Quadrophenia 1979

Mods and rockers conflict
Teenagers shown as fairly tame, only swearing, drinking, and driving recklessly occasionally
Rocker 'we're all the same really' Jimmy Mod ' I don't want to be the same'
Drug use by teens
Violence between mods and rockers
Very upbeat music tastes
Referred to as strange by older people

The teenagers and all of their ideals and emotions are reflected upon a story of gang violence. Due to the contextual elements of the film this gang violence is revealed through the conflict of mods and rockers that had developed due to different cultural ideas and music associated with each gang. The film depicts this clash of ideas early in the film when one of the rockers tries to justify acting normally by saying "we're all the same really" while Jimmy, who is a mod responds "I don't want to be the same". The teenagers within the film are represented in an explosive and revolutionary way. The mods all take drugs, referred to as "blues" which were some of the most popular drugs among youth culture at the time of the film. They show no care or regard for themselves or others as they are willing to drive recklessly through the streets on their bikes, sometimes even under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. We can also see this when the main mod Jimmy drives through a fence and destroys the garden of the host of the party. They are all represented to be highly sexually active during a party scene. The music that they listen to is frowned upon by older generations due to it's extreme themes and racy rhythm. The teenagers are shown to be violent throughout the film as they threaten and use bad language towards each other. As the film escalates, one of the rockers end up being ambushed by the mods after an attack on one of their own. This ends in a brutal way, leaving the rocker bloody and bruised after the attack. Teenagers are also shown as mentally unstable within the film as the main character begins to struggle with his sanity, revealing it as a condition that runs in the family.

Hypodermic Needle Theory- Mindlessly consume media

Narrative Theory- Enigma code (missing fact), texts are constructed around the scaffolding of equilibrium, Vladimir Prop produced character typography (31 in total)

Stan Cohen- Moral panics, deviance amplification, folk devils (Mods and rockers)

David Gauntlett- "Identities are not 'given' but are constructed and negotiated"

Cultivation Theory- Gerbener: People who watch a lot of TV over estimate crime within the real world 

David Buckingham- "A focus on identity requires us to pay close attention to diverse ways in which media and technologies are used in everyday life"

Gramsky- Society is run by a small, elite group of people to make sure they keep their status and position.

Hegemony- Term for a dominant ideology (Gramsky)

The News- Reflective Reprisentation
Steve Anderson- "Younger people are becoming a lot more empowered because of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and blogging"

Collective Identity-This is England

Woody's Gang:

• Different to the other skinhead gangs
• Different ethnicities within gang
• Friendly
• Shown as occasionally destructive but not against other people

Collective Identity

Spectatorial Culture- Audience watches
Participatorial Culture- Audience takes part

Laura Mulvey- The male gaze (camera from a heterosexual male perspective)

Chandelier Parodies:

• First: An attempt to replicate the tone, choreography and style of the original video for comical effect.
• Second: A direct imitation of the original video in order to test dancer's ability by imitating the choreography, no humour intended.

Blurred Lines:

• Extremely suggestive by showing naked women
• Women are used in order to promote the song, with no involvement on the original track (this allows for the song to be viewed more on YouTube and bought more)
• Mulvey: Cameras used to show the male gaze while viewing the women

Chandelier:

• Objectified using a nude coloured outfit and is made-up with a wig and make-up
• Has resulted in participatorial culture, featuring parodies.

Genre

Steve Neale-

• "Genres are instances of repetition and difference" (1980, 48)
• "Difference is absolutely essential to the economy of genre" (Neale 1980)

Tzvetan Todorov-

• "Any instance of a genre will be necessarily different" (cited in Gledhill 1985,60)

Lacey- 

• "Repertoire is elements" that work together to suggest genre and that these are a useful framework to use for analysis.

Gledhill-

• There are no "rigid rules of inclusion and exclusion" (Gledhill 1985)
• "Genres…are not discrete systems, consisting of a fixed number of listable items" (Gledhill 1985)
• "It is difficult to make clear cut distinctions between one genre and another: genres overlap, and there are mixed genres such s comedy thrillers" (Chandler 2000)

Burton-

• Suggests that each text in a given genre shares particular key elements to make up the generic formula, these include: protagonists, stock characters, plots and stock situations, icons, background and decor themes

1b answer attempt:

Genre has been described as a way of grouping different texts. Genres within film can help to follow certain conventions of genres such as horror or comedy. This can be important for both institutions and audiences through the use of the success of films within genres that had previously been released. It is extremely important in this sense for films within the genre to follow certain conventions in order to fall into the genre, however, theorists such as Steve Neale would argue that"genres are instances of repetition and difference". This essentially argues that there must be variations between genres in order to captivate existing fans of the genre through conventions while avoiding repetition. More of an audience can be captured through the creation of hybrids, where two or more genres will form, creating a wider appeal for the audience.