A hard day's night 1964.

Focus on: Gender, sex / sexuality, age, class, youth and Britain.

Class.

• At the centre of the narrative is four working class heroes which is typical of most of these types of films from the 1960's.
• In terms of class, there were changing attitudes and the rise of the working class was evident in this film; this is illustrated with the scene on the train with 'the city gent'.
• Not only are these lads working class, but are from the north (Liverpool) - An area that had often been under represented in the media before.
• Class is often one of the areas that is showing conflict within the narrative. 

Age.

• The prominence of youth is evident in this film.
• In terms of the representation of age, the film, as with others are centered around young, male protagonists - again this shows the way in which youth had come to prominence during this period.
• Within the narrative, conflict is very much present between the 'lads' and the older generation - who want to keep them down and in their place - this can be seen to mirror many young people's experiences during the 1960s.
• The theme of freedom and breaking free is evident with the lads as with other films like Alfie. 
• An interesting challenge to the older generation with Paul's grandfather who is a mixer. 

Sex/Sexuality.

• The film does not really touch on issues to do with sex/sexuality as with other films of this period. The producers were deliberately doing this in order to gain a wider family audience for the group and to promote a 'clean cut' image.

Britain. 

• The film very much reinforces London as being the capital of swinging Britain, elements such as music, fashion, hairstyles all contribute to this.

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• The film touches on and makes fun of the new industries of the media and marketing which emerged in this period. 
• Link to part one on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkKra3_pfBY&feature=related

Part one -
there's a clear generation gap and the prominence of youth is easily identifiable, the 'lads' annoy the city gent and don't respect his wishes, asserting their dominance. The sequence starts with the Beatles running down the road in attempt to escape their fans - they then jump on a train where they end up in the carriage with 'a strange old man' who is Paul's grandfather - who is constantly referred to as a 'clean, old man' - a joke from a previous tv series which appeals to the older members of the audience.