Monarch of the Glen- Analysis of Age.

Monarch of the Glen- Analysis of Age.
This clip highlights the differences between adults being mature and wise and children being reckless and rebellious. The age difference is emphasised by the character Amy being reckless driving the car and crashing it, running away from school and acting like a child.
The clip highlights the fact that she wants to be older and tries to portray herself being older than her real age of just 16. The first time we see Amy in the clip she is wearing a yellow top, this suggests that she is a care free child and is enjoying what she is currently doing. In comparison to the adults that are wearing dark coloured clothes showing that they might not be as happy and care free as Amy this is shown by them rushing about trying to put things in to the back of the car.
Shortly after, Amy gets asked if she can drive, she replies with ‘yeah of course i can, i passed first time’ by Amy saying this Paul gives her the keys and puts trust in Amy to drive the car safely and be mature. Paul has trusted Amy to drive his car highlighting the fact that he thinks she is mature enough to drive and be sensible. She is being treated like one of the adults, something that she has always wanted. Amy cannot drive and you can see this when it zooms in on her looking at the steering wheel and talking to herself questioning how to drive the car. Once she gets going and starts to drive off around the corner digetic sounds have been used to emphasise the fact that they are in the country with the car driving on the dirt tracks.
Amy crashed the car and Paul and his family rush to see if she is okay, illustrating that they care for her and she cares for them like a family. All of them are hugging her and stroking her back this has connotations of what a mother would do to her new born baby again highlighting that Amy is still in fact a child. After the crash the attention shifts to the wellbeing of Amy instead of the state of the cars. The Professor is invited into Pauls home and cuts straight to a room with old books and a mature vibe about it. The conversation quickly changed to sorting out the situation with Amy this is done rationally and calmly showing that they are adults and can sort things out in a orderly fashion.
The scene cuts to Amy shouting at Paul ‘i hate you’ this demonstrates the difference between the adults and the children in this scene. The professor and Paul are being able to speak calmly about a situation and on the other hand Amy shouting at Paul being childlike and not being able to speak about things before running away with her emotions and shouting. After she shouts ‘i hate you’ at Paul she runs away this is typical behaviour of a teenager, running away from a problem.
It then cuts to Amy’s bedroom which is decorated with girly pink colours and white wardrobes; this shows immaturity as girls of an older age have neutral colours in their rooms to show maturity. There is a medium close up of an old teddy in Amy’s room this symbolises Amy still being a child if she needs to have a teddy with her, something to comfort her.
Nearing to the end of the clip it shows us the men working hard in the field the boy digging doing the hard work because he is youthful and has a lot of energy unlike the older farm workers that are middle age or older. An older lady runs down to tell Paul about Amy running away she is out of breath and is finding it hard to get her words out, highlighting the youthfulness of the boy and Amy.