idols
9. Youth and Japanese Culture Fashion: conventional vs. counter
culture
10. Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo Three Meters Above The Sky Based
on the best selling novel by Federico Moccia & Directed by Luca
Lucini http://www.viki.com/videos/1031537v-
three-meters-above-the-sky
11. Who is Federico Moccia? Italian novelist, screenwriter and
director Born in Rome in 1963 1992 Tre Metri Sopra il Cielo 2004
The book has unexpected success and its turned into a film
starring: Riccardo Scamarcio Katy Saunders Continued his career
writing and directing many youth books and films
12. Other works Love 14 I Want You Sorry but I Want to Marry
You Sorry but Im Calling You Love
13. General Premise Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo follows the
impossible love story of two characters coming from two different
realities Step played by Riccardo Scamarcio Babi played by Katy
Saunders ?
14. STEP (Stefano Mancini) - Beautiful - Dangerous - Rebellious
- Delinquent - Wants to escape his privileged family - Secretly
sensitive - Caring and a good friend
15. BABI (Barbara Gervasi) - Private perfect school girl -
Privileged family - Before Step she has always followed the rules -
She explores her sexuality and life through this new relationship -
Goes back to her privileged life
16. The Best Friends Pollo Pallina Daniela (Babis sister)
17. Parents & Teachers Babis parents: rich, strict, work
and school obsessed, overly protective Steps parents: divorced,
clueless his mother: cheater, liar Babis teacher: mean (even though
shes just doing her job), gets blackmailed by Step into giving Babi
good grades MIN: 2:00
18. Youth Related Themes Young Love Difficulties of growing up
Excitement of breaking the rules Fashion Riccardo Scamarcio: the
italian James Dean Music Radio Chaos: FM 107.3
19. Young Love Young Love: full of promises, full of hope,
ignorant of reality Valentines Day Step and Babi relationship leads
them to Explore their sexuality Grow up especially in their
relationship with their parents Find their own separate ways
Pallina finds her way into Pollo and Steps world Babi is not
willing to give up security and safety
20. Growing Up Realizing parents are only humans Step and his
disfunctional relationship with his mother Pretty in Pink Exploring
their sexuality Pollos death