Gender- Wire in the blood

Shot Types

The first shot I identified showing a represenation of gender was a medium shot this was of the women coming out the house with a man and pointing at him. They both look very arguementative towards eachother. This shot shows that the producer has represented these characters through being masculine. This is because they both are being very arguementative this is through there facial expressions and how there speaking very angry to eachother. Also the women points which is very rude these points all show  stereotypical traits of being masculine. This is then followed to a extreme medium shot of the women walking over to her team and demanding them what roles they need to do to solve this crime. This is a masculine representation as its being very controlling and having more power than the rest of them. This is also a stereotypical trait of being masculine. Through these to camera shots there is already evidence that this clip contains the genre of crime. This is because of the convention which is that the women and man walk out the murder scene this shows that they both are the main inspectors. In a crime film there is always two so they can discuss the issues and crime between them to allow the audience to know whats going through there minds and what action there going to do.

The next camera shot is a close up of the man putting his coffe on the table and a medium shot of the description of the man being that he is wearing a smart shirt. He has smart trousers on and he has dark hair with a muscular build. The appearence of him and the prop which is a cup of coffe all are the producers choice of representing masculine. These all are stereotypes of being masculine and are very noticeable to the viewers.

In addition however even though this clip has shown the follwoing representation's of being masculine. There is also representations of being feminine. This is through the extreme medium shot of the women walking down the stairs past her child. She is rustling around with paper work and on the phone trying to organise at the last minute a baby sitter. The representation of being feminnie is that this women is family orientated as she has a young boy. She is very unorgansied and paniking because she has to get to work and she hasnt got anyone to look after her son. She is becoming stressed out and that is why her desk is gettting untidy. These are all steretypes of being feminne and this is why the producer wanted to use these to show this characters femine side.

I then had identified a low angle shot of a tall blad man dressed in black smash through a door. This is then followed through by the camera follwing him through the room. This man is very tall and has a dangerouse and stern face. He is all in black and is surrounded by close up shots of men who are very scruffy and dirty looking. They are smoking and have the attitude of being lazy. There are bottles of alchol around the room this shows that these characters could be drunk. The room is very dark and looks deserted. All the men are sitting down while the tall man in black is standing up and acting very authorative by not caring if he hurts or ruins there room. In these camera shots there is more than one representation of being masculine one being very powerful and violent smashing through there door. The other being very lazy and scruffy looking smoking and drinking alchole.

Following on from this shot there is a master shot this shot is of the man and young boy in the kitchen and they have made popcorn. The pop corn is flying every where. This shows the mans feminine side as he is in the kitchen cooking and this is a stereotypical feminnine thing to do. Also he is with the young boy laughing which shows they are having a good time and shows that this man is very fun to be around.This man is helping out his work partner however further on in this clip there is evidence that they could be more than friends.

The last shot type I identifeid which was showing a represenation of gender is an extreme medium shot of the young boy and man sitting on the sofa watching tv together. This again is representing the man's feminine side as he is being very careing and ocupieing the young boy with love. The conversation they are having is very personal and shows the man letting out his feelings this is very emotional which is a huge stereotype for being feminnine.

Sound

The first sound that I identified was the slow and haunting tune this is non-deigetic and asychronous as it doesnt appear on the screen. This tune happens when the man is looking very masculine and trying to figure out the crime using xrays. This tune also is played when the tall bald man smashes through the door and violently throws another man's head through a damp wall. This tune could be there to represent when the scene is involving a crime and is also there to make the representation of being masculine very intense.
Another sound I identified is the women when she was rustling around with all her paper work and grabbing things to put in her bag these are all diegetic as they came naturally but do not all appear on screen. This is an input in showing this women's feminne side through her paniked behavouir.
There is two sound affects of the tall blad man braking into the door and smashing the man's door through the wall these all are very loud and violent noises that create pain and anger this is to add to the representation of masculine and create a scene of crime and intensity.These sounds are both deigetic and synchronous because they both are on screen sounds.
The last sound I thought linked to the representation of gender is the diegetic noise of the popcorn popping everywhere. This sound hilighted the fun they were having and was a prop that identified there feminne side through cooking in the kitchen. As well as how women never look at instructions which is why everything ends up a diaster which the popping of pop corn everywhere was.

Mice-en-scene

The costumes that represnted gender in this clip were that the representation of masculine costumes  they were either wearing very smart clothing including shirts, trousers and a smart coat. The man who was very violent was all in black this was to match his very dark and evil personality. The other costumes that was in the clip was the lazy men who wore very old,dirty clothing. They didnt look very clean and were unstylish as they only cared about there fags and drink.

The settings and furniture in this clip that represented gender were the first setting which was a street this street was surrounded by a crime team and the camera shot's were all in black and white to show that they could be dealing with huge violence or a murder. There was a police officer who was in this setting and the weather looked cold by what they was wearing to make the scenery very haunting.
The second setting was the womens house this was very unorangised and messy as all her paper work was everywhere and the childs toys were every where as well. The furiture shown in then kitchen was very modern and spaciouse which shows that this clip is in present times. The lighting in the house is very bright which reflected the fun the man and young boy was having.
The last setting was the deserted room. This setting was very dark and contains old and trampy furniture. The walls were very damp which could suggest the building was very old and worn out. The tall, bald man who turned up came out of a car this car was very stylish which could suggest that this man is wealthy through his violence.

The props used in this clip to show the representation of gender were the man who had a cup of coffe this is a steroetype of being masculine as the contrast is that being feminnie you drink tea.

Editing
There was staright cuts through out the whole clip this was to keep the viewers attention on whats going and on and so that each camera shot flows. However there was a few action match's these were one when the man knocks on the womens door then walks through the door. The other is when the tall bald man smashes through the door then walks into the room. The first one represented being feminnine because he politely knocked and waited to be allowed to come through. Where as the other smashed throught the door which is very rude and causing violents which is how the producer had chosen to represent masculin in that very moment.