The Belles of St. trinians (1954)

Britishness
Horse racing is a strong element of the film and is a very typical British sport. The teachers also mention buying Tea and crumpets, which are all typically British foods.
The school itself is situated into the typical British countryside. The formal uniform, the children wear is very stereotypically British, for example they wear: Tie, black skirt, black skirt and a black blazer and black shoes. Another example of britishness is spivs, who try and flog dodgy items. For example: Flash Harry uses the girls to make cheap gin and then tries and sells it on for a high price

Education
The Belles of St. Trinians suggests that education is not about the actual learning, but the experience of making friends and coming together to make things better. For example: All the girls come together to sell alcohol, capture a racehorse and fight against the people in power.

Age
The Belles of St. Trinians also suggest that children and youths are the ones in power over the adults. This is because they can not be controlled and do as they please. They also create plots and work as a team against the rest of the world. For example: At the end of the film, a girl steals a trophy and when given the chance to put it back, they all steal more.
The adults were also pelted with balls of flour which shows the children have no respect for people older than them.

Gender
The Belles of St.Trinians represents girls as the stronger sex and the ones in power. For example all the students and teachers are female. The two male ministers who visit the school to shut it down, find themselves being taken in by the girls and decide to stay under the girls power, rather than report back to the law.

Class
The children in St. trinians are tyically middle/upper class, as it would have cost a lot of money to send a child to an all girls boarding school 50 years ago. For example, there is an arabic girl, Fatima, who is sent there with £100 pounds pocket money, which in those days was a lot. However the childrens behaviour is portrayed in a way, which is more stereotypically associated with working class families. For example, the girls behave quite naughty by stealing a race horse,

KiDULTHOOD

Representations of Britain, age, gender and class are shown in this description of the darker side of London.

The use of high violence, drugs and alcohol describes this area of london to be be a hell hole and the social issues that are highlighted in the film through violence amongst young rival crews and even drug/violence threats between family members shows that young people in this area are struggling on a day to day basis and end up having grow up far quicker than people could even imagine.
Britishness.
There are representations of UK hip hop and the set is based around the urban community in London, we see a contrast between the people and the locations when a scene is shown with the crew walking down Oxford street, they walked in to a shop and an uproar is created this looked like a bold statement from the store manager toward the black teenager and so racial issues were also shown as a major factor in this are of London.we also see the younger lad talking to an older higher class woman, this shows huge contrast between them and represents both gender and class.

Son Of Rambow Notes

Age :

• Big contrast between the adults and the children : Children are playful and imaginative whereas the adults are alot more uptight and serious and are very dismissive about the children having fun. For example Brother Joshua doesn't like it when will is going out all the time and thinks he should be following his religion more strictly. There is a contrast between the way Lee Carter is brought up and the way Will Proudfood is brought up. Will has very strict religious guidelines to follow by, which as shown by the film doesn't work effectively in bringing up a child compared to Lee Carter who has no one looking after him and this has caused him to misbehave and run wild. The film shows what children need is a contrast between the two.
  
• Both Lee Carter and Will Proudford have problems (Lee Carters absent parents and Will's religion) and making the film together allows them to have fun and be children, the film shows that having a playful and fun childhood is a positive thing in contrast to Mia's childhood in Fish Tank which is alot more negative - school drop out, not many friends, getting into fights etc .
• The children in this film also look up to the older French kids and treat them like royalty. For example they treat 'Wolf' like a master and follow him around fascinated by him. But in the eyes of the other French kids (of the same age) hes very uncool and made fun of. For example in the scene where the 'Wolf' leaves and everyone is giving him presents and then he walks onto the bus and start to get called names by the other students
  
• Will book shows how a young child's imagination can be expressed in lots of color and beauty
• Wills mum can relate to him in the fact that when she was young she brought a record player with her favorite song and then her parents got rid of it and told that she couldn't listen to her music. She is now doing the same thing to Will in restricting his fun, and only allowing him to go out with Lee because he told her that he was serious injured and wanted to help
  

Britain/Britishness

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BRITAIN/BRITISHNESS
Most of the characters in the film are from British backgrounds, apart from the father and the religious Muslim mosque leaders, and most of them strive to attain British values and appreciation while still maintaining their own individual style and their original culture. The Khan family live in a typical 1950s style terraced house in British suburbia and own a chip shop around the corner which is very stereotypical of the decade.

