National Identity - Scotland

Here is the ident sequence for the Six Nations Rugby coverage for 2013:





Here is an interesting link to an essay by a Scots girl discussing how she feels about how Scotland is stereotyped:

http://tracks1f.cappelendamm.no/c100338/artikkel/vis.html?tid=100979

TEXT 1: (DVD Cover and tourist advert)

Here is a copy of the Brave DVD cover that you will analyse from the 2012 Pixar movie:

Here is a link to see it full size - useful, as you will need to look at the image and text in close detail:

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And here's the trailer, just to see if your initial ideas about the way the film represents Scotland are accurate:





And now for the Visit Scotland tourist ad linked to the film:





TEXT 2: (Film and documentary)

Here is the trailer for NEDS:





Note: the director of this film is Peter Mullan - Mullan was born in Scotland, the youngest of eight. He was brought up on a rough council estate with an alcoholic father. He was briefly part of a street gang, before going ton to university. It is worth considering how this has influenced the way Scotland is portrayed in the film.

Here is a link to a plot synopsis on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neds_(film)


Here is an American documentary on Teenage Gangs in Glasgow from 2012:





TEXT 3: (TV)

We looked at the opening of a New Tricks episode from October 2012 - you will need to track this down online and ask us for a copy. This offers a much more modern adn stylish image of Scotland.