• Key storylines – social issues dealt with
• Research social issues and how they are reflected in the programme
• Key characters and their representations (age, gender, family relationships, class) Can you tell they're working class by how they look and speak? Quick judgment. What do others think of her character?
How are we supposed to think of them?
•Is this character stereotypical of working class youth? or does it subvert our expectations? If so/not, how?
White BBC series - see link
Rich Kid Poor Kid - Channel 4 Cutting Edge documentary no longer available on youtube so you have to watch clips entitled UK Tribes - Snob/Chav
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/video/2008/nov/10/rich-kid-poor-kid
TV series
Misfits
Eastenders
Coronation street
Shameless
Waterloo Road
Benidorm
or create a video on what teenage representations are like in the media. Interview JJR, Mootoo, RE Fish, Mr Adamson and loads of teenagers to see if they can think of any positive working class representations. Go to the high street and ask what the problem with young people is today. Come up with about five interesting questions and go and film them!