AGE
The family's age ranges from the middled+ aged Indian father and English mother, to the four oldest boys who are late teens to early twenties, the only daughter who is mid-teens and finally the youngest boy who is still a child. This then allows for a variety of different levels of experience to show through on the screen which indicates and presents stereotypical activities, emotions and responses such as the youngest wants to play our of the street and feels bullied by his siblings for being the youngest, the teenage family members want to go to clubs and meet people of the opposite sex .Also the positions in the family hierarchy are both very British and Indian.

GENDER
There difference between the attitudes of male and female characters are actually very similar - they all want to have a happy and connected family uni which works well together and is very supportive and caring. Despite this, the male characters still have a very 50s-60s dominant attitude over the women but the women do not agree with this and do their own thing anyway.

Fish Tank- Key Scenes

Key scenes of Fish Tank which represent:

• Britishness
• Age
• Gender
• Class

Britishness/Britian:
- Swearing
- Alcohol (In almost every scene one of these is focused on.)
- Focus on sex
- Violence

Swearing is seen as the norm and is used in every day talk. It is used to cause affence to people as well as used in general conversation. In the very first scene where the main character Mia is introduced within minutes she has began swearing- when on the phone she refers to her friend as a bitch when trying to make up with her. As well as Mia swearing the second person to be introduced immediately swears at her, this is in public place where young children are, however they continue to swear at each other in a loud voice. People of all ages swear, Mia's mother, her role model instantly swears at her and bruises her. This suggests that swearing is seen as a normal thing in Britain, and that it isn't seen as a problem.

Alcohol is also featured in a lot of the scenes. However a typical British stereotype is that teenagers binge drink, however the focus on binge drinking and causing trouble. This contributes to the debate of binge drinking, this is because it shows the other side to the story, it gives a reason as to why somebody of a young age may turn to drink. Although it shows that she turns to drink as a comfort she also appears to turn to drink to gain confidence for her dancing. This is shown in the key scene where Mia is shown in the room dancing on her own, and in the background you can see empty cans of cider.

Violence is similar to swearing, everything that is spoken is in an aggressive way, even when Mia and her sister obviously care each other a lot and are going to miss each other they cannot make them self say it. Instead they tell each other that they hate each other, this is a key scene that represents how violence is a theme throughout, suggesting that violence is present a lot in Britian. It potrays women in the film to be the more aggressive sex. However it also shows that women are weak, this is because they are easily influenced by the males making them attach themselves to the men, then when let down they fall apart. This is shown through Mia's mum, when she finds out she has been used she breaks down, It shows the independence of women. This is shown through the key scene of the 3 girls dancing at the end, Mia her sister and her mum. This represents there unity and their independence as they all go off in their separate ways.

Class:

There are 3 different main classes represented
-Mia's class
-Travelers
-Mia's mums boyfriend

The whole film shows that how ever rich you are does not play a part on how moral you are, in this film it shows the complete opposite.

Passport To Pimlico key scenes and micro elements

Britain/Britishness

rebellious, British half pint glasses, police officers clothes/hat , pubs, singing by piano, newspapers and closeups, tea and biscuits. dont hate french duke welcome him and happy to have him, against stereotypical image of Britain.
even though its hot is not very light still dark and gloomy - London/cities
many shots of Big Ben and houses of parliament.
young boys eating ice cream typical British
double decker red buses typical British
as soon as Burgundy rejoins Britain it starts raining
policeman changes his style of police outfit when hes not part of Britain anymore to a biscuit sand color
typical famous British actors of there day.

