Monarch of the Glen creates two excellent examples of opposing representation of age which links well with Levi-Straus' theory of binary opposites within a narrative, causing conflict. I will be discussing how both 'youth' and 'mature' are presented such as 'youth' are unreliable and 'mature' being traditional.
Amy's personality is spread through the clip with her dialogue, background and costume. With her bright yellow top we are able to work out that she feels the need to be different and by doing that she will be able to illustrate her personality at the same time. In contrast to Amy's t-shirt everyone one else is wearing very earthy colours and haven't made an effort to look different. Mid shots and log shots are used to illustrate her outfit, coloures are spreaded everywhere and on everything, even her hair band is a different colour compared to an older characters which is plain black. We begin to understand that Amy enjoys customizing herself in somewhat way, for instants she walks with a slouch, whereas everybody else walks with a straight back. Her eye make up even has a blue tint to match her youthful outfit.
Once Amy is trusted with a mature task she still goes ahead and does it just to look older and more mature, that's what youths dream of. Once she gets in to the car she mutterings words such as "clutch". From the viewers understanding she is thinking back on her driving lessons even though she said to Paul (Which is like her father in the clips we watched) that she passed first time, just by the fact that she lied about a situation which could be dangerous illustrates her childish personality and how youths such as Amy should not be trusted. Going back to when she was attempting to start the car, the mature young man stopped what he was doing and watched the car as she was taking a long time to do a simple task for someone who passed her license first time. Once she gets into the car crash with her headteacher, Amy gets out of the car to witness the damage she has done due to her youthful decisions of acting older then she really is. The older males guard Amy as if she is a piece of treasure, she begins to curl p behind the men once she notices who she crashed into, her headmaster. She knew she was in trouble. This explains Amy's reasons for running/moving away. She wants to be older and more mature.
Moving on the father like figure demands Amy to pack and he got to response of "I hate you". After hearing this I fully understand the headmasters view on Amy and how she really is a child and she backs my point up by a phrase which is said by very young children when they don't get there own way.
In contrast the headmaster approaches the clip once the incident happens. Once he gets out of the car his body is very straight which reinforces the serious side of him, he spoke with a a aggressive tone once he found out who caused the incident. The laid out the basics of the mature roll, even the outfit worn, the colours were very bland and earth like compared to Amy's outrageous yellow top. He was very well groomed with a blazer, shirt and tie, which represents his personality as dedicated and sophisticated. Once in the house, he asks for a brandy, a brandy is an alcoholic beverage which youths such as Amy are not allowed to drink. But also Brandy is a very strong drink which reinforces his personality of a mature manor.
Ary 11
EX 10
T 4
Total
25 = D
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