Wednesday 1 October 2014

representation of gender in embed clip? (essay style question)

the 4 areas of textual analysis are represented by age in this clip very well as it shows the same camera angle on men and women for the police inspectors walking out the house at the state of the clip where the sounds very intense and fast as if they  need to move fast, tho shot pans across fast to to track them furthermore it shows an argument between the two policemen which would explain the intense sound effects at the start. the clip varies the age representation through out as it contain children and fully grown men and women.

the shot opens with the police being shown outside the house focusing on two in particular as they would have importance the case in the tv drama wire in the blood, it shows a number of shots as its a tracking shot that pans across the from the door t show a large number of policemen  surrounding the house where you hear a certain type of sound effects that are intense but serious, it continues on to show the argument close up to see the facial emotion of the actors. it then continues on with a shot where the male walks of and women stayed butt this shows significance as it shows the camera angles the same height of the male and female showing there male and female axe equals within the same scene as there more commonly looked down at as sexual objects and men  more dominant and more intelligent but this clip at the shows equality as the women sound more intelligent.

the clip moves onto the house scene of the female officer that was shown in the first scene where its a worm  hole sot where it pan down in a verticle way to show the way the stairs go which ties in with phone call as ht baby sitter hasn't turned up so there shot is showing and irresponsible possibly younger person which  the female officers day going down hill, this is shown by the shot going retile and down from the left the right. age is represented as the shot look down like a ariel shot to the child and a higher bearing shot on the mother, this shows representation of age as shows the adult more dominant and the child the submitter who does as he told which portrays them  as weak which is why the angle looks down on the child in particular. the sound in this scene is more crazy like something is going wrong or not the way it is wanted. 

the shot moves to  a more dark scene where fit shows an extreme long shot of an abandoned looking house which is boarded up and an a tracking shot on the expensive mercedes car in which well dressed looking gentlemen walk out, this represents age as it shows more dominant males that would be stereo types to be well spoken, well dressed and well off, furthermore it show indie the side a mess and what looks like youths where the sound is intense and ark the camera angles look down upon the youths and up on the more richer superior people. this represents age as the youths are smoking and in a messy house which could be a drug house for squatters in which this would be a stereo typical young 20 year old. the rich men are represented as the more domino t as they have wealth, expensive cars etc. this angle is alms t a worm hole shot looking up a they  have the power the youths are the weaker, less powerful people. 

the scene near the end changes as it goes to the male officer at the start and the child having fun with the whole mood changing in the scene a the sound changes and the camera movements become faster less slow as the scene isn't as intense and serious. this scene represents age as it show the male adult acting like a child rarer than being a baby sitter which this shows that the child acting similar as the camera looks down upon him again as he almost acts and behaves like the adult, ha vin fun  and a laugh. this is interesting as a the start he was portrayed a serious officer but this could represent his age as deep down he could a man child who's fun and only acts more grown up on the job.

overall age is represented very well in this clip as it shows the camera movements slow in the intense abandoned house scene and fast during the child scene. the sound alternates according the age representation as when the child is around the camera shot and angles are fast and during the more intense the scenes are it slows down and changes the angle looking down up on squatters and upon rich wealthy threatening men alternating the way they  are represented as they are youth and the richer are adults.       

     

1 comment:

  1. First of all, you were analysing the representation of gender, not age! Your writing needs work Josh; there are a number of mistakes in spelling and following your argument is difficult because sometimes the sense of what you're saying is lost. Also, there are some discrepancies between your analysis and what appears in the footage. For example, at the beginning of the scene the men and women do appear equal side by side, however, during the over the shoulder shot, the lead detective, a female, is higher in the shot than the other two police officers, indicating a position of power. Furthermore, when the camera shifts to over her shoulder, looking at the man, he is higher still, indicating that he is in the higher position of authority.

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