representation task - skins

In the first scene of the show we are introduced to the character tony, at first he comes across as a very normal, confident, good looking teenage boy, we get the impression that he is confident because he works out as soon as he wakes up which shows that he cares about his appearance, and also when he stares at the naked women across the street, full well knowing that she could turn around at any time. which she does. He also checks himself out in the mirror in a very cocky way which is done to make him appear arrogant and confident.

His room first appears to be a very sterotypical teenage room, a stero system, clothes, posters etc, but when we look closer we can see that thing aren't as simple as they seem, the posters are vintage italian film posters, which portrays Tony as an intelligent character as someone of his age would not normally be watching films like that as they arent aimed at teenagers. another thing we notice is that his clothes are perfectly folded in his drawer, and his jackets and jumpers are on a rail as if they are in a shop with plenty of space, none are squashed together, this gives us the impression that the character possibly has OCD which explains why he woke up in bed with the sheets being perfectly flat as if nobody had touched them. 

As we develop through the scene we find out that Tony is a typically rebellious teenager, first shown when he plays the music extremely loud, not only to help his also rebellious sister into the house after a night out but to annoy his dad, who seems to be losing control of the family and tony is very much in control, passive aggressively. And again when he sneaks out the bathroom window simply just to annoy his dad and subtly prove that he is in control. 

when we are introduced to tony's friends we notice that they are all binary opposites, we have maxi, who is gay, Anwar who is a Muslim, Syd who is a nerd, and chris who is in bed with a girl, his friendship group is very broad and he appears to be the ringleader who is ringing everyone up and trying to organise the party, it is clear that if tony says something the rest will follow from the start. he is also very sexist towards his girlfriend, constantly calling her 'nips' reffering to her apparent funny nipples and tries to get her to help out with syd being a virgin, as if she doesn't have a choice, yet he does this in a charming and witty manner. Tony is very patronising to syd as well, he tells him that he is embarrassing because he hasn't lost his virginity by the age of 16 and constantly insults him, but yet again he seems to do it in a passive agressive way that comes of as charming and friendly.