Shameless

In our lesson we watched Shameless to get an understand of representation in the form of class and status.


We looked at how different elements are used to construct the representations for example mise en scence, sound, camera work etc.














Fiona
Fiona is the eldest child in the family and acts as a Mother figure to the others as her Father is barely present.





Frank
Frank is the single parent of the Gallagher family after his wife left. He however doesnt play a fatherly role and daily is bought home by the police drunk.






Lip
Lip is the oldest son of the Gallagher family and is portrayed as being quite intelligence. He uses this is a business minded way to earn money and gained his nick name lip for always answering back. He shows prejudice against bisexuality.


Ian
Ian is the son younger than Lip. He is gay and appears to be ashamed of this until Lip finds out. He has been carrying out relations with Cash (the muslim supermarket worker) and appears to be slightly intimidated by his brother.


Steve
Steve is a man that Fiona meets at a club who has been watching her for several weeks. He seems considerate and tries to help Fiona as much as possible and doesnt feel threatened by her situation with her Father. He is fairly well off but due to a not necessarily 'clean' way.