Age

mise-en-scene of kids playing with tire and being mischievous and do not fess up to trouble caused is representation
mise-en-scene of children's clothing shirts and shorts and posh suits to show their mature back in that age.
all adults copy the little girl who throws food over

Gender

soldiers and police officers are all men, clothes, women making men tea waiting on males ironing, washing clothes. send women to distract policeman. all high authority like bankers and local government is all male women in charge of food.
only young little girl we see is the one who throws food to Burgundy
first scene man opening shop dressed in his white coat and woman comes in he greets her with an order that he makes whereas she is more interested in showing him her new hair style stereotypical contrasts between hard working man and materialistic woman.

Class

higher class characters (bankers/MP's) wear smarter looking suits and bowler hats.
mise-en-scene of houses in Pimlico poor but proud crowded contrasted to the posh spacious offices in Whitehall

Happy Go Lucky

Age -

• Poppy is a young woman an is extremely open-minded with everything and won't let anything upset her "You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'"....
  for example - when her bicycle is stolen her first thought is "I didn't get a chance to say goodbye."
  
• Scott is the complete opposite, he is slightly older and very narrow minded...
  for example - Scott is offended when Poppy says she loves Zoe, her female flatmate "what do you mean you love her?" he cannot accept homosexuality.
  
• Scott thinks that all teenagers are "stinky"
• Zoe says that she takes a dance class with children and she says "half the kids are bigger than her, not taller wider".. this shows the problem children are having with obestity
  

British -

• Poppy is a primary school teacher and asked her pupils what they did on the very sunny weekend and all of the children had stayed inside and played video games and none of them had been playing outside
• Poppy's attitude towards living in a multi-cultural society is very contemporary and accepting, whereas Scott is the complete opposite and shouts at Poppy to "lock the car doors" when two black teenagers cycle past the car
• Tea is still a frequent prop in this modern film but Poppy's attitude towards is quite different to others a she believes you shouldn't always have a cup of tea when your working as a teacher as you should be pro-active.
• When a pupil of Poppy's is being a bully he is spoken to by a social worker. In the past this bully would have just been told off and not given help
  

Gender -

• Primary school boys bullying each other - not the girls
  

Class -

• Poppy takes trampolining lessons every week whereas the headmistress take Flamenco lessons
• Poppy talks to a homeless person and tries to give him money. Shows she is kind and caring
  

London to Brighton: Key Scenes.

Britishness: Set in 2 cities, the film creates a clear contrast between London and Brighton, portraying the first as dangerous and very criminal, and the latter as a refuge. Scenes shot in London were usually in grotty flats belonging to dodgy criminals, an alleyway and a dirty cafe. This gave the feeling that the audience were looking into the criminal underworld of London, as oppose to the iconic view of Big Ben, Beefeaters and red telephone boxes that makes the city appear opulent and classy. In comparison to this, when Kelly and Joanne traveled to Brighton as a way of escaping the angry criminals, lots of wide shots of the beach were used. The shot of Joanne playing in the sea with Kelly watching over her indicates that at that particular point they're free of the dangers of London, Joanne is free to be a child again and Kelly is portrayed as a mother figure for her, the one thing that the young girl lacks and what pushed her into running away from home in the first place.

Age:

Gender: London to Brighton appears to adopt a very stereotypical view of men and women. The men are shown to be extremely violent (Stuart cutting Derek's leg as a very severe warning to him), and the women are the damsels in distress, bruised and battered, spending most of the film fleeing from the men. This stereotype is also reflected in the relationships between the male and female characters. For example, Derek's treatment of his 'girlfriend' when he tells her she's the "most beautiful girl" he knows, before commanding her to "go in and fuck them", meaning his friends in the other room. This treatment of women carries on throughout the film with scenes in which Kelly prostitutes herself for a pitiful amount of money and Joanne is sexually abused by Duncan.

