Stereotype of age in Humans

The stereotype of age in Humans is shown through the old man as we can clearly see the lifestyle he's accustomed to which is reflected in our modern day society. We are shown that is he wearing very old fashioned clothing which a tartan design which suggests he doesn't like trying things that are new. this is shown later one when he rejects the idea of having an upgraded synthetic human which shows he's comfortable which what he is used to. We can see that there are a lot of pictures frames around his house which suggests he likes looking back at old times. This display the stereotype of older people being lonely.

The paceworker then knocks on the door and the man is very reluctant to open the door which suggest the idea of secrets. This can also be shown how although the place is very lit up, there are elements of darkness which suggest mystery. Through a point of view shot, we can in the end, he opens the door and and through shot reverse shots we can see that he doesn't want to let her in yet she comes in anyway. Shallow focus is used on the pace worker which suggests her level of importance whereas the older man is hiding behind the door which suggests her status scares him. This suggests the idea of elderly people having no power in society. 

They then sit down and he is displayed in bright light whereas his surroundings are in darker light such as his photo frames which contain his memories. This suggests the idea of him being in the present while he's in the past. The diegetic sound of the creaky doors represents how he’s been through a lot and they reflect his age and how long he’s been in the house. This suggests he gets emotionally attached to small things and doesn’t like to change them. This shows why he didn’t want to swap his synthetic human. Continuity editing is used to show that this is his daily life and what he’s used to.

The older man doesn’t appear to like being around other people a similar age to him such as the pace worker who is middle age and the newer synthetic human appears old. Yet his current synthetic human seems to be quite young and child like and plays hide and seek with the man. This suggests he reminds him of his children and he is emotionally attached to him. The synthetic human appears to remind the old man of his son as in the extract we can see this is what he calls him. This shows that he enjoys the company of young people rather than older people which is unusual and the stereotypical view of teenagers from an older person’s perspective is that they are all rebellious and rude.

The older man goes and gets his synthetic human out of the wardrobe and says to him “games over” which demonstrates the idea of how he’s much more child like. This shows the stereotype of the younger generation acting younger than they actually are. This tells us that due to his age, he is a more dominant figure. He then proceeds to walk away and he’s asked if he wants toast with his favourite jam which shows as the synthetic human knows what he usually has, he tends to has it a lot. This suggests that he doesn’t like to experiment with different things which demonstrates the stereotype of old people not wanting to try something new.

The pace worker wants to replace the older synthetic human with a newer model as she says it is more useful. This older synthetic human could be a connotation for the older man George as he can’t do much anymore which suggests society just wants to replace him. This is also shown through his language of calling him “son” as it shows that George sees himself in the old synthetic human. This represents the stereotype of age as it shows that society feels older people aren’t helpful and they would rather have a model that can do more as they feel it’s more useful. The pace worker doesn’t register that George might have an emotional attachment to the synthetic human which suggests she thinks because he’s older, he would be used to losing people.