Stereotypes of Old Age:
- Sociological studies have shown that older people are portrayed as: grumpy, conservative, stubborn, resistant to change
- Enjoying a second childhood, being cheeky, reliving their adolescence, engage in activities they've always wanted to do before death (Shreddies advert: Nana Shreddies)
- Pitied, dependent, economic burden, helpless
Catherine Tate 'Nan' Stereotypes:
- She is stereotypically stubborn and resistant to change but is not conforming to the stereotype of being grumpy and conservative.
- She is stubborn and resistant to change as she refuses to move to a nursing home and insults her new great-granddaughter. However, she laughs a lot at others stupidity, in her opinion, and uses vulgarisms and insults whilst not being conservative in the personality trait. She is conservative in her dress code by wearing a top underneath her dress and wearing a cardigan.
- She is in the genre of comedy TV.
- The genre affects the character as it becomes an extreme and satirical representation of age.
- The iconography present in the programme is the costume of the knitted cardigan, the doilies on the furniture, the furniture is a high armchair. All of these are representative of old age in a stereotypical manner.
'Waterloo Road' Middle Age & Teenager Essay Preparation:
Mise-en-scene:
- Heroic: both students and teachers run into a burning building to save fellow staff and employees.
- Only one student made an attempt to rescue the passed-out teacher.
- The female teacher passes out as she allows the students get closer to the doors to breathe the fresher air (conforms to caring nature of older aged people)
Camera:
- Low angle shot: the camera is looking up at middle-aged headmistress is questioning the commotion: authority (contrast to high angle shot looking down on the student who is of lower position)
- Mid two shot: the young students attempting to rescuer the teacher (subverts from selfish stereotype of teenagers)
- High-angle tilt: on coughing teacher being placed on ground by a teenager (subverts from lazy self-centred stereotype of teenagers and conforms to dependent stereotype of old people)
Editing:
- Shot duration: jump cuts for students whilst the camera stays longer on the middle aged head-teacher thus showing authority due to age
- Match cut: the fire and smoke of two scenes: those trapped by the door and the one girl trapped in the bathroom. Students are attempting to stay alive due to their youthful nature.
Sound:
- Screaming of students/ calm speech of the adults to contrast the erratic response of the young and the more responsible older.
Strauss:
- Binary opposites
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