Class: Unlike a lot of Gangster films, London to Brighton portray criminals as seedy and shameful as oppose to glamourising them. This fits with the overall gritty and harrowing tone of the film itself and blurs the usually clear cut lines that separates the 'goodies' from the 'baddies'. This can be interpreted as presenting us with an almost classless collection of characters, undefined by where they are on the social ladder. For example, Duncan the most affluent of all the characters is killed in a way which assumes he is destroyed by his own indulgences. This demonstrates the theory that the more successful you are, the more corrupt, highlighting the fact that there is an obvious lack of moral centre in this film.

Identity Representation in "St. Trinians"

There are several key representations of identity in the Ealing Studios film "St Trinians"The First Area i will write about is the concept of "Britain".

St. Trinians is obviously set in a large stately home, in the countryside, somewhere in England. This could be considered to be the most stereotypical location for a private school in the nation if England. The Headmistress of the school also represents a very stereotypical image of Britain, having a posh accent, wearing clothes associated with the upper class. The makers of the film may have been distrubuting it to a worldwide audience, thus needed to make it obvious that it was a British school and would opporate along the lines of all the famous British private schools.

This makes it clear to the viewer where the film is set and what to expect from the characters. This may be intended to add to satire, as the way the characters behaved is nothing like what you would expect in a traditional British school.

The second representational area is the idea of "Britishness". This is the mindset, the way of thinking, the culture and the philosophy of the British population. One way this is shown is how all the students at the school are simply concerned with making money, and they will do so by selling whatever they can. This can be seen, they turn a chemistry laboritory into a brewery for gin, and also bet on horse racing. There are several ways that this represents "Britishness". Gin is a very traditional British drink, and also goes with the British culture of binge drinking. horce racing is an incredibly traditional British pass time and is a way many British people make money. These combined with a general will to use whatever they can to get the end product is a representation of British entrepaneurship.

Age in another area of identity representation. The film is set in a school, thus age divide are obvious. there are 3 age catagories in the film: children, teenagers and adults. However it challenges stereo typcial view of age. The children are certainly not presented as innocent, playful, excitable or easily entertained. This is shown by their entrepeneurship, and really runnign the show when it comes to creating income. They are the ones with the real power. This does two things. It satirises the age group, representing as businesswomen, out to make a large profit and exploit whoever they can to get it, the people being exploited here as people like Harry, who runs all their errands. It also makes a point that age group only affects you intelligence and personality in a limited way, that it is possible to do many things at any age. The teenagers are largely similar, but are also very interested in having fun, and will commit any crime in order to get what they want. For example, they steal a famous race horce and attack the opposition in a game of hockey. This represents and even more egoistical, money and power desiring, and want to enjoy themselves whilst they do all of this. The adults appear above anything bored. It is only flash Harry who still has drive and will power, as well as the policewomen, before she arrives at St. Trinians. Any adult who arrives their seems to give up and base their life around simply either having fun or avoiding trouble. This is perhaps a stereotypical image of adults, those who no longer have the aspirations of youths and want to preserve what they have left and then enjoy whatever they can.
There are some noticable things within each age group. The Children and youths are both collectivist within themselves. They put their own group above any other thing and will work and drive to get the best benefit to share only with that group. This can be seen for example, with the girls brewing and selling gin, and the elders helping eachother beat up the opposing team in a hockey match. They are exclusive groups, not allowing anyone else into or help the group for a period of time unless it benefits them. The adults do have a weak collective attitude based on mutual benefit, only helping eachother or acting as a group, to retrieve "Arab Boy" when it will save their jobs, and they realised the best way to do this is to act collectively.
St. Trinians attacks patriarchy and matriarchy. It is set in a school for girls, and these girls are just as devious, cunning, playful and intelligent as any man can be. This attacks the myth that women are inferior to men. It tries to create an image that women are just as good as running things as men, but at the same time, shows that it can go as horribly wrong as patriarchy. The school was in chaos, with each age group looking out for their own interests and paying no attention to any form of justice or equality. It was a "dictatorship of women" in which anything in their path was quelled without thought. It this sense it is saying two distinct things. The first is that men and women are equal to each other. It makes a point that each group has no fundamental differences and that each can achieve what the other can. It also makes a point that women can be as cruel, selfish and harmful as men, arguing again that gender differences are unimportant and equality is not not fair, but efficient. It would seemingly make a point that the best way to form a system of organization is to base around justice, equality, fairness and efficiency.
The Final representational area in this film is that of Education. Being set in a school it is hard to ignore it. It does not represent traditional education in a particularly good way. The film is a very stereotypical British private school, complete with ties, blouses, set in a castle where everyone bords. However their is utter chaos in the school. The film may be attempting to make a point of several things, power, tradition, orthodox private school and single sex schools. In short, it saying that each one either fails to create a good educational enviroment, is unfair, or most likely a combination. The authoritarian traditional education in England, involving a lot of pressure and limit to freedom in the film failed to create a suitable learning enviroment and lead to all the students rebelling and doing the opposite of what the system was trying to achieve.

