Eastenders textual anylisis

How is class represented in this sequence?

In the first scene, the first thing we notice is negativity between the two sisters, Ronnie and Roxy. In this scene Ronnie asks Roxy, “Are you avoiding me?” This indicates the sisters do not have a very good relationship. As the sequence progresses to the scene in the kitchen there is more negativity between the Masood’s when Sied’s father finds out his son told his mother about his trip to the cinema with Jane. This represents a lack of trust within the family. Also in this scene, when the youngest of the masood’s, tamwar, asks “what’s he done now”, he says it in a very slow way suggesting the negativity in the family is a common thing. Although there is a huge amount of negativity in the sequence, there is also little positivity in the scene involving Charlie and Stacey. In this scene, there are various camera shots and angles used. For example a low angle is used on Charlie to represent him as a wise, helpful man. On the other hand, a high angle shot is used on Stacey to represent her as vulnerable. This could be linked to the illness that Stacey has as she is very vulnerable most of the time.

The setting of the soap is very realistic (known as verisimilitude). For example in one of the scenes we see graffiti on walls. This represents east London quite accurately although it can leave the viewer with a negative view on east London. On the other hand, in the scene in the kitchen we see a multi cultural side of east London which represents east London as a friendly, welcoming place.

As the sequence goes on, we learn that the people in this scene are of working class. We learn this though their costumes, jobs and colloquial language. Firstly, the majority of the characters wear typical day to day casual clothes, such as jeans and a t-shirt for the males and a high street store dress for the women. However those who work, whose jobs revolve around manual labour wear uniform.

Another aspect of the soap which compares it to east London is the colloquial language used. For example, in the scene in the pub we witness Peggy saying to Joel, “they’ve been on the lash since last night”. This is typical colloquialism is used in real life in east London, which demonstrates even more verisimilitude. Also in this scene we see a two shot of Peggy and Joel which implies a sense of unity between the two of them. This relates back to the realism as in east London sticking up for family and friends is a very common thing. Another intresting camera shot used in this sequence, in the scene where the masoods are arguing a close up is used on sied. The purpose of this is to show the worry and give us an idea of what is running through his head at that moment in time.

In conclusion, all these aspects (jobs, costumes, language) represent the Eastenders characters as middle class with manual labour jobs.

Skins poster 1

The first thing you notice about this poster is the lack of clothes the characters are wearing. Not only is it the minimal clothing that catches our eye but also the odd underwear the character in the centre of the image is wearing. This could symbolise confusion. Her facial expression indicates she isn’t in a happy mood as it looks rather sad.

Other than the character in the centre of the image, as you can see there are two characters to the right of the image showing their affection for one another. These two characters are also wearing minimal clothing. As you can see he female has her hands around the man’s neck which symbolised she could be a violent person.

Miss Mcleod, sorry i have not finished my work as i have lost my usb :(, so i had to start again and had football tonight, my work will be up by tomorow.