Editing in skins

Parallel editing is used to show that the boy and girl are related and have a strong relationship. We can see through the parallel editing that they lead very different teenage lives, showing binary opposite characters. She is coming home; rebelling against house rules and he has been in his own bed. This conforms to Levi Strauss' idea that all narratives have opposites. The two narrative threads come together as she reaches the window and the cut aways show that she relies on him to cover up for her.

The pace of editing is quite fast as action editing and short takes are used to show the fast pace of the protagonists life, this conforms to stereotypes as teenagers are normally quite busy if they have schoolwork or a job meaning that they usually have no time for themselves. A shot reverse shot is used to show the conversation between the teenager and the father these shots show the reactions of the father over the teenage boys loud music, this shot is also used between the young girl and the protagonist with them both attempting to sneak the young girl in after a night out without her father knowing.
The short action shots are used to show that the characters are in a rush to get the girl inside to avoid being caught by their father.
The scene is shot in real time which shows his routine and the amount of time it takes each morning, the action editing along with the short takes is used to create a montage when the protagonist is working out, also compressed time is used in the montage because we do not see the whole of the protagonists workout. this conforms to the stereotype of a teenager because it shows that he is image conscious like most teenagers.