Identity representation in "Passport to Pimlico"

In the Ealing studios film "Passport to Pimlico" many things are represented by the acting, micro techniques, directing, script and many other things. One of the representative ares of the film in representation of Britain. There are many things in the film which try to represent a sometimes stereotypical, sometimes unconventional view of Britain.

One of the examples of representation of Britain the the film is the very first shot in the film. This is a spaning shot showing London streets, the most famous city in England. It starts by showing a fish and chip shop. This is the image of British cuisine, one of the famous British dishes world-wide. This represents the nation in a stereotypical way, as of course fish and chips is not the center of British diet, but is famous worldwide for it. This would show the audience that the film is set in Britain. The compact, large city with traditional British buildings and shops in a never ending sea of buildings would make the viewer think one thing, that it is set in London, and as it is well known for being by far the largest city in the country.

The "declaration of Burgundy" occurs when the adult population if Pimlico meet in a local pub. Pubs are another thing always associated with Ireland and Britain as the center point of the community, and the point for socialising. DNA was even discovered by a group of scientists in a pub, so the idea of a pub had woven its way into British academics. It seems only appropriate that the "state of Burgundy" is founded in a British pub, as it combines the British community, social life and organization into a British point of gathering.

Whilst Britian as a nation itself is represented, the notion of "Britishness" is represented as well, as the British way of thinking. This a much more vague area, as there are some general agreed terms which would describe this, but in the end what "Britishness" is as concept is solely opinion, and thus always debatable.

One example of how a perhaps stereotypical view of Britishness is shown is with the "up and at 'em" and "us vs. them" attitude of the Burgundians against the British government. Bitish people have perhaps felt more secluded being an island, and would often say they are British before European, or not even European at all. Another sentiment, not necessarily to foreigners but opposite groups, like opposing football teams, is a total rejection of them. This is shown in the film. when whilst food and water supplies in Burgundy remain low instead of rejoining Britain they decide to try to find their own way of surviving, and they may do this out of pride. It is certainly not the easiest option, and lines such as "thats the stuff dad" show the admiration some characters have for one another during the film. So this is a representation of British patriotism, that perhaps people would rather die than not be British.

One final representation of Britishness is the representation of British politics, and in particular imperialism. Britain used to have one of the world's largest empires, today known as the British commonwealth. Empire is represented here when Westminster is constantly trying to regain control of the Burgundy. This is representing an old, stereotypical and not widely liked view of Britain as an Expansionalist nation trying to gain as much territory as it can. Here it is not quite the same, but Britain is constantly trying to gain control of the region, against the will of Pimlico.

Age is another concept represented in the Film. One such example of age, and of characteristics with that age group, would be of mischievous of Children, of course in a pleasent, fun, and harmless way. The "Burgundian treasure" was discovered when some children playing with a large rubber tyre were running with it, moving it along the ground and it went down a pit, causing a mini land-slide revealing the treasure. The mischievous playfullness of British children is represented here, in an entirely stereotypical way. The children are young, having fun, not really caring about anything but their personal fulfilment. This is a view that could be used, of course in a different context, in just about any country and still be recognized as a stereotypical view of male children.
Another representation of age in the film is that of older generations. All those who take part in the "administrative role" of Burgundy, that is of it's government, are all at least middle aged. If is often the case that those with more important jobs, such as those in government are best suited of left for those who are older. Again this a view that across the world is shared. You would expect to see the same thing in all films. The director may seem to share the view, and think it is best, as in the film the leaders solve the problems of Burgundy, and end up doing what was best for the people. In this film it is represented entirely in a positive sense.

