Initial thoughts
Patrick is represented to be talking and gesturing around the table to a group of adult friends. The other people on the table are listening this shows they have respect for him as he is older and this clip is representing adults as well- mannered and respectful people.
Patrick is telling his friends/ family a story they have crafted this as grandparents have lots of stories to tell there relatives therefore they have represented this character through this.
The denotation is of empty bottles of wine and half drank wine on the table. The connation of this is that the adults have drank it.They have represented the characters being wealthy adults as they are drinking wine this is known to be a older and sophisticated drink.
Denise says "chelsea taking an interest in something how much you had to drink" this shows that this clip has represented the younger people as chelsea is as people who aren't interesting in other peoples history and pass story therefore they are portraying this is a rare thing that she is actually taking an interest. Also its showing that denise doesnt know her daughter as well as she should as she doesnt know that she is intrested in there histroy and culture.
They also represent chelsea as very stubborn as she is a younger generation then the others. As some of her comments have attitude and can come across disrespectful.
Libby says very intellectual comment about the riots but then refers back to Patrick who is older to check she is correct. This shows they have represented Patrick as a knowledgeable, wise older man as he has lived longer then the others therefore has more experience.
Shot types
At the beginning of the clip there is a medium shot (0.11) of Patrick telling his family a story about an occasion that is in there culture. This shot represents how grandparents are known to tell stories to there family therefore the producer as represented Patrick to be a older aged man. His clothing he is wearing ia wasit coast and smartly dressed shirt this shows that Patrick is an older man and they have represented him to appreciate his age and dress neatly. The colours that he is wearing match his culture of jamaican as well.
There is an over the shoulder shot of Patrick and Chelsea (0.56) this shows that Patrick has been represented as an older aged man as he is wearing a wasit coast and shirt which is an older way to dress, he has no hair and is represented to be a very jolly and happy older man as he is smiling. Whereas in contrast chelsea is represented as a younger aged girl through her bright colours and trendy clothing with hoop earings which are represented to be a young trend for teenagers.
Next there is a medium shot of denise (0.50) saying 'ah chelsea taking an intrest in something, how much you had to drink girl' this conveys that because chelsea is represented as a younger age/ generation she is thought of to not be taking an intrest in history and her culture but going out drinking and clubbing instead. This also indicates that her mum doesnt know her as well as she should.
There is also a extreme medium shot (2.45) of libby when she is saying to her family about the riots and how she learnt it at school this shows that she is represented as a young teenager as she is in education. Also she is refering back to Patrick as her face is angled to be facing him even though Patrick isnt in the shot this is because she is asking Patrick if she is right. This conveys that Patrick is represented as older genration as he knows more knowledge about the riot as he lived where it all happend. I know this because the young man sitting next to denise said that he heard he did and Patrick agreed that he did.
There is a high angle shot (2.06) this shows how Patrick has been postioned at the top of the table and all the others bunched up leaning forward to show how intrieged and intrested they are. This implies that Patrick who is represented as an older aged man has more power then the others and the others are weaker as they havnt lived as long as him. This clip also shows how the representation of younger age which is chelsea is slouching chair this is to represent that younger people try to act cool and trendy to fit in.
Sound
In this clip there is a diegetic, asynchronouse sound of jamican music this shows there culture that they live. The music isnt upbeat pop music which indicates that this is Patricks music of choice as it is represented to be a more older type of music as its a lot slower and calming so that conversations can happen while it is playing. Libby makes a faint noise when she is moving her chair forwards this is an diegetic, synchronouse sound and represents how intrieged the younger generation are to listen and learn about there own history and culture. At the end of the clip there is the sound of a phone ringing this is a diegetic, synchronouse sound. The mobile phone is picked up by chelsea this represents she is a young teenager as teenagers are known to have mobile phones and always using them. By the phone being a mobile phone also suggests that she is very modern which younger people are represented to be very modern and contain up to date technology.
Mise-en-scene
Patrick is wearing very old fashioned smart clothing as he is wearing a shirt and wasit coat this is how the producer is showing older aged men. He also is wearing the colours of his culture this is to show that he has lived and experienced it. His accent is jamican which is evidence that he contains strong culture and is why he is informing all his family about it because he has the most knowledge out of all of them. Whereas the producers have decided to represent younger aged women and men as wearing bright colours, casuall trendy clothing that is more simple looking then Patrick and doesnt contain there culture as they didnt experience there culture. This is because there accents are very common London accent which means they were born in England. This is why they contain less knowledge then Patrick. The house walls and furntiure all contain the jamican culture and have warming jamican colours to show that this is where they live and that they chose to still keep with there culture even though they aren living in Jamica. The lighting is very enclosing and dark this is to show the closeness of all the different ages and that they all are a loving family.
Editing
There is an extreme medium shot of Chelsea saying ' alright i want bother then' and then another extreme medium shot of libbys reaction where she rolls her eyes acting smart (1.00) this shows that the producer has represented both these young girls as very challenging towards eachother and always making comments to eachother that could start an argument.
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