Task 1

Task1

At the beginning of skins we instantly see that the young teenage girls are represented as to be sexual objects and infact seen to be the dominant force. This is connoted by the teenage girls smoking and by the way they looked at other people, which made them look superior to others. In skins the girls are seen to be challenging stereotypes as they are shown to be violent because it shows them hitting another person which goes against a typical teenage girl stereotype. The males are seen to be abit opposite to the girls as they are seen to be much more calmer and laid back, which shows that skins completley challenges gender stereotypes.In the trailer of Bully the males were seen to be more dominant as they were portrayed to be the active and aggressive characters shown through kicking boxes. Through the use of the male protagonist using weapons shows that teenagers are primarily torublesome and want to inflict pain on other people. In both texts, they portray teenagers to be selfish and carry out illegal acts, such as smoking illegal substances or using weapons.Also, in both texts it is apparant that teenagers are inflicting pain on each other creating the idea that teenagers are complying with gang voilence.

Bully displays anti social behaviour and is shown to be a teenage tearaway. The game introduces a peaceful school and then introduces the ‘bully’, this creates a storyline with a peaceful equilibrium, and then when the protagonist is associated to it a disequilibrium is produced. The fact that this production emphasises that the main character uses weapons to ‘bully’ and intimidate weaker students such as slingshots and fire extinguishers connotes that the representation of male teenagers is negative. Similarly, the fact that the only female to be introduced in this production is also shown to be negative implies that the youth in American society are all disagreeable and that they should strive for constant fun and wish to not do any school work, as connoted when the protagonist is told of by the teacher and fellow students. This production clearly demonstrates that teenagers attempt to cause havoc where ever and when ever they can.