- Essentially presented.
- Privileged throughout the clip.
- Finally, the character of Paul makes for interesting analysis as it appears that he is the 'Mediator' between the two generations and within the clip bridges the age divide.
- It is through this opposition that the audience is initially asked to emphasis with Amy.
- Subverts.
- ..is constantly seen in the clutches of other characters. She almost appears to visibly get younger on screen.
- Signs.
- ..insecurity demonstrated.
- ..she is represented as a girl who perhaps stereo-typically needs saving from the perils of adulthood and facing up ones own responsibilities.
- ..it is the only location which shows an absence of youth - indeed the only character who inhabit this space are Paul and the headteacher.
- ..which arguably is reminiscent of a court room conforms.
- ..witnessed between two adults (Paul and the Headteacher) whereby progress was clearly made.
- ..demonstrates a sense of vivid colour.
- ..innocence of youth and interestingly Amy is careful in the way she places the items.
- ..she appears to hide her hands under her sleeves.
- The initial high angle establishing shot of the workers and their tools represents the sense of community we feel when we consider the adults within the clip.
- The over the shoulder shot remains focus on her as she admits to having something to explain.
- ..cleverly edited to draw the audience in to Amy's particular story.
- Perhaps this editing of the narrative also hints at he way young people may typically feel that they are not listened to.
- Having received the key, about in rather clumsy and playful way (further highlighting the youth that Amy is representative of)
- Vulnerable
- ..unnatural way that Amy deals with the starting of the car
- ..draws attention to the fact that this is not a natural experience for her
- ..sterotypically venerable - it differs when used to show the relationship between Paul and the headteacher
- ..the two characters are shot in low angles
- ..figures of authority
- ..headteacher is allowed to occupy shots purely on his own
- ..a hierarchy of age - suggesting the older you are, the more power and respect you command
- The use of both diegetic and non-diegetic sound us also key to understanding the representational issues.
- ..ambulance soundtrack
- ..rural environment
- ..non digetic music shouts of a sympathetic tone and foreshadows the event of her leaving
- ..shouts of aggression, yet his following line directed at Paul is delivered in a calm manner suggested that as a 'child' Amy does not command his respect
- ..she need the adults to decide her fate
- ..which motivated by the character of Amy deals with the representation of 'youth as something which is misunderstanding fragile and vulnerable
- ..privilege Amy's story
- ..inhabiting a word which opposes that teenage and one which is represented by tradition, formality and reason, rather than (as the in the case of youth) emotion.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Useful phrases from 'Monarch of the Glen' extract essay
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