Running Riot: Britain's Teen Crimes
http://www.channel5.com/shows/running-riot-britains-teen-crims/episodes/running-riot-britains-teen-crims
The opening scene of the show is a negative representation of young men in Britain. We are presented with the fact that over a million crimes are committed by under 18s each year by the narrator as non diegetic sound. Accompanying this is the visual codes of CCTV footage of someone dressed in suspicious clothing (hoodie and a mask) creating an enigma code leaving the audience to want to continue watching and see the consequences. Immediately a negative representation of male youths has been created as the shocking fact suggests that a lot of under 18s are criminals. This is followed by scenes of drug taking and the fact that 85% of these young criminals are drug users. The audience now makes an assumption about these people, a negative one relating to violence, crime and drugs.
Friday 11 April 2014
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Case Study
Closing Time: Newcastle After Dark
http://www.channel5.com/shows/closing-time/episodes/episode-1-631
This programme shown on Channel 5 is useful for representing age, gender, regional identity and issues in the media today. In the opening scenes of the show we are shown close ups of the streets, showing us in detail the extent of the litter scattered around. Waste from McDonalds is seen along with some chips lying on the floor immediately suggesting that Newcastle isn't clean place and also that the people living there don't have a healthy diet. In the following shots, we see a series of younger people, probably aged 18 - 25, of both genders acting irresponsibly. Anyone watching the show may get the idea that everyone in the night life of this city acts in an unpleasant way because the people on the show have been selected by editors to convey this message. The frequent shots of paramedics and ambulances in the city makes out that violence is something that is common on a night out in this city, suggesting that it is a violent place. Mainly it is males involved, creating a negative representation of this gender in Newcastle. We are shown close-ups of a man in the back of an ambulance receiving treatment, giving detail into the injuries he has suffered. However this is not wholly negative as the man is released shortly later without any major injuries. Newcastle is represented as a busy and vibrant city through the mid shots of the main streets and the back of cabs that have been sped up to emphasise the amount of people going through it. This is backed up through the non diegetic sound of the narrator stating that the cab driver 'Mattie' will cover over 100 miles on his saturday night shift. A lot of people in the show make reference to the 'famous Geordie kebab' again representing the region as unhealthy or laid back about their diet. The scene in the kebab shop represents the older man who is running the shop positively as he is running a successful business from the night life of the city. In the scenes involving the work party, a wide range of age groups are shown to be drinking heavily. This represents people of all ages in reference to the issue of binge drinking explored in the programme.
http://www.channel5.com/shows/closing-time/episodes/episode-1-631
This programme shown on Channel 5 is useful for representing age, gender, regional identity and issues in the media today. In the opening scenes of the show we are shown close ups of the streets, showing us in detail the extent of the litter scattered around. Waste from McDonalds is seen along with some chips lying on the floor immediately suggesting that Newcastle isn't clean place and also that the people living there don't have a healthy diet. In the following shots, we see a series of younger people, probably aged 18 - 25, of both genders acting irresponsibly. Anyone watching the show may get the idea that everyone in the night life of this city acts in an unpleasant way because the people on the show have been selected by editors to convey this message. The frequent shots of paramedics and ambulances in the city makes out that violence is something that is common on a night out in this city, suggesting that it is a violent place. Mainly it is males involved, creating a negative representation of this gender in Newcastle. We are shown close-ups of a man in the back of an ambulance receiving treatment, giving detail into the injuries he has suffered. However this is not wholly negative as the man is released shortly later without any major injuries. Newcastle is represented as a busy and vibrant city through the mid shots of the main streets and the back of cabs that have been sped up to emphasise the amount of people going through it. This is backed up through the non diegetic sound of the narrator stating that the cab driver 'Mattie' will cover over 100 miles on his saturday night shift. A lot of people in the show make reference to the 'famous Geordie kebab' again representing the region as unhealthy or laid back about their diet. The scene in the kebab shop represents the older man who is running the shop positively as he is running a successful business from the night life of the city. In the scenes involving the work party, a wide range of age groups are shown to be drinking heavily. This represents people of all ages in reference to the issue of binge drinking explored in the programme.
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