Gender is another representation in this film. It very clearly represents the stereotypical role of a woman. If you look closely at the film it is obvious that men dominate the higher paid, often considered more importnat jobs. For example, all the women work in small local shops, and none are the owners, thus limiting their individual power and wealth, giving men a clear advantage. the men meanwhile are the shop owners, and only men occupy the positions higher ranked in the job market, such as a banker. The film maker did not seem to satire each position, if anything seemed to give the impression that patriarchy is ok, as when the government of Burgundy is formed it is also dominated by men. this may have been the traditional view of gender differences in the world at the time, and thus been used in the film to give a realistic image of reality.

There are other such examples of traditional views of gender differences. When the town is in dyer need of water it is only men who take up the task of fetching water for the town. The Lord of Burgundy is also a man. The only important or respectable job given to a women is the scholer who helps to clarify the existence of Burgundy. The former may be suggesting that men are stronger, fitter and more capable of task requiring phyisical strength. The task itself required strength and endurance. The later may be suggesting that whilst women are incapable of tasks requiring phyisicla strength it is possible for them to take up jobs that require intelligence, if not in the same amount.

The final cataogry of representation in Passport to Pimlico is Education. It can be said that the film trys to show that education is important, but not necessary. For example several members of the Burgundy government, all well known and respected individuals in the society clearly had jobs that required education, such as banking. however, other influencial members such as the pub owner probably did not recieve a large education. So the film represents education as possible being necessary to gain respect, wealth or individual fulfilment, but that it is possible to recieve all these things without obtaining an education.

Another representation of education is showing that it is possible that most people do not recieve such an education past a certain age. A lot of the characters took to the business of buying and selling more or less whatever they could. You see this when Burgundy becomes a seperate state and all the London traders come to the region to sell whatever they can. This, like the previous point goes to show that an education can perhaps bring greater opportunities but not prevent you from getting a good salary.

Passport To Pimlico and The Bells of St Trinians

Passport To Pimlico and The Bells of St Trinians represent Britian, Britishness, age, gender & education in numerous ways.
Passport to pimlico represents Britishness in several ways, from the obvious (Jellied Eels, Busses, Phoneboxes) to the ironic (The residents say they have the right as British to be Burgundians which is humourous because Burgundy is no longer even Britain.)

Also, they say that as British people they should stay strong which is a representation of Britishness, having a stiff upper lip and standing your ground.

Also, When Bergandy is finally Britain again, it rains, representing Britishness with the rainy weather being a common stereotype of England.


St Trinians represents Britishness with Ms Frittain being played by a male character, drag queens being commen in england and seen as humourous.

key word on britain

Mind Map
Britain=
Locations: fields, london< the underground, routemasters, phone boxes, rain, bombed out areas, landmarks, the government, thames
Britishness=
Clothes: bowler hats, harrington jackets, dr martins, tweed,
Age=
Gender=
Education=

REPRESENTATION IN PASSPORT TO PIMLICO AND TH BELLES OF ST TRINIANS

USING CLIPS AND MICRO EVIDENCE- HOW DO YOU THINK 'PASSPORT TO PIMLICO' AND THE 'BELLES OF ST TRINIANS' REPRESENT BRITAIN, BRITISHNESS, AGE, GENDER AND EDUCATION.

