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.
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