Sunday, 19 March 2017
Thursday, 16 March 2017
Quadraphenia Questions
1. What are the defining characteristics of the Mods?
Significant elements of the mod subculture include:
The original mod scene was associated with amphetamine-fuelled all-night dancing at clubs. And they often brawled or rioted in fights against Rockers (another subculture).
2. What attitude did they have towards authority figures - explain with examples towards upper class, parents and police
- Jimmy tells his boss to “shove his job”.
- At Brighton the mods smash up a café (with rockers in it) and terrorise the town, and they also beat up police officers.
- Jimmy is watching his favourite band performing on TV and his dad tells him to “stop watching that rubbish”.
- When Jimmy is being sick in the toilets at work, two men (probably bosses) are discussing business matters and ignore him.
- Also when Jimmy is wearing wet jeans to shrink them to him and his parents think he’s mad.
- When Jimmy and the Mods are chanting “We are the Mods!” through Brighton and they scare passers-by. They then attack a café full with rockers.
- When Jimmy is on the train he sits next to two older, upper class men and they look down at him.
3. Quadrophenia deals with collective identity and personal identity. How does the film illustrate the collective identity of Mod culture? Find specific examples from the film that illustrate your point. Jimmy personal identity. How does Jimmy change during the film? What do you think that this change symbolises?
This is shown in the film with the scene where Jimmy and his friends who laugh whilst breaking into a chemist to steal drugs for the weekend of partying in Brighton. Also in the scene where Jimmy and his friends are shouting “We are the Mods!” whilst walking near Brighton beach. Its a collective identity of the individual only acting with his "tribe" not caring personally how it make him look, it is the collective identity that rules.
A change that occurs in the film is when Kevin (a rocker) comes to help Jimmy with his bike. At first Jimmy justifies his reasons for hating rockers, but then sees beyond the superficiality of it all and sees them as people too. Another change is when Jimmy and his friends are riding after some rockers who beat up his friend. Finally they get one and start to beat him up, but Jimmy sees that its Kevin tries to stop his friends, but ends up riding away. Both of these scenes symbolise Jimmy’s changing attitude towards rockers and changing attitudes towards this whole collective identity (that he is a part of) view of hating rockers.
When Jim returns home and he's been kicked out by his mother who has found his drugs and he has just quit his job. And while he was in jail Steph and Dave have gotten together all this culminates and Jimmy just rides away and his bike is hit by a postal truck and Jimmy realises that he is losing everything around him - this collective identity is everything, the world is still turning and bad things can happen to you. Jimmy changes from having this exciting life, to nothing, so he rips down the posters on his wall that represent his mod lifestyle and he decides to leave. Also when he drives Aces scooter of a cliff, a clear symbol of leaving this mod culture, a hate for it.
Significant elements of the mod subculture include:
- fashion (often tailor-made suits)
- music (including soul, ska, and R&B)
- motor scooters (usually Lambretta or Vespa).
The original mod scene was associated with amphetamine-fuelled all-night dancing at clubs. And they often brawled or rioted in fights against Rockers (another subculture).
2. What attitude did they have towards authority figures - explain with examples towards upper class, parents and police
- Jimmy tells his boss to “shove his job”.
- At Brighton the mods smash up a café (with rockers in it) and terrorise the town, and they also beat up police officers.
- Jimmy is watching his favourite band performing on TV and his dad tells him to “stop watching that rubbish”.
- When Jimmy is being sick in the toilets at work, two men (probably bosses) are discussing business matters and ignore him.
- Also when Jimmy is wearing wet jeans to shrink them to him and his parents think he’s mad.
- When Jimmy and the Mods are chanting “We are the Mods!” through Brighton and they scare passers-by. They then attack a café full with rockers.
- When Jimmy is on the train he sits next to two older, upper class men and they look down at him.
