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First impressions

The scripted characters in this series, Meg, Gethin, Jac and Meera, are based on interviews conducted with real Welsh teenagers. In this film, they talk about their first impressions of each other and are challenged on their initial perceptions, while reflecting on how they may be perceived themselves.

Teacher notes

Progression Step 4

Four Welsh teenagers – Gethin, Jac, Meera and Meg – are interviewed on their first impressions of one another. They all have initial pre-conceived ideas of each other, and reflect on how they may be perceived themselves. They are all guilty of making false assumptions of one another, and readily it this. Meera its she has a crush on Gethin and presumes he’s straight, Gethin presumed Meg identified as English because she grew up in Reading. Meg thinks Jac is really shy because he doesn’t talk much about his personal life, and Jac says he finds Meera really interesting because he thinks she is from India. The teenagers reflect on how false assumptions make them feel, and recognise how they made false assumptions themselves. They all notice how their own personal experiences form the identities they place onto each other, and recognise the importance of getting to know one another in order to understand the complexities of each person’s identity.

Curriculum notes

  • Students could be shown several images of individuals and asked to describe the type of person they think they are, including hobbies, nationality etc. These could then be shared and compared and differences identified. The teacher would then have a real description of each person in the pictures and share them with the class. The pupil could compare their own ideas about the individuals with the real life descriptions, picking up on any stereotypes etc.
  • Students could be asked how they can tackle stereotypes and false assumptions.
  • Students can list three false assumptions that are often made about them, and how these assumptions make them feel.
  • Students can work together to create ‘layers’ for an individual: what people see on the outside, what you see when you get to know someone a bit better, and what is someone's true identity 'inside'.
  • Students could write a short script or conversation between two people showing how to talk and listen sensitively in order to find out more about someone’s identity.

More from this series:

Four Welsh teenagers introduce themselves and key parts of their personal identity.

Who am I?

Four Welsh teenagers explore changing identities and perspectives.

Changing identities

Four teenagers look at historical revolutions in a Welsh and global context.

Historical revolutions