'Skins' has a wide variety of characters and so there are lots of different representations put across.
COOK
- one of the lads, very confident - reflected in open body language
- impulsive
- thrill-seeking
- shows one half of a stereotypical male personality
- boyish
- spontaneous, irresponsible, up for a challenge
- reflected in music, camerawork, and actions
- also has nice moments - quite a complex character
EFFY
- seductive and sexy
- not girly
- daring
- individual, doesn't conform to society
- doesn't speak much - little dialogue is flirty, daring, enigmatic, and has lots of innuendo; she says more with her facial expressions and eyes
- never gives too much away
- when she enters for the first time, you can't see her in the car - she's unnoticable at first, as in her everyday life - she is quiet
- she enters with a big scene (car crash) that she is completely indifferent to
- Effy has superior knowledge and understands how things work
EMILY
- twin of Katie
- shy with her twin at school
- confident at home with brother - we see different sides to her
- she's always in the background, literally
- insecure
KATIE
- confident
- wants to appear seductive but just sounds slutty
e.g. Danny: Woah, where's your knickers girl??
Katie: That's for me to know, and you to find out!
- rumour-spreading
- smart but doesn't really show it; puts 'cool' reputation first
FREDDIE
- trendy, indie
- middle class background, perfect sister
- more independent than his two best friends Cook & JJ - shot at table, positionings in frame with him taking up left side on his own
- sensible
- no ambition
- skater
JJ
- background
- similar to Pandora
- very very good at maths (gives statistic)
- wears braces - stereotypical geek indicator
- JJ has closed body language - shy, not confident
PANDORA
- background
- ditzy, less intelligent
- speaks truth - role of 'fool', who is the entertainer in some way or another and no one takes seriously, and so is only one allowed to tell the truth
- naive
From episode 1, we can see there are going to be themes of sexuality, and there are certain representations here with Naomi and Emily, whose twin claims Naomi is a lesbian (calling her, amongst other things, a 'total lezzer bitch') and tried to kiss Emily. The audience may quickly think this is likely to be the case due to stereotypical views - Naomi's independence, fashion sense, and feminist views could be seen to connote that she is a lesbian - however, we find not too long after that Emily actually kissed Naomi, and there's a great big storyline to come out of that.
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