Representation of age in E.R

       Youth is represented in a number of ways in E.R. For example, the camera is used to make the boy seem weak and vulnerable by the use of a high angle shot, looking down on the boy. this makes him seem like a stereotypical young boy who in this case is very vulnerable. Mise-on-scene also does this by the use of props. The boy is surrounded by medical equipment including noise tubes to reinforce the boys invertible death. This also includes the makeup they have used for the boy. His eyes seem restless and his face is very pail, again stereotyping young people as weak and vulnerable. However, the dialog contradicts this when the boy says, "So it worked?" This suddenly changes our out look on the boy. It represents youths as wise and well educated seeing as he is showed to be as cleaver as a doctor.  The Mise-en-scene is also used as a counter-steriotype by the use of props. In this case they is completing a sudoko. This shows the boy is intelligent and unlike other stereotypical youths.
         The sequence ends with the sound the sound of a hart monitor beeping in the background as he starts to talk about his mum. This represents youths as dependant on the parents.
         The abrupt cross-cutinto the waiting room shows a jux-to-position from a calm medical room with a boy talking about his invertible death to a winy stereotypical boy with a small bit. This shows the maturity of the other boy.
         Old age is represented in this sequence as lonely. This is shown but the use of dialog. We see this when an old woman is sitting in a waiting room and is asked why she wants to be treated and the old lady responds, "No, I'm  just here of the hospital air." This represents the elderly as insecure and lonely.