Using a quote such as ' A period of 'storm and stress' characterised by inter-generational conflicts, mood swings and an enthusiasm for risky behaviour' link this back to film which has been studied and link scenes of the film to this quote arguing whether you agree with the quote or not.
Use quotes through out the essay as long as it backs up your answer.
The question of
"How is the collective identity you have studied represented in contemporary media?" translates for us as "How is youth represented in the contemporary media studied?".
Introduction
Youth is represented mostly a negative way when shown through contemporary media, it normally is very stereotypical of the younger generation making the younger generation seem very powerless, unspoken which causes frustration which then leads to violence or bad behaviour. On the other hand there are some films which do not show so much violence but show how youth rebel when they believe they don't have a voice like in 'Bend It Like Beckham' when she isn't allowed to play football but goes behind her family's back and culture to play football.
1) Youth are often represented in accordance with popular nations of adolesence.
The scene in 'Fish Tank' when Mia shouts at her ex-friends dad, the diegetic sound of her bad language and throws stones at the flat which is located a few levels up, this agrees with the quote by G.Stanley Hall 'A period of 'storm and stress' characterised by inter-generational conflicts, mood swings and an enthusiasm for risky behaviour' showing inter-generational conflicts and mood swings. It shows frustration and stress because she may not feel her voice is being heard or finding acceptance with in the community, this is also shown by the language used and the way the setting is structured that Mia's ex-friends dad is placed higher than she is, which shows inter-generational conflict ( inequality between the two characters).
Location is another key way on how Media represents youth, most locations in the films are located in main cities such as London or the outskirts of a city where it is run down or shows the class of the youth. 'Fish Tank' and 'Kidulthood' use flats and run down areas which have been vandalised, this then leads to violence, drugs and crime. Media sets a line for which people believe that if you come from a place that isn't very well looked after you immediately will fall into the wrong crowd and rebel, which isn't always the case. which leads to media representing youth as experiemental and finding themselves.
Youth is represented in a experiemental way, by showing the characters in a way that they are introduced to drugs and crime within different cultures this is shown in Kidulthood when Sam beat up Trife at the end of the film, with a baseball bat 'true horrors we fear day to day are not supernatural bogeyman or monsters created by scientists. They're our own youth'. Most films include experiementation, even in 'Bend It Like Beckham' we still see different cultures and trying to find acceptance or give themselves freedom of speech which leads them to find there own identity.
Family is shown very differently if the film focuses on youth compared to family genred films. In 'Fish Tank' Mia and her mother do not really seem to get on. Mia's mother seems very young, uses bad diegetic language towards Mia and her other daughter, she uses physical violence such as in the scene when she pinches Mia and tells her to leave the house and also when she pulls the youngest daughter out of the kitchen by her hair so the Mother can continue dancing 'parents aren't always around to help socialize their children - or even just to show them affection. Compared to other cultures, British kids are less integrated into the adult world and spend more time with peers' . this quote agrees with the point made, Mia's dad may not be around but her Mother didnt make an effort to help her or gain an understanding in what Mia wanted.
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