Representation of age in Monarch of the Glen

 From the establishing of monarch of glen we can see that most of the characters in the clip seem to be old, they all where the same kind of dark winter clothes, it shows that they are a little out dated. You can see that they seem to be on a farm of some sort, so the clothes and people match that kind of stereotype.

The taller more middle aged guy seems that he is the ‘boss’ of the group. We can see this as he starts to tell the younger people what to do, this backs up the point that he is the boss of the group. When he tells the people what to do they immediately do it which again tells us that that he is the boss or a father figure. We see later on in the clip that he is again the father figure, when the young girl crashes the car he immediately runs over to her and asks if she is okay, he then steps in front of her to protect her like a father would if it was his child. There is a mid-shot of them all standing together with him in front of them; he is also higher up showing that he has more authority and power than the others in the group, he straight the way takes charge of the situation showing that he is the leader and has the most power. Towards the end when he is telling Amy off over the shoulder shots are used, from this we can see that he is higher up than Amy showing he has more power and authority as he is older.

The young girl in the clip is different to the rest of people in the clip, for one she is younger than the rest of them, but also the clothes that she is wearing are different to the others in the clip. Her clothes are brighter as she is wearing a white top and jeans, this makes her stand out in the clip as she is different to everyone else. We can again see that she is an important character as when we first see her the camera is focused on her, an over the shoulder shot is used to show the guy looking at her and again she is the centre piece of the shot showing that she is an important character. Again when she first gets into the car the camera pans round to a close up of her, but again she is the main focus. When Amy crashes the car all the people come round her and step in front of her, this shows that she is younger and not as dominant as the others have to fight the battle for her. The camera shows them all standing together and she is the furthest back and also the smallest, showing us that she is younger and more vulnerable. The camera backs this up as it shows the guy and then tilts down to look at Amy emphasising that she is younger and of less authority. When Amy is getting told off by Paul towards the end of the clip over the shoulder shots are used to see the expressions of both of the characters, from the shots we can see that Paul is looking down on Amy showing that she has less power than him as she is younger. She then storms off shouting ‘I hate you’ like a little child would, this shows us that she is in fact younger than everybody else as she is more childish.

Another character in the clip that represents age is Amy’s head teacher, Mr. Green, he is again dressed different to everybody else in the as he is wearing smarter clothes, this shows us that he has a higher paid job than the others. From the clothing we can tell that he is an older character, this is because although he is dressed smarter the clothes are quite dull and bland, the kind of colours you would stereotypically see on an older person. When the teacher first sees who has crashed into him he raises his voice and sound quite patronising, but when Paul comes over he softens the tone of his voice and is much quieter, this shows that he is more patronising to younger people as he is older, but not so much with adults. When he and Paul are talking in his kind of office he sounds quite stuck up as he is rude in a way to Paul, this shows that he feels that he can take charge as he is the older person.