3. Quadrophenia deals with collective identity and personal identity. How does the film illustrate the collective identity of Mod culture? Find specific examples from the film that illustrate your point. Jimmy personal identity. How does Jimmy change during the film? What do you think that this change symbolises?
This is shown in the film with the scene where Jimmy and his friends who laugh whilst breaking into a chemist to steal drugs for the weekend of partying in Brighton. Also in the scene where Jimmy and his friends are shouting “We are the Mods!” whilst walking near Brighton beach. Its a collective identity of the individual only acting with his "tribe" not caring personally how it make him look, it is the collective identity that rules.
A change that occurs in the film is when Kevin (a rocker) comes to help Jimmy with his bike. At first Jimmy justifies his reasons for hating rockers, but then sees beyond the superficiality of it all and sees them as people too. Another change is when Jimmy and his friends are riding after some rockers who beat up his friend. Finally they get one and start to beat him up, but Jimmy sees that its Kevin tries to stop his friends, but ends up riding away. Both of these scenes symbolise Jimmy’s changing attitude towards rockers and changing attitudes towards this whole collective identity (that he is a part of) view of hating rockers.
When Jim returns home and he's been kicked out by his mother who has found his drugs and he has just quit his job. And while he was in jail Steph and Dave have gotten together all this culminates and Jimmy just rides away and his bike is hit by a postal truck and Jimmy realises that he is losing everything around him - this collective identity is everything, the world is still turning and bad things can happen to you. Jimmy changes from having this exciting life, to nothing, so he rips down the posters on his wall that represent his mod lifestyle and he decides to leave. Also when he drives Aces scooter of a cliff, a clear symbol of leaving this mod culture, a hate for it.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
1940's to the Naughties
1940's
Children after the war suddenly became teenagers, no longer got to work at 13 got to secondary school instead until 16. More youth, bit more freedom to not just become a reflection of their parents.
1950's
Teenager attended college, no longer working form age of 13, given more free time to find opinion, fashion and music interest - working small part time jobs provided spending money.
The Teddy Boy Subculture appeared in the 50's, they were unified by look , the first subculture to appear (scaring adults) and the media misrepresenting them. Their fashion was styled on the old Edwardian Suits from the early 1900's, a smart look that this youth subculture took on the separate themselves from everyone else and then American Rock and Roll hit England in 1955 and the music and the teddy boys became inseparable.
For women skirts became shorter and more colourful; more revealing compared to war standards.
Music - Mack the Knife - Pearl Bailey Sing
1960's
Children after the war suddenly became teenagers, no longer got to work at 13 got to secondary school instead until 16. More youth, bit more freedom to not just become a reflection of their parents.
1950's
Teenager attended college, no longer working form age of 13, given more free time to find opinion, fashion and music interest - working small part time jobs provided spending money.
The Teddy Boy Subculture appeared in the 50's, they were unified by look , the first subculture to appear (scaring adults) and the media misrepresenting them. Their fashion was styled on the old Edwardian Suits from the early 1900's, a smart look that this youth subculture took on the separate themselves from everyone else and then American Rock and Roll hit England in 1955 and the music and the teddy boys became inseparable.
For women skirts became shorter and more colourful; more revealing compared to war standards.
Music - Mack the Knife - Pearl Bailey Sing
1960's
1960's context from hentonmedia
1970's
Punk fashion wasn't a fashion it was a rebellion - they would buy 2nd hand clothes as a stand against capitalism.
Disco and Glamrock became big with David Bowie ultra egos wearing makeup and outrageous clothes.
First Gay Pride rally in 1972 helped by glam rock homosexuality became okay, more accepted became a regular site in news and magazines.
1980's
80's fashion was bright colourful and experimental - hair styles and wear big and bold fashion.
Music scene was sexualizing woman a profitable business - us pop items , Madonna, Michael Jackson.
Young ones - representing subculture in the UK, uni students of punks, nerds, hippies
New Romantics
Evolution of technology - phones, Ghetto Blasters
Gaming and arcades - teens would spend there time and arcades.
