Mr SmlLh 1v urama Lxemplar AS Medla AlL

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1he headmasLer ls smarLly dressed ln a [ackeL and v neck [umper coverlng a shlrL and Lle 1hls shows LhaL he ls
well off and suggesLs LhaL he ls mlddle class Pe drlves an esLaLe car whlch also means LhaL he wanLs a plaln car
for LransporL raLher Lhan Lo show off Pls language and posLure shows an auLhorlLy whlch comes wlLh age Pls
manners whlle speaklng Lo a younger person shows LhaL he has power 1he glrl Sam ls aL Lhe opposlLe end of
Lhe specLrum She ls shown as a Llmld characLer by Lhe camera angles and Lhe close up faclal expresslons of
worry We know she ls young because she wears fashlonable cloLhes raLher Lhan work cloLhes
Camera shoLs are used Lo show dlfferenL slLuaLlons and characLer relaLlonshlps and feellngs 1he esLabllshlng
shoL shows a counLry seLLlng and Lhe nexL shoL shows a characLer ln Lhe foreground we see aul and anoLher
characLer ln a shabby haL and ln Lhe background we see oLher mlddle aged worklng class characLers all
slmllarly dressed 1hls long shoL shows Lhe communlLy aL work and shows Lhe close relaLlonshlp beLween all
Lhe men

Mlse en scene ls exLremely lmporLanL such as Lhe characLer cosLumes and props mosL of Lhe characLers are
wearlng ouLdoor lumber[ack ouLflLs whlch connoLe mascullnlLy and ouLdoor work Powever Lhe glrl wlLhln Lhe
cllp ls Lhe only characLer wearlng normal femlnlne cloLhlng Per Lop ls cream whlch has connoLaLlons wlLh
purlLy and lnnocence 1hls relnforces her youLh when she ls [uxLaposed wlLh Lhe older characLers Lherefore
creaLlng represenLaLlons of age 1he older characLer such as Lhe headmasLer ls ln a formal sulL whlch has
connoLaLlons (8oland 8arLhes 1964) wlLh auLhorlLy and power maklng hlm appear domlnanL wlLhln Lhe group
Pls red Lle could represenL danger and opposlLlonal rlvalry beLween Lhe younger glrl and hlmself 1he
esLabllshlng shoL shows Lhe ScoLLlsh hlghlands and scenery showlng Lhe audlence Lhe drama ls seL ln a rural
place 1he old brlck bulldlngs glve a LradlLlonal old feellng Lo Lhe drama suggesLlng Lhe glrl ls ouL of place
wlLhln a place meanL for Lhe older generaLlon

1he LxLracL ls seL ln ScoLland where A Clrl ls obvlously sLaylng wlLh anoLher famlly lL ls Soon dlscovered she
has run away from home and ls noL Lhe Age she has clalmed Lo be lL hlnLs Lowards Lhls before we (Lhe
audlence) are even Lold When she heslLaLes whllsL drlvlng a car LhaL she says she can drlve1he man 'aul
Mcuonald' ls Lhe older characLer who ls llke Lhe faLher flgure Lo Lhe glrl he ls shown as a cleche man of Lhe
house characLer Pe works as some klnd of bullder as he ls shown aL Lhe beglnnlng carrylng some Lools When
he flnds ouL Lhe glrl has lled Lo hlm he reacLs ln a way LhaL mosL Leenagers can relaLe Lowards Lhere
parenLswhen Lhe glrl and Lhe man are seen Lhe camera seems Lo be aL a lower angle of Lhe man showlng
hls superlorlLy as an adulL whereas Lhe glrl ls vlewed aL a hlgher angle looklng down aL her represenLlng
lnferlorlLy

Cne way Lhe exLracL represenLs age ls Lhe way LhaL nearly all Lhe men on Lhe bulldlng slLe are probably 30+
whlch colncldes wlLh Lhe ldeology LhaL only older men are lnLo ul? When we see Lhe headmasLer Lhe camera
ls polnLlng sllghLly upwards whlch slgnlfles LhaL wlLh age comes lmporLance and LhaL he has been aL Lhe school
for a long Llme 1he general mlse en scene of Lhe school suggesLs LhaL lL ls a well esLabllshed school LhaL has
probably been Lhere for qulLe a long Llme lrom a camera work perspecLlve Lhe younger people are rarely seen
on Lhelr own and when Lhey ofLen don'L have much on screen Llme 1hls maLches Lhe ldeology LhaL 'chlldren
musL be seen and noL heard' whlch lnfluences Lhe audlences LhoughLs Lo focus on lf Lhe dlrecLor does noL
belleve LhaL chlldren are very lmporLanL or cenLral characLers