Analysis of Skins Posters

Character In this skins poster there are many characters that are included however the poster has centred one individual which is quiet evident. The character that has been centred and divided from the rest of the poster can be judged straight away from her appearance what immediately comes to mind when seeing this character is filth and shame. You could also identify that she is more or less alone, lost in a place she cannot come out of which could also bring sympathy for this character. An if you look closely you can she her facial expression almost like a call for help nevertheless her make up is terrible and her hair is in worrying condition and all these symptoms depicted this character as being a teenager that is immature, senseless and sad. If u also look strictly at her body she looks unclean unkempt which emphasises that she is a teenager who don’t really care what type of state she is in. However from her facial expression (sad, unhappy) there is more to this character then meets the naked eye you could almost feel anxiety from her.

Addition props As you can see from the skins poster every character is half naked or naked this is done to express most teenage characters. The way the poster has centred this character in this poster almost gives you the idea that she is the sent of attention to most of the teenagers around her. You can see dirty sweaty bodies that give you the impression of teenagers having sex which help the audience identify what type of programme skins is.

Settings The poster shows these characters in a rotted house which was probably done to convey that these characters are tremendously filthy and have no respect for themselves. The clothing also brings that impression but having the rotted house convinces the viewers completely. The rotted house conveys a lot it states that the teenagers are not in an environment were there are parents or officials to stop there dreadful behaviour which means the likely things to take place would be drugs, sex and drinking. Not all teenagers would be expressed like this however the way the teenagers are depicted in the skins poster what else would they be involved in?

Interior design In this particular skins poster the design is made to make us the audience feel disgusted and appalled. In the image you can see that the house has been torn apart the wallpaper has been destroyed and it looks very cramped up. The design of the room is rather devilish but doll due to the fact of the lighting. Everything looks in disarray which conveys that the teenagers have been up to senseless activity however if you look deeply the only thing that looks in order is the lamb which could be significant. The state of which the house is in could bring the message that the house doesn’t belong to anyone and if it does belong to someone that someone that is ill and needs serious help.

Colour In this skins poster the colour is very effect because it creates the mood and atmosphere of the poster. An in the poster the colour is rather dark and demise this creates a doll miserable mood and the atmosphere can be seen as less exciting then you would think its more like a sad isolated atmosphere. The wallpaper brings that sense of sadness and worry.

Lightings In this skins poster the lighting that is used I believe is natural the light is coming from one part of the room where the lamb is placed and the further away you are the darker it is. The lighting towards the main character is low key and the poster makes us look toward the main character because the dark side and the light side the character is in between. The lighting used also brings a sense of sadness and worry and the character herself helps us believe this sense of sadness. The lighting also brings a scary eerie mood tone and atmosphere.

Conclusion Ultimately in this particular skins poster teenagers are represented as being unreasonable irresponsible and senseless which in my opinion I believe is wrong. However due to the fact that the main character in the poster looks sad it could also mean that in this modern day when you find you self involved it is very hard to escape .I believe that it is a realistic portrayal of certain teenagers those that do drugs have unreasonable amounts of alcohol, sex and isolated from everyone else. However there are many teenagers that are far from the same road as teenagers that are depicted in this poster like myself and many others. This poster is very distant from being false and is quiet believable indeed. Certainly this is a negative representation of teenagers showing the ill sided part of teenage hood like the drinking and sex.

In my opinion I believe that most adults would deny that all teenagers I like this but would be certainly aware that we do have teenagers that behave in this manner. Some parents would use this as a foundation to try stop things like this happening in reality trying to found a better path for young teens. However there are adults that would think that the poster shows exactly what ALL teenagers do when not being watched by elders and that more posters should be published to help elders to become more aware and vigilant with their children.

In my outlook I wouldn’t seen a reason why teenagers should find the images offensive due to the fact that they are conveying teenagers that have a dark cloud over there lives. However the way that the teenagers are presented in the skins poster some teenagers even adults might like to dress in that manner which in some cases would be offensive because a person that dresses like that shouldn’t be judged on the way they present or dress their selves.