Skins

This clip shows conventional features of a teen TV drama as it is set in a school where the teenagers watching the show will go. The first people we meet are Freddie and Effy, this shows that these will be the main characters in the show. We know that it is this is their first day because they are introducing each other to one another.

A feature that is common in teenage TV dramas is having a good looking main protagonist which this programme does.

The programme attracts the audience because people can relate to some of the stories which take place and can show how different people react in different situations.

Skins is quite an unusual drama as each episode focuses on a different character in the programme. So it goes into more detail about each of the characters personal life. By doing this it allows the audience to get an attachment to each of the characters.

It is also quite unusual because the story line goes into quite deep emotions and shows explicit scenes which you wouldn't see in other teen TV dramas like Beaver Falls and The Inbetweeners.

They often use point of view shows to show the audience the eye of the characters. The also use medium shots to show that people are in conversation and also over the shoulder shots and reaction shots to show the different characters when they are talking in a conversation.

 This will be a over the shoulder shot which would turn into a reaction shot when changing to the next person.

 This is a medium shot to show the audience are having a conversation.

This is a point of view shot to show the audience that Freddie and Effy are looking at Freddie's group of friends.

Beaver falls is a teen drama, made by the british film industry, however set in America. It is about a group of 3 boys that go on a 'camp america' kind of thing, for their summer. The age group ranges from 16-22, with the characters being 19 years old. It is a stereotypical group of boys, consisting of an attractive , a geek, and a genuine (average) guy. it attracts its target audience with an attractive main protagonist, many girls (at the camp), and humour. It has sexual scenes, strong language however in a humoured way. It brings up issues of relationships, school, drugs through many emotions, which may relate to some issues that the audience may be going through. The programme brings humour through showing the immaturity of the characters.
Establishing shots and pan shots are used a lot as they remind the audience of how the group of boys are on a camp in the USA, making this tv drama different to those other teen drama's focused around school, however the idea and theme of school/university is brought up throughout the series.

Skins Clip
Freddie
He seems like quite a genuine person who is trying to make friends with the 'pretty' girl. He tries to make himself seem cooler to her by saying that his friends aren't really friends with him. But as soon as she says that she knows they are his best friends then he agrees with her. He seems to be very desperate to get to know the girl because when she gives him the list of doing things which break the school rules he agrees to doing them straight away.
Costume- The clothes that he is wearing are casual and comfy looking. They don't look expensive, which suggests that he comes from a lower class family. He is also holding a cap with a flat peak which, if it was on, could be stereotyped as 'chavy'.

Effy
She comes across as a stubborn person who does whatever she wants to do. With one of the first things she says is "You can have anything if you want it enough". This suggests that she will do anything until she gets what she wants. When Freddie is trying to make friends with her, she seems quite reluctant to doing so, and seems as though many people have asked to get to know her before hand. She is also willing to get other people in trouble and tries to create rivalry between the friends by doing so. We know already that she is a 'bad girl' by the list that she gave Freddie to do.
Costume- She also is wearing casual comfy looking clothes and again show that she may come from a lower class family. She is wearing heavy eye lake up and has big bags under her eyes, which could suggest that she has problems at home so can't sleep so is trying to cover it up.

Narrative- We can tell that the narrative is going to be the friends competing to get the list done first so they are able to get to know Effy. This clips almost leaves a cliff hanger because we want to know how they complete the list and who completes it first.
Editing- There doesn't seem to be much editing in the scene as it is set in a school and there is nothing you can really do to the school.
Sound- The sound is digetic as all we can hear are natural sounds, like people walking a long the corridor and mumbling of other people's conversations in the back ground to create the atmosphere of the school environment.

Camera Angles

Throughout the scene there are many over the shoulder shots. The picture on the right is an example. By doing this it shows that the characters are having a conversation. A reaction shot would take place when the camera is changing from one person to the other.

There are mid shots as well in the scene. This is to show both characters in the conversation. A mid shot is when we can only see the top half of the character's body in the shot.








There is also a point of view shot when Effy tells Freddie to look at his friends. A point of view shot is when the audience see something in the eyes of the character