George hill and spitting image
Films - Hollywood blockbusters, nudity,
Emo was born, not scream - slipknot was created which is still about now.
1990's
Grunge (American rock edgy rebellious - nirvana) turned in Britpop - bands like Oasis and Blur. Britpop was a rebellion to American grunge.
Lad culture is associated with oasis with football fans, drinking, spitting, violent.
Acid House - illegal raves set up by the british youth, flurescent clothing and LSD - not a positive representation.
Pop - spice girls, destinys child, allsaints
GIRL POWER but also still use of femine gaze but they embraced it, took control of the sexualisation of the women.
People wer enow completely judged on what music they listened to, people would have friendship groups for it, people would dress to identity witht he music.
Representatation can be found in FHM Magazines for lad culture
Films could be Spice Girl videos.
2000's
Hoodie Horrors - Hoodie gained a negative impact. - associuated with gangviolence, even had petitions to get hoodies band.
in 2008 - American magazines stated that "British youngsters drink far more than their European counterparts.
Naughtis - launch of YouTube, first video in April 2005. Now celebrities had a bigger impact on teens because of the growth of internet and social media.
Fashion men would wear baggy trousers, jeans, hoodies. Women more velour ripped denim showing body off.
1970's
Punk fashion wasn't a fashion it was a rebellion - they would buy 2nd hand clothes as a stand against capitalism.
Disco and Glamrock became big with David Bowie ultra egos wearing makeup and outrageous clothes.
First Gay Pride rally in 1972 helped by glam rock homosexuality became okay, more accepted became a regular site in news and magazines.
1980's
80's fashion was bright colourful and experimental - hair styles and wear big and bold fashion.
Music scene was sexualizing woman a profitable business - us pop items , Madonna, Michael Jackson.
Young ones - representing subculture in the UK, uni students of punks, nerds, hippies
New Romantics
Evolution of technology - phones, Ghetto Blasters
Gaming and arcades - teens would spend there time and arcades.
George hill and spitting image
Films - Hollywood blockbusters, nudity,
Emo was born, not scream - slipknot was created which is still about now.
1990's
Grunge (American rock edgy rebellious - nirvana) turned in Britpop - bands like Oasis and Blur. Britpop was a rebellion to American grunge.
Lad culture is associated with oasis with football fans, drinking, spitting, violent.
Acid House - illegal raves set up by the british youth, flurescent clothing and LSD - not a positive representation.
Pop - spice girls, destinys child, allsaints
GIRL POWER but also still use of femine gaze but they embraced it, took control of the sexualisation of the women.
People wer enow completely judged on what music they listened to, people would have friendship groups for it, people would dress to identity witht he music.
Representatation can be found in FHM Magazines for lad culture
Films could be Spice Girl videos.
2000's
Hoodie Horrors - Hoodie gained a negative impact. - associuated with gangviolence, even had petitions to get hoodies band.
in 2008 - American magazines stated that "British youngsters drink far more than their European counterparts.
Naughtis - launch of YouTube, first video in April 2005. Now celebrities had a bigger impact on teens because of the growth of internet and social media.
Fashion men would wear baggy trousers, jeans, hoodies. Women more velour ripped denim showing body off.
Section B
Collective Identity (this is our second section of the exam, 1 hour)
Representation of : British Youth Subculture (subculture: a group people belong to)
Historical context : Old texts (30ish years ago)
Contempory texts (last 5 years)
Future (what are your thoughts?
This context is across all media types, at least 3 sources i.e. Moving Image, Print Work, Web Representation.
Representations case studies - Positive & Negative - who made it? Purpose? Audience? (2012 - onwards)
Theories and Critics should be placed within arguments/essay across the whole thing, should be quoted and argued against to support of subvert your main points.
Subcultures are defined by:
- Clothing
- Music
- Hobbies
- Similar tastes
- Slang
- Political Context
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