AS Media Monarch of the Glen (age) g322

Age plays a big role in this scene as most of the effects and and parts are presented around different age groups. Although there are many age groups involved, this particular scene is only focused on Amy who is effectively still a child but a teenager (16 years old).

At the beinning of the scene, Amy is asked by her guardian whether she can drive or not and despite her knowing she can't, she replies "I passed first time". The scene starts with Amy when she comes out and sees Ian who is signifcantly older than she is. The music is kind of romantic and the melody is used because it is seen as appropriate for that age group, however it was quite mellow which made sense since they were in the countryside.

When Amy is asked if she can drive and replies with a simple yes, her guardian believes that. Even though the guardian should be more mature than Amy he is stupid for not knowing Amy's age (should know seeing as he is her guardian and a friend of her dad's). When the guardian hears a loud noise (being the crash), like any mature adult would do, he ran to see if Amy was okay or not. When he finds out Amy's real age, of course being an adult he gets mad at Amy and kicks her out with all his anger when he finds out who the other participant of the car crash really is (Amys Headmaster). There really isn't any music at this moment to coincide with the age diference. As Amy's guardian gets to know more about her not being in school and not sitting her exams, he starts to act worried as a father would do; treating Amy like a daughter. When this happens, both Amy and her guardian get mad and just by the things they say shows the age difference and the tension building up. For example, when Amy says "I HATE YOU!!!!" after she was told to go and pack up her belongings.

As the scene changed to outside where they people of the community were removing the dock, you could clearly see the older and middle generations taking part in helping remove the dock.

When the old lady went into Amy's room to see where she was, the camera scoped across the bed with what Amy left behind, representing age. When the lady had found out Amy had run away or thought she had, it gave us as an audience an insight which may have been a little stereotypical. Seeing as Amy ran away from home (or what she called home), was also stereotypiclal as many children and teens tend to run away rather than adults, portraying her real age and identity. As the lady went down to tell Amy's guardian, the music was tense and she was panting as she ran up to him like something bad had happened and of course this was the case. The point of her being out of breath was to prove her age and how her generation copes and acts in certain situations unlike how a younger person woukd cope in their generation (for example, Amy).

From this analysis, this is how I thought age was presented throughout this scene using the different generations and representations of other factors, compared to age.