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,
Thursday, 1 April 2010
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.
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
East is East
EAST IS EAST
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.
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:
- 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.
- Britishness
- Age
- Gender
- Class
- 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
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
- 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
- Primary school boys bullying each other - not the girls
- 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.
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.
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