Skins pilot analysis

- The setting is a suburban residential house.

- Tony is represented as a stereotypical teenager that is rude to his father and very rebellious, however the fact that he was reading "Nausea" which a is a very philosophical book that is usually associated with adults goes against the teenage stereotype and gives him mysteriousness. Tony's room is also very tidy and and he wakes up in a very atypical way.

- The genre of this programme is a teen drama. The characters fit the genre by presenting Tony as the protagonist and presenting the father as the antagonist who the audience cannot take seriously. this allows the teenage audience to relate to Tony.

- The audience first see Tony lying in bed waking up, this is probably because it is a good introduction to his character as we get to see him right at the beginning of the day and witness his everyday routine. When Tony gets out of bed, the camera reveals Tony in just his underpants, this may be to show that he is in good shape and takes pride in his appearance.

-The miss-en-scene of Tony's bedroom suggests that he is very tidy, this is shown from the fact that all of his cloths are folded and there is nothing on the floor or on his bed, this is very atypical. the posters in his room suggests that he likes bands which again, is very normal for a teenage boy.

- Tony's sister, Effy is presented as rebellious, which is shown from the fact that she is relying on her brother to cover up the fact that she was out all night, however to her parents, she comes across as the "Golden child" this is shown from the fact that none of her parents were shouting at her and she was ready for schools very early. Effy also seems to have two personality which is shown from the clothes she was wearing at the beginning in comparison the her conservative school uniform and also the fact that she was wearing a lot of makeup at the beginning but when she

got home she wiped it all off.
Effy and Tony seem to have a strong relationship as they seem to have unspoken communication which is shown at the beginning when Tony could tell what she wanted from him by the situation and her facial expressions, the straight cut editing and eye-line match also enhances there relationship.

-In this extract, the father is presented as a weak authority figure, this is shown by him not being able to control Tony, Tony also doesn't seem to feel threatened by him even after his fathers constant swearing and shouting. The audience also doesn't take him seriously, this is done using asynchronised sound of him shouting whilst everybody else in the family were sitting around the dining table, this enhance the character foolishness as well as creating humour. The father is presented as impotent from the use of the sound bridge when he is shouting at Tony whilst the camera shows Effy running up the stairs, this makes him seem unimportant. Tony and Effy seem to be working against there father which is shown from Tony exiting the bathroom through the window in order to embarrass him.
The mother seems to be oblivious to the fact that her daughter was out all night, this makes parents seem foolish.