representations of youths class presentations

BBC Some girls aired up to 2014 
bbc3
comedy about girls
2012-2014
target audience of 15+ young women
female version of inbetweeners
south London
16 years old
multi-cultural
protagonist- normal, smart, caring, considerate, level headed- she shows a positive representation of youth relatable.
amber- gullible, stupid, always wants her own way, sex obsessed, shows them in a negative light.
saz- sarcastic, strict religious family
holly- chav, no respect for school, trouble maker, takes care of her siblings, anger issues, negative represenation

uses and gratification theory
teenagers can identity with the show.

Misfits 
2009-2013
5 series 37 episodes
target audience of young adults
channel E4
conform and subvert to typical teen representations.

Bad education 
first aired 2012 BBC3
second series BBC Iplayer
15+
middle/ lower class students characters
characters are different exaggerated stereotypes

Top boy 
crime fiction
2 seasons 8 episodes 70 mins each
2011-2012
young teen characters
drugs, violence, gangs
majority black characters
stereotypes
negative representation
Hackney, East London
sympathetic of characters background

real life representations.
 Archie Hewlett 22 years old, luxury shoe maker 2014 duke and dexter.
Ben Francis age 19 gym shark, 2012
Guy Riese 'Uplearn' uses cognitive science to help students achieve good grades.

Undateables 
 Reality series
follows people with disabilities
8 series
first episode 2012 continued for 6 years
Channel 4
wide target audience 16-45


The A word 
2016-2017
autism
Two series
Representation suggest the disability in youth is unwanted and is annoying to he surrounding people.
BBC one - mainstream middle class audience.

The end of the F***ing world
comic book based tv series
channel 4 and Netflix
24th October 2017
James-outcast, mental illness, stereotypes of reckless teen
Alyssa- isolates herself, outcast, masculine,

chewing gum
2015
E4
2 seasons 12 episodes
restricted virgin, religious, 24 years old
rejects stereotypes life on a council estate as setting is near represented negatively
subvert- no violence characters are likeable
conform- criminal, sexual, lazy, involved with drugs.
directly communicates with audience breaks the 4th wall. audience are her own age relatable character.

Fresh Meat
4 seasons
2011
channel 4
Wednesday 10pm
target audience teens, young adults
comedy
always drunk, taking drugs, sleeping around.
negative representation of youths

Brotherhood 
2016
gangs
murder
violence
protagonist tries to change his life but must return to criminal behaviour to stop the people who want him dead and also killed his brother.
attempt to show positive representation but ultimately ends up negative.
continued from kidulthood and adulthood.

Crime 
Rise in stabbings
London murder rate is higher than in New York
To whom it may concern - Lennie James poem

Just Boys 
online gaming
can online friends be friends in real life?
bbc3
shines light on mental health issues
relatable real life

BBC news night- do children in the uk spend enough time outdoors? 
children spend less time outdoors than prisoners

Misfits 

Nike LDNR 


'London needs you alive' campaign 

q2

1st page - how teen representations are exaggerated
next- argument look at both sides of representations yes there are stabbings but look at the positive teens- media represents negative minority.

how does media representation affect teens e.g. is it harder to get jobs.
do you affect the media/ or does the media affect you?

what do you think will happen in the future?


talk about how majority of teens are not like the representations.

past
present
future

key terms

Mediation	Manipulation of the truth to create a certain representation in the media.
Gatekeeping	When the media institution selects what information to give to the audience.
Hegemony	Elite views forced onto the passive masses.
Dominant ideology	Widely held view, which is difficult to contradict.
Liberal Pluralism	Freedom to have lots of voices and opinions. May fight the dominant ideology

PPE what we should have included

EAT examples, analysis, terminology

What your skills developed/ how look at your creative decisions.

Blogger- digital notebook, upload
intro to premier- dancing animals
intro to film opening- Juno  effects, camera angles
Prelim-
film opening-  titles, font, colour, cuts, transition  USE REAL EXAMPLES FROM FILM
Music video- Prelim, Lip sync, planning, research into other videos, real media texts, stealomatic, HOW you were creative.
photoshoot
word/powerpoint/publisher- photoshop  Digipak  6 images how were they creative
wix- hyperlinks, social media,


DRCAGES - with examples from camera, wise en scene / textual analysis
settings
themes

Identify a strength in your assessment?

what are the areas you need to improve?
structure 
use specifics and specific examples.

what do you need to focus on for your next assessment?
Planning my structure
use specific examples from my produces to back up my points- editing tools, camera shots