Seventeen Going Under Flashcards
Examples of Gender Representation?
- use of ‘drenched in cheap drink and snide fags’, wide shot of Sam over North Sheilds/Council estate, performance of Sam tense, strained
-use of Wide shot of Sam stood in crowd, group facing the sea, Sam DMOA, costuming in distorted smiling face shirt, “crying like a child”
Examples of Class representation?
- “I see my mother, DWP see a number”, wide shot of Sam’s mother stood in room looking out window worriedly, use of prop/set design of cluttered desk with papers and alcohol bottle
- use of a wide shot and pan in on Sam in council estate, use of setting in council estate with colour, greys, and “bussies round us up, do it all again next week”
Examples of Youth representation?
-use of close ups on eyes/face, fast paced editing of people dancing, use of bright saturated purples
- use of performance of two women fighting “do it all again next week”, wide shot of crowd facing sea and Sam DMOA
Examples of representation of mental health?
- use of Wide shot of Sam stood in crowd, group facing the sea, Sam DMOA, costuming in distorted smiling face shirt, “crying like a child”
- use of ‘drenched in cheap drink and snide fags’, wide shot of Sam over North Sheilds/Council estate, performance of Sam tense, strained
Examples of self representation?
- Use of performance of Sam biting nails, dialect/geordie accent, Wide shot of Sam stood I’m council estate
- Use of “I thought about shifting gear”, use of costuming in industrail/workmen’s shirt/uniform, use of tracking shot of Sam in car
How is a binary opp created in the representation of gender?
- Sam constructs a representation of women being more in touch with their emotions that men
- use of women crying/embracing vs Sam biting his nails nervously, links to constructing a rep of women expressing themselves while men repress their emotions
How does use of ‘drenched in cheap drink and snide fags’, wide shot of Sam over North Sheilds/Council estate, performance of Sam tense, strained construct a rep of Gender?
- use of the audio code constructs the idea of being heavily intoxicated, using substances heavily. This links to constructing the stereotype of working class men abusing substances/being alcoholics. It is valuable to constructing the idea of Sam feeling as if men are taught/often deal with their issues and problems by drinking large amounts of alcohol/substance abuse.
- Moreover the use of depth of field of the background as we see Sam rise above North Shields council estate, valuable to constructing the idea of Sam
How does “I see my mother, DWP see a number”, wide shot of Sam’s mother stood in room looking out window worriedly, use of prop/set design of cluttered desk with papers and alcohol bottle construct a representation of Class?
- use of audio code, valuable to constructing the representation that lower/working class are merely seen as statistic and numbers to the government, not as people, links to constructing idea of the way the lower class are treat as inhumane
- The use of the wide shot is valuable as it allows audiences to see performance and props strewn across the table, Sam’s mother is positioned at the window looking out worriedly, as well as the use of alcohol bottles and papers cluttering the desk, valuable to constructing the idea of the harassment of the DWP with the papers as well as the idea of impoverished people being forced into alcoholism whether this us because of pressure to provide or pressure placed upon them by governmental systems
How does use of close ups on eyes/face, fast paced editing of people dancing, use of bright saturated purples construct a representation of Youth?
- The use of close ups on the eyes and face create a focus on sweat, having polysemic meaning/connotations. Perhaps suggesting the idea of drugs, linking to constructing idea of youths turning to drugs during their struggles to cope. It could also suggest the idea of the hectic stressful lives of the youth, being reinforced by the utilisation of fast paced editing creating a busy hectic aesthetic
- Moreover, the use of bright saturated purples shifting over the people dancing is also valuable to constructing a representation of people in clubs, reinforcing this idea of ‘party culture’ as a way of dealing with problems for the youths, turning to alcohol or drugs.
How does use of Wide shot of Sam stood in crowd, group facing the sea, Sam DMOA, costuming in distorted smiling face shirt, “crying like a child” construct a representation of Mental health?
- the use of the wide shot of Sam in the crowd while DMOA, links to the idea of constructing Sam as isolated, alone
- the use of the distorted smiling face shirt is valuable to constructing an allegory for ‘masking’ the way he truly feels, pretending to be happy
- the use of “crying like a child” is valuable as it constructs the idea of suppressing emotions for fear of being judged, as well as the values placed upon men to conceal their emotions because of toxic masculinity
How does the use of performance of Sam biting nails, dialect/geordie accent, Wide shot of Sam stood I’m council estate construct a self representation?
- the use of the performance of Sam biting his nails is valuable to constructing idea of Sam repressing his emotions, symbolic and connotative with anxiousness linking to authenticity
- the use of dialect with gordie slang is valuable to constructing an authentic representation
- the use of the wide shot of Sam in a council estate, the council estate he grew up in is valuable yo constructing the idea of him being authentic in presentation to audiences.
How does use of “I thought about shifting gear”, use of costuming in industrail/workmen’s shirt/uniform, use of tracking shot of Sam in car construct a self representation?
How does use of ‘drenched in cheap drink and snide fags’, wide shot of Sam over North Sheilds/Council estate, performance of Sam tense, strained construct a representation of Mental health?
How does use of performance of two women fighting “do it all again next week”, wide shot of crowd facing sea and Sam DMOA construct a representation of Youth?
How does use of Wide shot of Sam stood in crowd, group facing the sea, Sam DMOA, costuming in distorted smiling face shirt, “crying like a child” construct a rep of Gender?
How does use of a wide shot and pan in on Sam in council estate, use of setting in council estate with colour, greys, and “bussies round us up, do it all again next week” construct a representation of Class?
Why is the use of “I thought about shifting gear” valuable to representation of Class?
- Colloquial term “gear”, refers to drugs/dealing drugs
- This is valuable to the construction of the idea that because of instability of poverty, and prosecution by the DWP againts Sam’s mother, Sam thinks about dealing drugs to help provide
Why is the use of the line “the debt, the debt, the debt” valuable to constructing class representation?
- Use of audio code is valuable as it constructs the idea of debt/their financial situation weighing on the mind of Sam’s mother, the repetition emphasising how heavily it weighs on her.
- Also constructs the idea of the struggles of the impoverished, being forced into debt to survive due to the lack of support from governmental systems for the poor
