Summer Height's High Analysis

Australian actor and director Chris Lilley, is famed for his directing of mockumentary, especially for gaining world-wide success while filming Summer Height’s High, and We Can Be Heroes. Although Lilley’s mockumentaries partakes of both the pleasures of humour and the moral confidence of social critique, Lilley utilises another device in the critical arsenal of satire.
Perhaps we might tamper this slightly by saying that, whether Lilley was irritating to promote humour, it’s impossible to escape the suspicion that its intent, illustrates a biased underlying attitude or belief about teens.
In writing Summer Height’s High, Lilley creates three main characters of whom he could examine three different experiences of high school; by, that of a
Analysed within typical media texts, they all contain some form of aesthetic feature to convey information. Although it is one of the most important concepts, theories have divided the term to be manipulated in an author’s likeness.
Unlike Daily Mail, for Summer Height’s High to use aesthetic features, it must also bear consideration for music and sound selection. Usually during each episode, sound appears when a character is presented. This repetitive strategy allows Lilley to portray a subject matter, without consuming significant time to present relevant information. Furthermore, by setting its characters against a real background of a school, viewers can be familiar with codes and conventions of the documentary, thus in the process requires technique such as satire, irony, parody and exaggeration to be effective. Yet, in its fullness audiences are affected to unjustified values towards certain features.
Without a doubt Chris Lilley's mockumentaries are stereotypical in to some extent, when it comes to representing teens. But don’t take my word for it, watch Summer Heights High. Challenge It. Question it: Is it funny? To what extent are teens represented? Is Lilley intent to promote humour or stereotyping?
Just don’t dismiss it with a