Sexuality in Skins - Episode 1 Season 1

During the 10 second clip, the only character is represented as being bisexual. There are many different items and positioning that point us to this evaluation. To start off with the camera is only on his eyes, they snap open as soon as some church bells ring close by. The curtains are open and as the camera zooms out you can see that the character hasn’t had a very good night sleep, if any sleep at all. When the camera is fully zoomed out you can see that he is just lying in the middle of his bed.  His bed sheets consist of a naked man and woman sleeping but without a head, this is so a person sleeping will have their head on a body. The character though is lying in-between these pictures, this shows that he is confused about his sexuality and that he is single. One reason for him not getting a lot of sleep is that he has been troubled by something, and it has kept him awake. This maybe that he is troubled by his sexuality, his curtains are open so he might not have wanted to get any sleep. The day is Sunday as church bells are ringing; he must have woken up early. The church bells are a ‘cultural code’ for people in England, the church bells ringing automatically gives the idea that it is Sunday to an Englishman. The stereotypical teenager lays in on the weekend because they have been out the night before. This character is up early, this shows that he is not tired and hasn’t been up to much on the Saturday night. This gives out an ‘enigma code’ where questions have been asked but there have been no answers. This encourages the audience to keep on watching as they want to get the answers to these questions. When the camera is fully zoomed out you can see most of his bedroom from the ceiling. There is a white wooden floor, expensive rug, an office chair and a trolley found in most supermarkets. This infers that he most likely have stolen this, stealing such a big object would be impossible for normal teenagers as it would be impossible to carry upstairs and sneak it past parents. You still would have to stop them noticing it as well.