Representation of age

Towards the beginning of this clip age is represented during the low angled close up of the teachers feet walking past the tables and then the two shot of two boys wearing uniforms, this represents age because they are in school. An older man then stands behind them and both of the boys appear to turn and face him when he is speaking which shows he has authority. The man is wearing a suit which could represent age due to his maturity and him being very presentable and smartly dressed. The dialogue used in this section represents age because the two young's boys are explaining themselves to the older man which shows that he is older and you should respect your elders. The man snaps his fingers and says 'give it' which is an order and the boy then hands the object to him, this reinforces my previous point about respect and power. Dialogue is used again to represent age when the man says 'miss Chowdrey will be upset when she see's this', this represents age because the man is speaking of a teacher and we know from this that the location is a school and we can assume that this man is also a teacher.

The next scene shows another boy leaning against a door, again the boy is dressed in a uniform which represents age because he is in school so we can assume he is in his teens. During this scene there is a lot of a-synchronous diegetic sounds of other students around the school, this represents age because we could associate the noise with young people and you would expect a school to sound like this. the mise-en scene of this scene shows posters in the background, this would represent age because we would associate this setting with a school and therefore associate it with teenagers.

The next scene shows two students walking along a hallway, the hallway is full of other students and there is a synchronous sound of these students. The dialogue is this scene represents age, for example, one girl uses the word 'hoe-bag' this is not a common phrase, more of a youthamism.

We then switch to a classroom, the mise-en-scene of this shows tables with students sat alone, the walls are covered in educational posters and all of the students are wearing uniforms, this represents age because we commonly associate this sort of setting with a classroom. There is an older man stood at the front of the room, he is standing with his arms crossed which represents age because it shows him having power and authority. There is also dialogue used in this clip of the teacher in which he is talking about an assignment which represents the school and teenagers again.

The next scene shows confrontation between two students, this represents age because the two students are talking about their parents being together however this also represents age because it is very unusual for this type of discussion to happen between two adults.

Next we see an older man coming out of a room wearing clothes that we would commonly associate with a teenager wearing, this represents age because it could show how the teacher is trying to appear younger however this does not happen by purely wearing adults clothing. The non-diegetic background music in this scene is also music we would commonly associate with teenagers so again this represents age because we would not expect a man of his age to be listening to this type of music or wearing these clothes. Other students then enter the scene and begin laughing, this would represent age because they would not expect to see their teacher wearing this clothing.