Draft 3 part 2

Part f

Conventions Use/develop/challenge Description How we’re using it in our documentary

Voiceover Use Used when montage or images are on screen in order to explain

We will use this when showing statistics

Public involvement

Use Ask public questions relating topic

We will use when asking about stereotypes of youths and this will create a debate

Presenter Challenge Usually formal and of middle age, used to lead topic

We will have a young presenter dressed informally in order for her to relate to our topic

Facts and statistics

Develop Used to back up what your saying. Its very important in a documentary

We will have bar charts and pie charts that move in order for it to look interesting for audience

Archival footage

Use Used to show previous events which relate to topic

We will have archival footage of the riots and xfactor frankie cocozza being a rebel

Talking heads Use/develop/ challenge

Description How we use it

Sound- non diagetic - diagetic

Use Used for background music or natural sounds

We will use different background music in our documentary in order to emphasise meaning and emotions

Also for entertainment purposes

Non diagetic sound for when we show location in order to create realism.(cars, buses, people talking)

Talking heads Use Used when interviewing people such as experts and public

We will use this in our documentary when speaking to public, experts and youths we got this idea from Michael Jackson (plastic surgery channel 4 documentary)

Part g

DRAFT 1 • Basic

• No topic

• Not clear on what is going where

Introduction

Presenter will introduce talking the show and title – channel 4 you are now watching……

When that is done we’ll have a instrumental playing low in the background whilst presenter is talking

We will Show what is going to happened in this episode

Have music playing in the background whilst forward of the 5mins is being showed

•Put images of statistics of how negative view on youths in this modern society

•Voice over whilst this is happening

•We will have case studies on youth portrayal

•Begin our own experiment with having a youth with hoodie going into shop

Presenter talking about facts whilst showing up on screen

Talking about how youths are portrayed through music vids and news/t.v

Example of videos and shots

Interview people to see what they think and if they agree that this is how youths really are

Challenge the view that youths are rebellious

Have voice over of presenter talking whilst shots of positive things that youths do come up Statistics of how many gcse’s they get

After shool session they attend at school and helping of community

After break What will happened after break

Fast forward

Then slow down with youths saying

were not as bad as you think

DRAFT 2 • Too detailed

• We need to consider time

• Consider the topic- representation through media

• Crammed on one slide- separate

• We only need the blue part

Example from one part

DRAFT 3 • Again too detailed

• We don’t need yellow part twice

• We confused the colours up

• Only needed to do blue

Previous episode: ‘How youths are represented through poverty and wealth’

Fast clips of music videos; jessie j, rhianna 50 cent Archival footage of live concerts N-DUBZ (crowd reaction) end with grime

TITLE:

Voiceover:‘’ Representations of Youths’’Talking about:- GTA4- How youths are seen negatively- style of

clothing- Grime Videos- violence, sex, drugs- Rock Video’s- Marliyn Manson- rebellious attitudes

- Interviews- Going to the shop GAME, speak to worker:- How many youths buy games?- Whats the most popular game?- Sell rates of GTA4?

- VOICEOVER’’ VERY CLEAR YOUTHS ARE INFLUNCED….’’

- Statistics/ Reports

- ( stats on first draft)

- Wwe- sister killed by brother

- Boy gets disease of playing too much.

Blue:

MUSIC VIDEOS

We will show the different portrayal of wealthy youths

-IMAGES OF CELEBS- Paris Hilton, Kelly Osborne, Mary Kate Olsen and voice over of how they are drug users and its easier for them to access drugs due to the fact that they have the money, they know the people whereas lower class adolescents don't have connection to the strongest dugs like cocaine

(PRESENTER TALKING ABOUT THESE POINTS)-They turn to dugs( Paris Hilton) as they have easy access to it.- closed minded -Don’t know much about life whereas lower class s appreciate life more - ‘ rich commit crimes but less likely to get a lot of time in jail to how they have financial support from parents.

-End with how the media portrays youths very generally as there are cons and pros to being wealthy and being of lower class.

What will happen in next episode

Music videos and games- how youths are represented through that

Current draft

EPISODE 1: CRIME AND VIOLENCE SUBTOPIC: 1: representation through riots

TV NEWS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES SOCIAL SITES

We will look into the rebellious ways of teenagers shows through the riots

Representation that youths are like savage like.

•Web2.0 is a tool for destruction

•Bbm used for communication to cause trouble

How youths are hard to handle( fighting police)

Criminals that need to be watched over or punished

Youths are not serious- find riots funny( facebook)

They don't think before acting( burning down a pub)

They don't know how to drink responsibly

They like to publicise violence through YouTube

Violence that is portrayed on the news during the riots through imagery chosen

All youths are involved in consuming of drugs

YouTube vids like:

•Stealing from shops•Damaging stores•Threatening people

EPISODE 1: CRIME AND VIOLENCE SUBTOPIC: 2: representation through social life

Video games News

The view that youths play games all day

Youths are very revengeful: kill because they lost a game play

They only enjoy crime related games

They are easily influenced – they copy moves on WWE- death

We will show that generalising is wrong by:Showing youths that like to play other games

Show that some youths have other aspects to their life's apart from playing games

Youths have nothing going for them- they only hang around areas doing nothing and causing trouble(hoodrats)

Stereotype that lower class youths of ethnic minority- black are usually the cause of problems in London.

