Exam Question practice (OCR G322 Monarch of the Glen)

How is Age represented?

Camera

Camera Angles have been used to show authority, for example when  the teenage girl, and the man  were arguing, it was clearly he was the more dominant one, as the camera angle illuminated I'm by recording from a lower angle pointing upwards. The low angle shot would make her seem smaller and would highlight the aim of the scene, that he has the power, probably due to the age difference and the fact that shes actually a girl who is in the hands of this man as she is living in his household.

In the scene when they are all working together at the Farmland, the camera angle is in such a way that it makes all the characters in that scene seem equal. This also links to the fact that they are all working together as a team, and are all, seemingly, around the same age.

Sound

Different sounds have been used to help set the mood of different scenes. A prime example of this would be when the director shows the contrast in the different scenes of when they are working together in the Farmland, and the teenage girl planning on leaving due to the argument she had with the Man of the house. in the farm-working scene, a jolly tune has been used to actually express the jolliness of their work, and to give that sort of nice team-working atmosphere where everyone is happily working together.

However a switch to the teenager quickly expresses a sad atmosphere, with a more slow tune that helps set the tone of the scene due to her leaving. the difference in the music expresses the difference in the scenes, and therefore helps set the tone of the scenes. A clever contrast and switch between these two scenes will create more of an impact as one scene presents a more fast paced, jolly-style instrumental whereas the other scene presents a more slow-paced tune that then helps make the scene more saddening, and also helps the audience realize what is actually happening.

The Sound here shows the difference in Age through their moods, as shes a teenager, they are, in these scenes, representing her as a girl who is going through mood swings, and is sad, whereas, the elders are more jolly, due to their age, and are happily working together.

The fact she crashes gives her that amateur look, and obviously highlights the fact she is young, which is why she probably cannot drive that well. This is a major part of how her age ius represented as it is the first actions she does that represents her age. The fact that someone runs to her to ask her how she is also expresses that she is young, and needs protecting.

Mise-en-scene

The elders are presenting in a more dull, typical style clothes, with majority of them wearing similar clothes, which are a shirt and a jacket to cover it, both of which do not have eye-catching colors. This has cleverly been done to actually ensure that they are looked at a more serious light, and are presented in a more mature, elderly way. The teenager, however, wears a yellow top, which arguably, is the most eye-catching color, this paints her in a more young way, and belittles her. Her hairstyle is in a ponytail, with a hair band that is shaped like a flower, which also, makes her seem more young, and little.

The rooms thy both have represents their age in a significant way, as her room consists of bright colors, and small puffy pillows giving her that child-like look. furthermore, to aid this representations, her room consists of several teddy bears, which also make her look young, and represents her in a more child-like way. In her last scenes, we are shown her handwriting, which is written in pink, and is curly, and written in a fancy, fairy-tale story type way, which also helps represent her in a child-like way, and aids in belittling her. Her top eyelid has a form of blue makeup on, which also gives her that teen-look the directors were going for. On her bed there are also magazines which ensure that she is given that teenage look, and since it is expected of a teenage girl to have some interest in  some girly magazines, even though it is an obvious generalization.

The man however, is presented in a more sophisticated manner by placing him in a gentlemen's club, where he hosts a visitor. This shows his authority over the household due to him, which, by and large, represents his age. He greets the visitor with brandy, and even has the right Brandy vase, expressing his financial sophistication, and therefore hinting at his mo0re mature, age, and his responsible manner, as he is running the household. The room is made of wooden walls, giving it a dull-like atmosphere, however the fact that its different to the rest of the Household gives it an interesting touch.

In the scene where the Man is telling of the teenage girl, his acting helps show the age difference as he is illuminated, and he points and shakes his finger at her, giving it that typical telling-off gesture, which by large shows his superiority. There is also the scene where the girl is in the blue Car, and through ther camera angle it gives a more analysing way, as if we are analysing the girl as it semi-rotates around her.  She is repeating procedures she has been told presumably by the Man of the house who taught her how to drive. The fact she does this gives her a young look, and exposes her youthness.

The fact she crashes gives her that amateur look, and obviously highlights the fact she is young, which is why she probably cannot drive that well. This is a major part of how her age ius represented as it is the first actions she does that represents her age. The fact that someone runs to her to ask her how she is also expresses that she is young, and needs protecting

Editing

Through editing the teenage girl is represented in a fast way, showing hat her youth makes her more fast-paced person. For example when she leaves the household, right after the old lady walks in to look for her, even though they are trying to convey it in a way that she did not run away straight away, and that she had left a while ago. They make this clear through how they camera angle moves up from the wall, showing time has passed.

There is also a gap in the time when  the old lady goes to tell the Man of the house, who is busy working on the farm-lands, that the young teenager had ran away, since she arrives at the place right st the next scene.

The part when the girl is driving the car, the Camera's are focused on the other members of the scene, who are loading items on another Car, and then the loud crash is heard, showing there is no continuity error, and it gives that atmosphere that the Camera was left to roll.