Age is shown within Monarch of the Glen through camera angles, Mise-en-scene, editing and sound. We can see that there is a split difference in age groups. what i mean is that you have the youth, which is represented by Amy and you have the older generation, which is represented by Paul, the headmaster and all the other adults in the clip.
You first see Mice-en-scene being used the first time we see Amy. She comes out of the house wearing a bright yellow top and some jeans. You can tell by looking at everyone else that she is not wearing the appropriate clothes to work on the farm. She is then thrown some keys and is expected to drive. At this point we think she is an mature adult. Camera is then used when Amy gets into the car. The camera slowly pans and zooms into Amy as she is trying to get the engine to start. She mutters under her breath as if she is trying to recall how to start the engine. Seeing this we must think that maybe she does not know how to start the car, which is due to her lack of experience which is then due to her age. Eventually she started the car up and she drove around the corner. The next thing you hear is the sound of the car crashing, which shows non-diagetic sound. Hearing this, Paul and Amy's friend look up and go to see what happened, and we know that Amy has crashed the car. The Camera then panned to Amy's friend and Paul and we see their shocked faces. At this point we find out that Amy is only 16 and therefore she can't drive a car yet. Amy then tried to explain to Paul what happened, but she was interrupted by him. This could imply that teenagers of younger people don't get the say in the matter, when it comes to them being in a bad situation. We now know from seeing this scene that Amy is immature and possibly can't be trusted, and this is shows a stereotypical teenager. As well as this we find out that Amy crashed into her headmasters car. This does not bid well for Amy as her body language changes because she seems to act younger than before. We then find out that Amy has not been attending school and Paul is shocked to find out. This is why Amy's body language and facial expressions changed, she new her headmaster would bring something up about her not being in school.
The next scene is within an oak room, that is almost surrounded by book, which seems to be the headteachers office. By using Mise-en-scene we see that the Paul and the headteacher are having some alcohol as a prop. This implies that this room is for important discussions only. This relates to age because only adults can drink alcohol, therefore this room is adults only. This implies that adults have authority and have a higher ranking than people aged below them, (teenagers and children). Once Paul and the headteacher finished with their conversation the scene then cuts to another room (using editing) within the school. Amy is in this room, and as soon as the scene appears we see Paul storming out of the headteachers office and heading straight for Amy. This shows a stereotypical adult who is getting angry and a younger person. It also represents age, because it is towards Amy who was being an immature and uneducated stereotypical teenager. Once Paul finished shouting at Amy, she then raised her voice at him and stormed out.
The camera instantly cuts to the next scene of Amy in her room. From what we have seen in this scene we find out that Amy is going to run away. From having the scene in the school to Amy running away it shows that she is trying to run away from her problems, This shows a scene of immaturity and how younger people may not make the best life decisions due to their age. In this scene when Amy is in her room, non-diagetic music is used because we hear violins playing but they are not in the actual scene. Hearing this type of sad music emphasises on Amy's emotionally state and it makes us feel sympathy towards her isolation, because she is in a room alone with no one there to comfort her. In contrast when we at the scene with all the workers building in the field, we heard non-diagetic sound playing. This sound seems to be happy music which gives us the idea that the adults are happy with their work. Back to Amy in her room, when we first get to the scene the camera slowing pans around her room. At this point we see pictures of Amy with her friends and we notice that she placed letters and a teddy on the bed which is left for those who are close to her. Seeing all this makes us feel sorry for Amy because she is at a young enough age where we can feel sorry for someone running away. Also I noticed that the bedroom was pink and girly, which is quite a stereotypical teenage thing for a girl. Once Amy left we see an older lady come into Amy's room. For this part of the scene the camera is placed outside a window and it is as if we are as stranger outside looking into the bedroom through the window. The older lady noticed that Amy was missing and ran straight out. In this scene the camera was zooming into the old lady, which emphasises that she is realising Amy has run away. The zooming showed a bad connotation.
In the next scene the happy non-diagetic music is playing when the builders are doing their work. Throughout watching this i have noticed that the only time happy music plays is when the adults are working/building. This implies that maybe adults seem to be happier than teenagers. Furthermore, we then come to the scene when the older lady comes and tells Paul that Amy has run away. At this point the five minute clip ends and we are left wondering what Paul and everyone else' reaction is when he finds out Amy is gone.
In conclusion mise-en-scene, camera, editing and sound in used within this scene to represent age. We learn that some teenagers can be stereotypicalised by making us think that they are immature and do not pick the right decisions when it comes to difficult situations.
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