Youngers Trailer Deconstruction

The British urban drama TV show Youngers shown on E4 displays exaggerated conventions found in a typical urban drama.

 

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Location Camera angles feature establishing shots of London, and this trailer is no exception, as we are firs met with the sky line of several high rise flats, shot at night-time, making the genre instantly recognisable for the audience.

Urban drama's allow the audience to have a social relationship with the character with the medium shots combined with close ups that are used. This allows the audience to make their own judgement on the characters, and having them shot close to the camera makes them more relatable to the target audience of a younger generation. 

Family relationships are also often shown within urban dramas, and the two shots of the teenagers and their parents shows how there is a level of respect for the parents, and how they mean a lot to the teens. Long shots of chase scenes are often found and raise the level of tension within a scene, however on this estate, a car is used instead of two people running, adding a more modern and more tense effect to the scene.

Sound The sound we hear first mimics that of an explosion or a gun shot as violence is a common convention, but as the trailer goes on, no violence appears to be shown. A voice over is also used throughout the trailer which is not uncommon, it aids the trailer in having a story line that the audience can follow along with.

This voice over is combined with a combination of music tracks from the same generation, more commonly featuring rap, or grime music. Characters used in urban dramas are conventionally black or mixed raced boys.

The mum featured has a strong African accent that is exaggerated to show how her traditional views juxtapose the views of a westernised teenager. "Endz", "Bruv" and other slang words are used that also aid the genre. 

Editing
Montage editing is used as with all urban dramas, this allows a story to be set out and the audience are able to meet the characters that will feature within the programme, and the jump cuts show the various situations that the characters are faced with. 

Mise en Scene
Mise en Scene is very important when it comes to urban dramas as characters become defined by what they wear and what they surround themselves with. In urban drama's, the tracksuit/snap back combination is very common and conforms to the media representation of young people.

However we see a character in a suit, this subverts from what we expect, and moves him away from the same expectations that are placed upon other characterised.

The type of car that is used is important as well, as connotations of a boy racer type come with it, however it would not be such an expensive car, as that would be unrealistic to use within the drama.