SKET

Below is the full movie for SKET:



In the opening sequence of SKET, the characters, being a gang of girls, are introduced to us through violence - attacking a man. They are beating him up, spitting on him and swearing towards him - these are three very masculine traits, and this is the first thing we are introduced to about them.
We are given a fast editing pace and quick cuts to show the adrenaline of the scene. Over the top of this scene, there is a harsh and aggressive soundtrack to show the reality of what is unfolding in front of us. Low camera angles are used when introducing the girls, because it is made out that they are the strongest ones and the viewers should fear them - it makes us, as an audience, look up to them.
One of the girls we are then introduced to, is wrapped in a pink, purple and light blue blanket - these three colours represent her as being very girly, and also childlike - these are two things which the gang of girls are defiantly not associated with, as we saw in the opening sequence.
There are certain issues about youth culture that arise, for example: Sexism. A lot of the male characters, mainly the younger ones, are very sexist towards the female characters in the film - they act like they can say whatever they want to the females, because of the simple reason they think is acceptable - they are men, and they are women.
The 'masculinisation' of the women seems to make them hard and cold, stripping them of their femininity, I think that this is a societal fear and anxiety, because in out world, there are actually gangs/groups of girl and/or boys who are like this - this then makes the audience fear this happening to them, or in front of them, in the real world.

Examining the Past

Examining the past

• The label “teenager” has been in used since WW2
• It has had connotations of being misunderstood. Many of these are explored in Matt Wolf’s documentary “Teenage” (2014) http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=39768

The representation of teenagers by adults – consistent from generation to generation over the centuries (Plato c 400BC, and other sources in the lesson 5 post)

Similarly the representations of teenagers by themselves or by sympathetic adults (“Quadrophenia” (1979), “This is England” (2006))

Media arc – Dan Gardner – author of “Risk: the science and politics of fear” (2009) – only certain representations will be made by the media depending on what fits with their existing narratives about that group / event... (Explain how his point might relate to representations of British youth)

How is British Youth being represented?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024486/UK-RIOTS-2011-British-youths-unpleasant-violent-world.html

The representations of the British youth culture in this article suggest that they are:

• Uneducated
• Violent
• Embarrassments
• Troubled
• Hooligans
• Mindless
• Lost
• Anti-Social

My Academic Response to the Article

My response to your article - British youths are 'the most unpleasant and violent in the world': Damning verdict of writer as globe reacts to riots - is that I think they are being portrayed in a hegemonic way. The reason I think this, is because you are using a stereotyped brand of people to put the blame for the riots upon. Just because these people are stereotyped for being hooligans, it does not mean that they were the main cause of the riots. 
Branding British youths as 'the most unpleasant and potentially violent young people in the world' is unfair, because you do not know every British youth in the world, so you do not know if we're all like that. 

What is Collective Identity?

Collective Identity is the sense of belonging to a certain group. The factors that make up your identity could associate you with a certain group. e.g the way you dress could associate you with a certain group of people. 


Tumblr Kids
Style-wise, mixing it up is key – high street brands with vintage, and keeping things edgy. Tribe members are likely to move into other Leading Edge tribes in a few years. For girls, the look is studded mini skirts, cartoon sweaters and dip dye hair. For boys, it’s skater influenced cool. Think mini versions of east London Hipsters – snapbacks, beanies, rolled up skinny jeans and ‘geek’ glasses.

Rahs
The real Rah lifestyle is aspirational but not half as unusual – it’s about pub lunches in the country, rugby and skiing, drinking games, chart music and cheesy pop, gap yahs and chilling out in Ugg boots and Jack Wills tracksuit bottoms. Rahs may stick with their tight-knit friends throughout uni and flash some cash on the heritage brands they love, but their wealth doesn’t make them innately elitist – they are in fact more likely to get a knocking from other Tribes than be ‘haters’ themselves.


Identity is influenced by other peoples views on the social class. The representation of the 'chavvy' teenager is is portrayed the most in the media, it is portraying all teenagers to be like this, when they're not. 

Definitions

Representations
Representation is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.

Stereotype
Stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Ideology
Ideology is a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.

Hegemony
Hegemony is a leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.