Within this blog I will be analysing an episode of the Inbetweeners. The episode that I will be looking at is The Fashion Show in Season 3. I will be speaking about the Characters in the episode, the editing techniques used and also the narratives such as the plot points.
Character Analysis
The 3 Characters that I will be analysing are Will, Simon, Jay and Neil who are the 4 main Characters in the Series Inbetweeners. In the Inbetweeners Will is the sensible character and is like the father figure and is always trying to be controlling with whatever Simon, Neil or Jay do he trys to be the sensible one all the time.
Will is also very embarrassing in the episode trying to boycott the Fashion Show which is for a very good cause in raising money for the fashion show for a character called Alister who has Kidney Failure and is getting better and Will trys to boycott the fashion show by trying to get Alister to find a different way to raise money for the hospital he was treated at.
In the Inbetweeners Jay is the liar of the group and has no maturity who trys to make himself out to be really popular by telling loads of lies to everyone in the group. For example in the this episode when Simon is asked to be in the fashion show he walks off with Carly the organiser of the fashion show by making up a lie saying he's just missed a call from Ralph Lauren when Simon, Will realise that the phone didn't even ring.
Neil is the one in the group who has no care in the world and is the loveable one in the group and no matter what he does during the series everyone in the group will always love him and always looks for advice from Will but also Neil believes anything Jay tells him. Simon is the most mature one of the group with his car having passed his test in the earlier series but also can turn into Jay. For example when he is caught by his parents and brother practising for the Fashion Show in the conservatory and uses language similar to what jay would do and storms of kicking the chair and climbing on top of the shed in anger.
Will is also very embarrassing in the episode trying to boycott the Fashion Show which is for a very good cause in raising money for the fashion show for a character called Alister who has Kidney Failure and is getting better and Will trys to boycott the fashion show by trying to get Alister to find a different way to raise money for the hospital he was treated at.
In the Inbetweeners Jay is the liar of the group and has no maturity who trys to make himself out to be really popular by telling loads of lies to everyone in the group. For example in the this episode when Simon is asked to be in the fashion show he walks off with Carly the organiser of the fashion show by making up a lie saying he's just missed a call from Ralph Lauren when Simon, Will realise that the phone didn't even ring.
Neil is the one in the group who has no care in the world and is the loveable one in the group and no matter what he does during the series everyone in the group will always love him and always looks for advice from Will but also Neil believes anything Jay tells him. Simon is the most mature one of the group with his car having passed his test in the earlier series but also can turn into Jay. For example when he is caught by his parents and brother practising for the Fashion Show in the conservatory and uses language similar to what jay would do and storms of kicking the chair and climbing on top of the shed in anger.
Narrative Analysis
The Narritive for Inbetweeners is split into 2 plot points which are firstly when Will is brought into the office by Gilbert who is the headmaster of the sixth form they attend and tells Will that he will be collecting all the money they raise for the fashion show. This is where Will brings up the point about the modelling show being about exclusive Vanity and that there are other ways to raise money for the fashion show. This also Shows that Will is also the most responsible one of the group haven been chosen by Gilbert to collect the money for him because Gilbert knows Will wouldn't take the money.This is the first plot point because it shows there ordinary lives changing from there every day life going Sixth form for Simon to be modelling in the fashion show and Will to be collecting the money and this is where the boycott against the fashion show starts. Also during this plot point Will, Simon, Jay and Neil aim to get something out of the Fashion Show with Jay wanting to be a Model for Carly. Simon wanting to do anything for her, Will wanting to boycott the whole fashion show and Neil to try and see all the girls naked.
Plot point two is where Simon is chosen at the end for Carly's sexy finale at the end and Simon without knowing has his testicle out during the whole finale at the end and embarrasses himself. This is the second plot point because everything gets messed up for simon because he leaves his testicle out during the finale which embarrasses Carly because it wasn't meant to be funny for anyone and all the repercussions after this are dealt very quickly and Simon gets into serious trouble with the Gilbert the head teacher of the school and he falls out with Carly. Will gets rejected from Charlotte who he is always trying to impress her by doing anything she asks of him similar with Simon and Carly. Jay doesn't get to model and ends up at the hospital with his ear after it got infected and makes up some more lies that he had slept with the nurse and claimed she looked like Lucy Pinder which Neil believes. Finally Neil didn't get to see any girls but confesses that he has kissed Charlotte in front of Will before and there lives go back to normal and the whole problem has been solved.
Technical Elements
The technical elements for this episode of the Inbetweeners are that the Mise En Scene for this episode are that the characters are middle class people. This is shown because they are mainly dressed in there college uniforms in the episodes which also shows a teenage youth culture with scenes of them going college and going out with each other after college has finished. The way they wear there uniforms show their separate personas with Simon and Will have the smart and geeky look and this matches there characters in the series. Where as Jay and Neil have the scruffy way of wearing it which match there which matches there characters in the series.
The main editing techniques for the Inbetweeners are there are plenty of jump-cuts which keep the scene moving forward with the same storyline. Other shots that are used are shot reverse shots, close ups and medium close ups. The shot reverse shot shows a conversation between two people and mainly close up to their face to show some emotions. An example of this is with the scene with the disabled person Alister and a high angle shot is used to show his emotions when speaking to Will. The sound that is used in the Inbetweeners is diegetic which is all on scene sound which is the characters voices and music.
The technical elements for this episode of the Inbetweeners are that the Mise En Scene for this episode are that the characters are middle class people. This is shown because they are mainly dressed in there college uniforms in the episodes which also shows a teenage youth culture with scenes of them going college and going out with each other after college has finished. The way they wear there uniforms show their separate personas with Simon and Will have the smart and geeky look and this matches there characters in the series. Where as Jay and Neil have the scruffy way of wearing it which match there which matches there characters in the series.
The main editing techniques for the Inbetweeners are there are plenty of jump-cuts which keep the scene moving forward with the same storyline. Other shots that are used are shot reverse shots, close ups and medium close ups. The shot reverse shot shows a conversation between two people and mainly close up to their face to show some emotions. An example of this is with the scene with the disabled person Alister and a high angle shot is used to show his emotions when speaking to Will. The sound that is used in the Inbetweeners is diegetic which is all on scene sound which is the characters voices and music.
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