The representation of age is represented in this clip through the use of sound, shot types, editing and mis en scene. The first thing I noticed was that they have used a medium close up when the two men are talking. This is to show the height difference between the two. The younger man is shorter than the older man and has to look up to him which shows the other guy has more power. The use of this shot has shown that the representation of age is used by showing the different power levels of two people of different ages.
A different man walks up to the younger man and because they are the same height, it can't show the age dominance through this. Instead, they have shown one man being really assertive and getting in the younger guys face. He is giving instructions to the younger man and telling him what to do and this also shows us that the age is represented in this clip by the older person being more powerful than the younger person.
There is an extreme close up of the two men's hands as they 'fist bump' each other as a sign of respect which shows the importance of this action. I think it's important because even thought they have an age difference, they still show each other respect so they representation of age has been shown through their levels of respect towards each other.
When the man walks into a room where an older guy is, they have a conversation. The older guy seems to be leading the conversation with the younger guy just answering questions with short sentences or one word answers. it shows that the older guy is more of a leader than the younger guy as he's leading the conversation. One of the first things he says is "what did he want?" without even looking up. This shows that he knows the younger guy was talking to someone and he knows the younger guy is standing there without actually checking to look. The younger guy seems surprised that the man knows the person that he was talking to and gives us the sense that the older guy is quite smart and knows what goes on around the prison. I think they have represented age through using intelligence as a sign of an older person.
During this conversation, the younger guy looks quite uncomfortable and awkward while the older guy looks more relaxed and at ease. The younger guy doesn't know where to stand and hold his arms while the older guy looks like he's just used to being in prison and just starts making a cup of tea. This shows that the older guy is more experienced compared to the younger guy. At one point during the conversation, the older guy gets right in the younger guys face and towers over him, intimidating him. This shows power and dominance because he is older than him.
After their conversation, they go to sleep and during the night the younger person has a nigtmare. This shows that he's scared and weak because it shows he's vunerable. They have represented age as being quite strong and tough if you're older, as the guy casually said "I cut a mans arm off with a meat cleaver" and didn't even care about it while the younger guy is getting scared just from being in prison.
You see a razor blade being sewn onto a stick or something and their is an extreme close up of this, you don't really see who's doing it though but the importance of this was shown through the shot type. The mis-en-scene in this part of the clip shows us that it's quite dangerous and scary and there is low key lighting and the only light there is is a blue light on the blade which brings more focus to it.
In the morning, there are two police officers, you can clearly see that one of them is a higher rank than thr other by the mis-en-scene. One of them is wearing a shirt and tie with a long jacket while the other is in police uniform, the one with the shirt and tie looks more powerful as that's what you'd expect higher ranking police and detectives to wear. The one with more power looks visibly older than the other one which conforms to the stereotype of this clip that older people tend to have more power and age shows dominance.
The younger man hands the older man some paper which, to me, shows that the older guy is more intelligent and wise than the younger guy and he's handing him the paper because he could see and work out something on there that maybe the younger guy couldn't. This links back to my previous point that they have represented age throguh the use of intelligence, with older people being wiser and more intelligent and the younger people being less intelligent.
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