Morgan Reynolds- Monarch of Glen

Representation of age in Monarch of the Glen 

Amy is represented as mostly a young, alive and rebellious teen. In contrast to the older characters, who wear grey dull colours she wears a bright yellow top reinforcing the stereotype that she is beautiful. The location it is set in challenges the stereotype of youth though because it is set in the countryside and this is traditional of an older generation not a 16-year-old girl. She portrays a reckless, irresponsible teen because she crashes the car and agrees to drive it even though she knows she is unable to. She leaves school and doesn’t finish ant of her gcse’s, which also shows us she is irrational and doesn’t make good choices.  The establishing shot challenges the stereotype that old people are lonely and frail because there is a group of them on screen and they are also doing some kind of manual labour. Low angles are used when the man speaks to Amy and the shot reverse shot shows us the he has the prominence on screen as when she is shown a high angles is shown. This also reinforces that older people have more dominance and have authority over younger people who irresponsible. When the old people are working manually outside this challenges the stereotype that they are vulnerable and frail because the editing is fast paced and they are able to work lifting and moving heavy items such as chairs. Also when they are working an upbeat, fast pace, happy soundtrack is played challenging the stereotype that they are traditional and isolated. Most old people are retired and do not work and if they do work it is usually a laid back job not involving much physical movement. A sympathetic sound track is played when the teenager leaves that represents a lonely and vulnerable stereotype not a spontaneous alive stereotype we would expect from a teenager leaving and running away. The older man has the most screen time in the scene and is shown to have dominance and be in charge of everyone in the scene showing he has an authoritative and responsible stereotype showing us that the scene is from his point of view.