Useful Phrases:

• Essentially presented.
• Privileged throughout the clip.
• Finally, the character of Paul makes for interesting analysis as it appears that he is the 'Mediator' between the two generations and within the clip bridges the age divide.
• It is through this opposition that the audience is initially asked to emphasis with Amy.
• Subverts.
• ..is constantly seen in the clutches of other characters. She almost appears to visibly get younger on screen.
• Signs.
•  ..insecurity demonstrated.
•  ..she is represented as a girl who perhaps stereo-typically needs saving from the perils of adulthood and facing up ones own responsibilities.
• ..it is the only location which shows an absence of youth - indeed the only character who inhabit this space are Paul and the headteacher.
• ..which arguably is reminiscent of a court room conforms.
• ..witnessed between two adults (Paul and the Headteacher) whereby progress was clearly made.
• ..demonstrates a sense of vivid colour.
• ..innocence of youth and interestingly Amy is careful in the way she places the items.
• ..she appears to hide her hands under her sleeves.
• The initial high angle establishing shot of the workers and their tools represents the sense of community we feel when we consider the adults within the clip.
• The over the shoulder shot remains focus on her as she admits to having something to explain.
• ..cleverly edited to draw the audience in to Amy's particular story. Perhaps this editing of the narrative also hints at he way young people may typically feel that they are not listened to.
• Having received the key, about in rather clumsy and playful way (further highlighting the youth that Amy is representative of)
• Vulnerable
• ..unnatural way that Amy deals with the starting of the car ..draws attention to the fact that this is not a natural experience for her
• ..sterotypically venerable - it differs when used to show the relationship between Paul and the headteacher
• ..the two characters are shot in low angles
• ..figures of authority
• ..headteacher is allowed to occupy shots purely on his own
• ..a hierarchy of age - suggesting the older you are, the more power and respect you command
• The use of both diegetic and non-diegetic sound us also key to understanding the representational issues.
• ..ambulance soundtrack
• ..rural environment
• ..non digetic music shouts of a sympathetic tone and foreshadows the event of her leaving
• ..shouts of aggression, yet his following line directed at Paul is delivered in a calm manner suggested that as a 'child' Amy does not command his respect ..she need the adults to decide her fate
• ..which motivated by the character of Amy deals with the representation of 'youth as something which is misunderstanding fragile and vulnerable
• ..privilege Amy's story
• ..inhabiting a word which opposes that teenage and one which is represented by tradition, formality and reason, rather than (as the in the case of youth) emotion.