1. How does the Skins promo trailer create representation of young people?<br />This skins promo trailer represents young people in a very irresponsible way, full of drugs, sex, alcohol and loud music. It is perhaps a little farfetched but in general it is the stereotypical view on teenagers. The start of the trailer is very happy and upbeat, everyone is having a great time and there is also a bear leaping around. 19050-85090 At about 40 seconds in, the music changes its tempo and strobe lights start flashing and this changes the feeling of the atmosphere, then after this the party seems to deteriorate and people begin to be violently sick everywhere, fights begin, tears start to flow and it’s getting near the end of night and people start to fall asleep. It ends with the main characters of the series falling onto a bed together. <br />3467100144399019050432435The editing of this is extremely fast with shots only a few seconds long, and throughout the 1:06 minute long trailer it includes over 70 cuts. They are all short cuts with no transitions between them and this appears to make the trailer feel a lot faster and goes with the music very well. The Gossip provided the song ‘Standing in the Way of Control’ and the song is a loud and boisterous song which goes with the promo brilliantly, as it’s the kind of song which you can imagine people jumping around to and tearing a place apart – which is what they are doing in the video. The song is the only thing you can hear in the advert, there is no diegetic sound.Most of the shots in this are mid or close up and are mainly of teenagers kissing, drinking or taking drugs. There are a lot of props used in this very short sequence; a bear suit, water pistols, child’s tricycle, foam, cream, drugs, drink, phones, strobe lights, a vase, fairy lights and glow sticks to name a few! The advert is a little claustrophobic because it involves so many props and people and this adds to the crowdedness of the party, and there are so many people it is just getting out of control! <br />