Notes on inbetweeners

Inbetweeners (Ben Palmer,2011)

Age
17-18
Teenage boys who have just finished school and want to go on a lads holiday. Thye only thing they have on thier mind is girls and having sex. Gaining their own independance as 'adults'.
Ethnicity
British white. Ethnicity is shown negativly in most films. White is seen as the ones who make the less trouble.
Gender
Male. Protagonist. Females are positioned in these films as objects of the men. Weaker sex.
Social Class
Upper Class, surberbian life. stayed in further ecucation, thoughts of going to uni. Normal teenagers.
Parents are self absorbed, over protective and crude.

Working class British youths are generally represdented as being violent, brutal, unapolegctic, crinimals, addictive personalties.

Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold 2009)

Female lead, different from the other films, as the female is the protagonist. Lowerclass, deep and emotional. Gritty, hand held camera which makes it realistic. She;s a victim of her social class, area, family and her own kind.