Friday 10 October 2014

Representation of gender-Wire in the blood


Camera shots/movement:
The start of the clip shows a tracking shot of the two people coming out of the house arguing, moving from over the wall to in front of the people. It is also a point of view shot showing the view of them arguing seen by all the other police officers on the case. It immediately shows the power of the two people which goes against the male gaze in this case as the women appears to be in charge over the man. This then changes to a close up of the women's face to show her frustration against the man and then it switches to an over the shoulder shot, making the audience feel awkward as they are in the middle of the conversation and therefore the argument. The power changes at the next shot as the women goes to give orders to the team but the man believes he is not needed so leaves and its only when she asks him to stay that he says he will look at the work. It zooms into her face to show her desperation as she says "please" to get the man to do what she wants, showing his power and the traditional male gaze of the male having power over the female. The clip ends with an establishing/high angled shot of the scene showing the audience the scene of the police officers and showing the audience the chaos which the women thought she had under control.
The next scene is a mix of close ups of the evidence the man is looking at, close ups of his face when he figures out what each one represents and long shots of him moving around trying to work them out. It is put together using the tracking shot of him walking around to show his stress and the chaos of the case as he tries to work it out. The final shot of him is at a low angle which shows he is dominant as he has worked out what each thing means towards the case and showing the traditional male gaze of the man being able to sort something out when the women could not.
There is an establishing shot to show the change of scenery as the car pulls up to the abandoned house, the men are filmed at a low angled shot as they break in showing that they clearly have a lot of power and the people they are about to face are weak. These men are viewed in the male gaze as they appear to be dangerous and dominant towards the people in the house and project a lot of fear towards them and anyone else who would upset them.
Sound:
Non diegetic sound is used  to overlap the beginning scenes in this clip to make it seem more mysterious and creepy for the audience watching. This is also used during the evidence scene getting louder to build tension and to make it seem like he is slowly figuring out the answers and working out the case. Similar tension building music is also used in the scene where the two men enter the house to make them appear more violent and fearful. This quickly switches to the care free music of popcorn popping and TV background music to the man babysitting the child, this shows the difference between the scenes. This shows the difference in the male gaze as the males in the house are the traditional male gaze showing strength and power compared to the man babysitting who appears to have no control over the child and popcorn and is not respected as much as the other men.
Editing:
The shots in this scene are cross-cut simply showing the quick changes of shots and the quick decisions that are being made. Also it is used to show a two way conversation and to switch between each character showing their facial expressions.
During the scene where the men enter the house there is a cut to past shot which shows the 'man who gives the orders' to have been locked up when the man asked what happened to him. This could show a previous episode and what happened to him or only something that man knows that has actually happened to the leader.
Most of this clip is fast pace showing the fast past of the police case that is happening. It uses jump cuts to quickly switch between different shots such as in the scene where the man is looking at the pieces of evidence and quickly figuring out what one means before moving onto the next.
Mise en scene:
The women appears to have authority at the start of this clip as she tells the other police officers what to do. The police uniform the men are wearing automatically gives them authority and by her ordering them shows the audience that she is in charge and that she has power.
At the start of the scene with the child the women is shown to have the power as she gets the man to babysit even though he says "me?" showing he doesn't want to/feel like he should. This gives her the power and which goes against the male gaze however, this changes later on in this scene when the child tells the man about the previous nanny. The women refused to explain why the nanny had left but the child easily tells the man about it, giving him the power and undermining the women which shows the traditional male gaze.The house in this scene is also very messy as she tells her child to put the toys away before she 'breaks her neck'. This resembles her chaotic job and lifestyle as she often is unsure on what's going on, also it goes against the common stereotype of the male gaze that the women should stay at home and keep a tidy household showing she is clearly to busy for this with her job.
In the abandoned house shot the lighting is dark which automatically makes the audience assume something bad is going to happen and making them more cautious. The males that enter the abandoned house show their automatic dominance by the way that they act and the way they treat the other people in this house, this leads to them being viewed in the traditional male gaze way.

1 comment:

  1. Excellent detail and use of media terms. Great reference to the theory of Male Gaze from the lesson.

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