Representation of Age

Skins

The representation of the clip skins is on age. This can mainly be seen by the way they look and the way the audience see them. The use of Mise-en-scene in this clip is used a lot in various ways. The clip is based on the morning after of a teenage house party.

The colour design can be seen throughout the clip, which helps represent the age. The first scene shows various colours. This is where girl Cassie is getting up, and putting on her clothes. All the colours visible are bright and vibrant. This shows the lively hood of the young generation. There is no main colour, there are all varied, mixed. This could mean that the young generation/ teenager’s life is very muddled or frantic. By this we can see that their lives are maybe out of control. This represents her as a typical teenager, as this is when they begin to discover things. Going to parties, getting drunk and waking up the next morning feeling the pain.

The lighting used is ambient, this creates atmosphere and gives the audience a sense of verisimilitude. This is shown, at the end when Cassie leaves the house, and meets Michelle’s parents in the front, there was a lot of atmosphere here. This was due to the lighting. Because the lighting changed, it showed that the life that was in the house was superficial and there is a big difference between that and the life outside the house. It shows the contrast between real life, and the ‘party life’. Again this represents age, as teenagers, don’t really know what real life, and hard work is.

Cassie’s performance represents age very well. This can be seen when she wakes up from sleeping on the sofa, with a naked boy and her just in her underwear. This shows that teenagers don’t have any care in the world at the time which they wake up in. Cassie also represents teenagers, in the way that she is dressed. She is wearing a short dress, which is from the night before. The way that Cassie speaks also represents teenage girls. When Cassie is speaking to her friends, it’s informal. However, when she sees Michelle’s parents she changes her tone and her voice. She starts to speak more formal, and makes conversation with them. This represents teenage girls as they change when they see other parents. This is so that the parents see them as good and not for them real selves