Both films shows elements of representation of Britan, Britishness, age, gender and education. Of course there is variance between the two films and the first comparison is that Passport to Pimlico signifies the more dynamic representation of Brtain and Britishness as St Trinians only divulges a very small fragment of British society. It is therefore harder to identify the elements of representaton.
Firstly, a basic indication that Passport to Pimlico represent Britishness is directed through the cinematography. It is evident that the first scene of the film is shown in the fish shop-a common stereotype that in a sens symbolizes Britain's culture. There is a strong collective identity in the film, as when their land becomes 'Burgundy' there is a strong sense of collectiveness reinforced by the peoples shared desire to pull together.

representation in 'passport to pimlico' and 'the belles of st trinians'

Britain
a common stereotype of britain is that everyone eats fish and chips. passport to pimlico supports this stereotype by having one of the first shots a medium crane shot panning over a fish shop and having the early diegetic sound dialogue of someone ordering fish.


gender
the first scene is of a man opening his fish shop. he is already dressed with an apron on. his wife then comes in but is not yet dressed properly. he greets her with an order that has been made whereas she is more interested in showing him her new hairstyle. this is very stereotypical of a hardworking man focused on his work and a woman being materialistic and worrying about how she looks. the mise-en-scene of what they are wearing and the diegetic sound of their dialogue both help to back these stereotypes up.

Later there are 2 soldiers digging out a bomb down a shaft. they are both men which is very stereotypical that only men can be soldiers.

Representing Britain and Britishness

Passport to Pimlico represents Britain as an independently thinking country, eager to prove a point. Everyone is quite worried about reputation but seem to be 'out for themselves.' For example, when the children set off an unexploded bomb and find treasure, the parents are not angry with them, they are proud and go to court to prove their child was the one who did it, so they can keep the money.

Passport to Pimlico represents britain as having cockney accents.

The Belles of St. Trinians suggests that education is not about the actual learning, but the experience of making friends and coming together to make things better. For example: All the girls come together to sell alcohol, capture a racehorse and fight against the people in power.

The Belles of St. Trinians also suggest that the children and youths are the ones in power over the adults. This is because they can not be controlled and do as they please. They also create plots and work as a team against the rest of the world. For example: At the end of the film, a girl steals a trophy and when given the chance to put it back, they all steal more.
The adults were also pelted with balls of flour which shows the children have no respect for people older than them.

The Belles of St.Trinians represents girls as the stronger sex and the ones in power. For example all the students and teachers are female and ttthhThis is in contrast to Passport to Pimlico where men are seen as the ones in power.

Representation of Britain in Passport to Pimlico and Belles of St Trinians

 Passport to Pimlico:

• Proud to be Burgundians and the society turn against Britain, and the British government. 
• Stereotypical- Cockney accents, traditional 'posh' accent, red buses, black cabs, tea, rain. (Rain came at the end when Burgundy became part of Britain again.)
• First scene is a fish shop fitting in with the stereotypical view of everybody eating fish and chips
• Collective- All stick together, children feeding their parents
• Reputation- very aware of there own reputation
• Money orientated- all want to claim the treasure, try and get their children to hand themselves in for making the whole in the ground where the treasure was found

Belles of St Trinians:

• Out of control- police are not in control of the girls school, nobody has control of the girls
• Stereotypical- Smoking, posh accent, cockney 'geezer'- quite a character
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How does Passport to Pimlico and The Belles of St. Trinians represent Britain, Britishness, age, gender and education.

A large majority of British films can be identified as British by the stereotypes used. These could be as general as bad weather, or more specific such as a shot of a hackney carriage or jellied eels. For example, in Passport to Pimlico one of the first scenes is shot in a fish shop. The characters in the scene have a jokey conversation about bream that maybe isn't supposed to be all that funny, confirming the general stereotype that Brit's lack a good sense of humour.

However, different films create different perspectives of British life, some may glamourise it, some are more realistic, and others focus on highlighting the negative aspects such as binge-drinking and street crime. In the Belles of St. Trinians, despite the posh accents the characters may have, most of the young girls are shown to be uncouth and quite out of control. Their involvement in the racehorse scandal - horse-racing being another prominent stereotype of Britishness - presents the young girls as conniving and mischievous as oppose to the polite abiding children their parents appear to think of them as.