Also contrast by saying that its a positve thing that youths turn to games in their free time because that way they will be out of trouble

Contrast by showing that some youths are not violent and do things other than being on road-Private music lessons-Join school plays-Go to dancing lessons

Contrast again by showing higher class youths are also rebellious-Stuck up - they don’t value life as much-Rebel against parents

EPISODE 1: CRIME AND VIOLENCE SUBTOPIC: 3: representation through youth image

MUSIC VIDEOS- GRIME Video games

Youths usually semm Intimidating through body language which looks authoritative. Clothes-Hoodies- jeans below bum-Limping-Screwed face Usually have drink and alcohol in hand

Neeko -Baggy jeans-Trousers under bum-Lower class area View that youths who play these games are usually associated with violence. And when someone sees a youth dressed like this they would automatically fear them or police would stop and search

CHOIR MUSIC( bbc youth choir Contrast

Usually dress in:-Suites-Formal clothes

Therefore they seem more approaching and respectable

Upper class white youths are also play these games and some are as violent-The difference being most of them know the difference between reality and hyper reality -So they wouldn’t go killing someone

This image also represents these youths as quite and non rebellious youths

Pop music( one direction)

-Informal clothes is worn but still looks fun - therefore they are represented in a brighter light then youths from black ethnic backgrounds

EPISODE 3: sexuality and drugs SUBTOPIC: 1: representation through gender

Tv shows/films Music video(grime and hip hop)

Male youths are represented to be the more authoritative gender as they usually sell drugs in movies(kidluthood)

Females are ‘loose’ usually have no morals when they go out- having sex in toilets( tool academy)

Males have more access to drugs

They binge drink

Females are more conservative with drinking

Challenge by saying that females do binge drink

Female youths are represented to be vulnerable as all they are used for pleasure- they seduce the males (top boy)

Criminals that need to be watched over or punished

Male youths:-Have power-Usually commit crimes

They don't know how to drink responsibly

Female youths -Getting pregnant -Prostitutes for drugs- vulnerable girlfriends who need help

All youths are involved in consuming of drugs

EPISODE 3: sexuality and drugs SUBTOPIC: 2: representation through race/ethnicity

films NEWS

Black youths are usually associated with drugs more than white

Black youths are more likely to go jail b

White females that live in bad areas usually become drug addicts (top boy)

Black youths are usually youths showed to go jail for illegal activities

Black ethnicty youths(male) are portrayed to go into drugs because of troubled childhood or financial stand of parents

Youths are mostly the ones that Drink driving and get into accidents

Chavy white youths are portrayed to be youths that binge drink everyday and use foul and violent language.( fish tank)

Black youths are disruptive.

EPISODE 3: sexuality and drugs SUBTOPIC: 3: representation through laws

TV SHOWS NEWS

Underage youths usually drink more than legal age adults

Youths are rebellious as they think laws don’t apply to them

Underage youths are mostly drug consumers.

They think they have more power over government

Male youths usually breach laws of government

They are stubborn

Youths turn to damaging peoples party and call this having ‘fun

We will show statistics of how many youths are arrested per year because of drug and under age drinking

Youths don't like to be told what to do so they do what they like instead

TV shows we will look at -Geordie shore-world strictest parents -Eastenders-X factor contestant Frankie cocozza

YELLOW-20 Seconds

Channel 4 advert –voice over explaining what is coming on

“Previously on..” -WEALTH AND POVERTY

Fast clips of different location as it relates to the topic we are exploringLocation: Peckham Chelsea Comparing all locations

Upper/middle/working class areas

Interviews by someyouths form middle class areas : "I will never step foot in Peckham “Peckham, never been there before”Interviews by some Youths from working class areas: “stuck up middle class areas” “they're too different from us”

Last episode-wealth and poverty

-Introducing what the Episode will show to the audience-Sexuality Alcohol and drugs-Subtopic 3: laws- alcohol and drugs in specific

Montage-Fast clips of this episode-Underage youths drinking in the park-Drugs and alcohol on table-Statistics of how many youths drink andHow many youths getting into jail for possession of drugs -Interview of public saying whether her child Drinks and what age her child is -clips of news-(riots)

Title then appears (Picture of London while title appears on front to picture)

RED-1 minute

Overview of what will be shown

GREEN-2 minute

Presenter“So do you think youths conform to media serotypes of rebelling against government?...”Location presenter will be: Acton-in front of council estate

Voiceover of: “Statistics show…”( these statistics will come up on screen and we will make the graphs move) about underage alcohol/drug consumers-how many youths a week get arrested for drink driving-Average age for drink driving-News reporter-Frankie cocozza bad youth representation ( TV SHOW- Xfactor)-underage influenceThe presenter will talk about statistics above as they come up on the screen.

Presenter at estate in Acton :Its clear that youths do conform to some of these statistics but should this be the reason to why they are represented so badly in the media?

BLUE-2minutePresenter“In the news there are several negative representations lets see if the public agrees” location: oxford street (busy)TRANSITION WILL BE FADE OUT InterviewPeople will then agree or disagree with the presenters statement

Public-People of the street (Location-Elephant and Castle-market/bowling)Experts

Miss Rayner(Sociologist-have both positive/negative views) (office in school)Miss Vaz (Mentor-showing positive aspects)(Location: mentoring room) Police officer (mentioning negative aspects)(Location: streets) Parents(Location: outside school gates after school)”

After audience response Presenter will summariseWhat the public have said ‘‘from these responses We can see why....’’

AFTER QUESTIONS

Victim of stereotypes( this will come up on screen)-Youths- Location Harlesden outside sams)

Presenter- “do you drink?” “what do you think of the representation that is put on you by the media?

Presenter -will respond to youths comment

Presenter“Its true. There are negative representations in the media that show rebellious alcoholic youths. but we shouldn’t just focus on the negative, we need to remember the positive too”HarlesdenBackground music-low volumePositive clips: Opening resultsGraduatingHelping out community- fair trade stall, singing for charity

Group of young people saying inside a library- Harlesden:“were not what you think we are!” and youths will say shhhh!

CREDITS COME UPAlexa Haben Kayleigh Channel 4 documentaries production