Homwork due 21st Jan

Read the page on the Representation of Gender at top.

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 Editing
 Sound
 Mise en scène

The first obvious camera shot that indicates the use of gender is the over the shoulder shot of the woman. This is when the woman is having a conversation with the man who works within the shop. This camera shot allows for the audience to see that the man is taller than her and this therefore makes it look like he has more authority than the woman who is looking at a dress. This delivery of authority indicates gender as the man being more in charge and having power over the woman, therefore making her leave.

The next shot to indicate gender is the extreme close up of the other woman's hand. On her hand, is a big and expensive looking ring. Due to the fact she's shopping in a high standard shop, the audience may assume that her husband has the money rather than her because of the fact she's a woman. The ring therefore indicates that she is wealthy, but only thanks to her husband rather than herself.

A tilt shot is used to show the woman as she's tries on the black backless dress in the shop. This camera shot has been done in order to demonstrate the woman's sexiness. During this scene, the audience find out that she is buying the dress. This dress gives off the impression that she is wearing it to look good for someone. She is made to feel like an object to men because of her sexy figure.

There is also a medium shot taken of a man further on in the clip. This shot indicates that the man is trying to multitask which indicates a sense of feminism due to the fact that woman are usually the ones who can do more than one thing at a time. He is seen to be on the phone while he is trying to fix something. The whole idea of him trying to fix something is commonly associated and stereotyped with being masculine as they're the ones who use tools and try to fix or repair things that need attention.

There is an eye line match during the scene when the man and woman are talking. The eye line match indicates gender because the woman is looking up at the man. This can be stereo typically viewed as authority. This means that because men are commonly known to have higher status and power than women, she is looking up at him. This eye line match allows for the audience to gasp that although she is wealthy, the man still has higher authority over her because he owns the shop.

A diegetic and synchronous sound that can be heard is the woman when she loses her ring. The speech she says is "my husband will kill me". This instantly allows the audience to see that she has lower authority over her husband because he is the man in charge and is the wealthy one of the two. She is dependent on him and doesn't want to disappoint him because she's afraid of him. This is stereotypical for the woman to be taken charge of by their man because he is the higher authority gender.

Another diegetic and synchronous sound that is heard within this clip is the alarm that goes off when the man is trying to fix something. This indicates a change in gender due to the fact that the man is trying to multitask - which is commonly stereotyped with women. This change in gender affects the performance of the man who is talking on the phone while trying to fix something. Because he cannot multitask very well due to the fact he's a man, he sets the alarm off which therefore causes him to react in a way that isn't commonly associated with men (who are meant to be tough and calm). This man reacts in a panicked way which is more so associated with woman.

The mise-en-scene of the woman's clothes indicate a sense of feminism due to the fact that the outfit she walks in with, is tight and well fitted to compliment her figure. This shows that she is being feminist because she is showing off her luxurious figure. The dress that she tries on also indicates her feminine side because it was sexy and glamorous like a stereotypical woman's outfit if she wants to be sexy.

By analysing the overall appearance of the shop floor, I have come to the conclusion that the shop is a woman's shop due to the racks of woman's dresses that are available for purchase. The fact that the owner of the shop is a male, may indicate that he is in touch with his feminine side. This isn't stereotypical behaviour of a male character but he is going against stereotypes and acting more feminine.

The older man who is talking to the younger man in a scene, is dressed in a suit and drinking whiskey. This automatically demonstrates that he is masculine because he is dressed smartly and drinking a strong drink. Whiskey is seen to be a drink for 'tough' men due to the fact that it's strength is quite high. This therefore indicates that he is being stereotypical of men and showing his masculinity.