Friday, 5 May 2017

Age


Firstly, Age is represented in the clip in a number of ways. One way in which age can be represented through the clip is through the sound used in the clip. For example, during the first scene we can see that there is a conversation between an older, possibly middle-aged,  teacher and two teenage students over a broken camcorder. The diegetic dialogue between the students and the teacher suggests that the teacher is scolding them, even mocking them through a sarcastic tone in his voice. This reinforces the idea that teenagers do not have power over the teacher and due to their age it makes it easier for the older teacher to discipline them. This reaction almost suggests that the two teenage students are stupid almost as he is speaking to them in a tone which you may expect people to talk to children in. furthermore, another teacher (this one being in the 20-30 age bracket) then comes to scould the two teenage boys as well, however, it is reinforce that she is also still young and can be diciplined since when the older teacher asks her "you did take out insurance? right?" and then proceeded to make a "tut-tut" sound, this represents that overall the older, middle aged teacher has authority over both which naturally forms a hierarchy that starts at the top with the Middle aged teacher and then ends with the younger, less experienced and possibly more naieve teenage students. this concept does not challenge the stereotypes of age as we would expect the younger people in society to respect their elders which in turn could possibly lead to the stereotypical teenager rejecting this construct. 

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