Age

  Plan
Mise-en-scene

• Over the shoulder show- looking down on the boy
• boy looking down to floor, results in no eye contact- stereotype
• Judges costume- power
• in the box, guards around him, makes him look small
• crying- childlike
• looks to parents for help

Sound

• Judge well spoken
• boy mumbles, speaks slowly, one word answered
• judge answers quickly, trying to catch him out
• non diegetic music- sounds mysterious 

camera

• looking up to judge, down to boy
• other people level- shows their position

editing

• boy- longer, struggling to talk
• judge- quick, more powerful, controls the questions

denotation- what is seen
connotation- what is suggested from what is seen
realism- if the character seems that they could be real
verisimilitude- dose the storyline reflect what could be real
high production value- looks like it costs a lot
low production value- looks cheap 
narrative- the way the story is told 
parallel editing- two different actions happening at the same time shown by shots taken turns to be seen
shot reverse shot- can see relationship of people and contrasts between them 
continuity editing- flowing shot to shot 
montage editing- 




Mise-en-scene helps represent age in the clip in may ways. The first shot we see is an over the shoulder shot looking at the boy. This shows the judge as higher in power and has more status than the boy. The boy in only looking up to the judge when he has to answer a question, the rest of the time he is facing the floor and is hunched over which connotes that he does not have any power or any choice but to look up to the judge when he is meant to. This fact may fit the stereotype of a teenage as they are shown as young people who do not wish to talk much. When he answers 'yes' he nods clearly which could be seen as a child like thing to do. It is detonated that he is sitting in the box showing his volubility. This is backed up by the fact that he is surrounded by guards. The judge is wearing typical outfit for a judge showing that he has status and is could highlight the age difference between the boy and the judge as the judge is playing a role and understands what is going on whereas the boy is not as aware. We also see that during the clip we see adults looking down on him in the docks which could again highlight how young he is. During the clip he starts crying which fits the stereotype of a child. When the judge starts to ask him about university he looks at his parents, although this is because they are unaware that he quit, it could also be a sign that he is looking for help from them like a child would, . 


Another way in which age is represented within the clip is through sound. The judges voice is very clear and simple to understand which might connote that he is trying to highlight the fact that the boy is young so his understanding of the spoken language may not be as advanced as his is. The boy is almost different. He speaks very slowly and answers one word answers when he can, his voice is also slightly mumbled showing that he has much less power than the judge and it also follows the stereotype of a teenage boy as they do not get shown as well spoken. There are also some words used within the clip which shows how young the boy is. One of them are 'university'. When the judge asks how long has he been there he looks at two people who says is his 'mum and dad' which may represent him looking to them for help. There is also non-diegetic music playing towards the end of the clip when the boy is shown, it sounds quite mysterious which could show that he can not be trusted.


In the clip there are many over the shoulder shots from the judge showing the boy. This shows that he is looking down on him showing that he has more power. This is also a similar case with the boy looking up to the judge, it shows that he has lower power due to his position and age. There are some shots with some people in the docks, the camera is level with them showing that even they are seen as more powerful than the boy due to them being free and also due to them being older than him. Due to the shots used I feel it makes the clip look like it has a high production value. 


The editing made when showing the boy talking are quite long whereas the judge is only shown for a very short time, sometimes the camera stays on the boy whilst the judge is talking. This could show that the boy is finding it a lot harder to talk and answer the questions than the judge. This may be because of his age and weakness against the power of the judge. There are also very quick shots of the people in the docks, again this could show that due to their age they have more power but also to show how many of them there are compared to him alone. Overall the clip of the court case is verisimilitude and the characters that are involved in it are very real to what you would expect people in the same situation to be like.