From Dust Till Dawn 1) How the clip constructs & represents gender: the woman is being watched, 'gazed' at, by the men. there are two opposites male and female, and the lead female has the power over the man. 2) What stereotypes or archetypes? The woman is feminine from the way she is presented, and there to be looked at,and the men are masculine, and tough looking 3) How the theories can be applied The theory we looked at was the male gaze, this was applied when the woman was on stage, and the men were looking at her. 4) The differences and power relationships between gender The woman had power, you can see this from the camera angles, as she was being looked up at using a low angle shot. The woman and the men in the audience had low power as they were looked down upon by the dancer, from a high angle shot.
4 areas of analysis: Camera: low angles of woman - shows power. Close ups of sexual parts of body, and facial expression. The woman is in the middle of all shots, so all eyes are on her. the camera shots are showing what the audience are seeing Mise - en -scene: She has power, her outfit is red, tassels attract them to look at her sexual parts, snake is phallic, flames in the background show power, shes got a pristine body, and her make up enhances her beauty. Sound: All goes silent when she comes on - gives us only visual senses, music moves with her movements (shes moving slowly), and then she builds up to a climax and the music suddenly gets fast and upbeat, music emphasises her movement Editing: most of the camera shots are on her, pace is slow, shot reverse shot of her and man when she is manipulating him with her foot, contrast with the main lady and the more masculine lady in the audience.
Question 1 - Mise en scene is used to represent gender in the form of the costumes, settings and scenes, props and facial expressions of the characters in the Doctor Who clip for example we see the pirates brandishing guns and having beards giving us the impression these people are 'real' men. (Max) Camera - women in shots seem more bigger as shown by CU. The men are in the foreground and all look similar. Men therefore weaker. Doctor has some power however, low angle of amy getting the sword. Low angles showing power. Fast movement, when fighting, low camera angles when siren comes out.CU on sirens. (ashleigh) Editing- the woman leads the scene and brings the story forward along with the pirates. the effects of the scene is dark, misty effects and bright lighting. the pass of the editing is slow calm at first then starts to get fast with different shots and angles. the woman fighting has more time on the screen than the men. Shot revers shots are shown in the fight scene. there is glow effect of the woman (demand. (Iesha).
Question 2- stereotypes and Archetypes- The pirates are men and live the archetypical way pirates live 'sailing the seven seas' and are using cutlases and guns stereotypical of pirates.
Question 3 - Male Gaze Can be seen as the woman dressed up as the pirate (tomboy) and the siren is the 'pretty woman'.
Question 4 - the woman has more power as the doctor is the damsel in distress (he is on a plank walking to his death and is then crowded into a corner being strangled and useless while the woman attacks and shows bravado towards the pirates).
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1) How the clip constructs & represents gender:
the woman is being watched, 'gazed' at, by the men.
there are two opposites male and female, and the lead female has the power over the man.
2) What stereotypes or archetypes?
The woman is feminine from the way she is presented, and there to be looked at,and the men are masculine, and tough looking
3) How the theories can be applied
The theory we looked at was the male gaze, this was applied when the woman was on stage, and the men were looking at her.
4) The differences and power relationships between gender
The woman had power, you can see this from the camera angles, as she was being looked up at using a low angle shot. The woman and the men in the audience had low power as they were looked down upon by the dancer, from a high angle shot.
4 areas of analysis:
Camera: low angles of woman - shows power. Close ups of sexual parts of body, and facial expression. The woman is in the middle of all shots, so all eyes are on her. the camera shots are showing what the audience are seeing
Mise - en -scene:
She has power, her outfit is red, tassels attract them to look at her sexual parts, snake is phallic, flames in the background show power, shes got a pristine body, and her make up enhances her beauty.
Sound: All goes silent when she comes on - gives us only visual senses, music moves with her movements (shes moving slowly), and then she builds up to a climax and the music suddenly gets fast and upbeat, music emphasises her movement
Editing: most of the camera shots are on her, pace is slow, shot reverse shot of her and man when she is manipulating him with her foot, contrast with the main lady and the more masculine lady in the audience.
Question 1 - Mise en scene is used to represent gender in the form of the costumes, settings and scenes, props and facial expressions of the characters in the Doctor Who clip for example we see the pirates brandishing guns and having beards giving us the impression these people are 'real' men. (Max)
ReplyDeleteCamera - women in shots seem more bigger as shown by CU. The men are in the foreground and all look similar. Men therefore weaker. Doctor has some power however, low angle of amy getting the sword. Low angles showing power. Fast movement, when fighting, low camera angles when siren comes out.CU on sirens. (ashleigh)
Editing- the woman leads the scene and brings the story forward along with the pirates. the effects of the scene is dark, misty effects and bright lighting. the pass of the editing is slow calm at first then starts to get fast with different shots and angles. the woman fighting has more time on the screen than the men. Shot revers shots are shown in the fight scene. there is glow effect of the woman (demand. (Iesha).
Question 2- stereotypes and Archetypes- The pirates are men and live the archetypical way pirates live 'sailing the seven seas' and are using cutlases and guns stereotypical of pirates.
Question 3 - Male Gaze Can be seen as the woman dressed up as the pirate (tomboy) and the siren is the 'pretty woman'.
Question 4 - the woman has more power as the doctor is the damsel in distress (he is on a plank walking to his death and is then crowded into a corner being strangled and useless while the woman attacks and shows bravado towards the pirates).