A2 Media

Lesson on 25-01-10:

In this lesson we looked at trailers that involved different youth representations from different decades. All trailers highlighted the way youth are related to crime, smoking and drug taking. We looked at trailers from 1936, through til modern day with one in 2006 so we could make clear connections.
Reefer Madness created a moral panic about drugs in the 1930's and shows how drugs can take over a persons complete life. The youth within the trailer didn't look as young as what we would see youth as being today, and this was one of the starting points for the stereotyping of youth in relation to drugs and sex. This promiscuous behaviour has been presented through these videos and youths seem to become highly labelled with this notion.
This is the trailer for Reefer Madness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1jB7RBGVGk

We also looked at Quadrophenia which was made in the 1970's, Look Back In Anger, Bullet Boy and Kidulthood. All trailers show the negative points and pressures of being a teenager in each decade. All presentated us with bad labelling of youth, including drugs, sexual promiscuity and violent acts. All show reoccuring themes with some elements of truth, although they have been exaggerated influencing moral panics about youth culture within our society in Britain.