Notes:
Mise-en-scene:
Woman - male gaze, because she is dressed in tight clothes she is seen as important to the man, panicked - ring
man - Higher class/ money than older woman - post masculine - speaks in a feminine way high pitched, not aggressive
older woman - looks lower class than other woman, looks disorganised - hair - costume
older man - business suit - smoking traditional male 1960's masculine
blonde man - lower class- accent London,
Woman at end - challenging stereotype, business wear authority over blonde man - ''you did ok''
The ring - prop- woman care about jeweler- middle class- well educated
money-prop -men care about money - middle or maybe working trying to look higher to get money-less educated - accent 'new bird' slang
whiskey
male with alarm in suitcase, aggressive - ''shut up''
Camera shots:
Close up on woman important
high angle on older woman less powerful man is in power reinforcing stereotype
Panning to see dress, curves male gaze reinforcing female stereotype.
180 degree rule on men- conversation
tracking shot of woman- to show panic
close up on woman - speaks directly to camera talks to audience.
long shot on two men to show body language masculine
180 degree rule on conversation
low angle on post masculine man
closeup on blonde man- looks and smiles directly to camera
composition at begging in order of authority, power elderly woman closer to the camera weakest, post masculine male then in between, with the woman with the most power, reinforcing traditional femininity, furthest away, and with her whole body in shot.
closeup on ring at begging on her finger
shaky camera on panic in shop
Editing:
cross dissolve transition from left upper corner, soft, feminine showing he is a post masculine male
shaking transition to the conversation the rapid shaking aggressive masculine
High key lighting, in shop making it feminine post masculine male
wipe across transition goes with music fast fun, smooth feminine, fast transition which is masculine another wipe transition to the next scene - panic fast transition
cross dissolve downwards
wipe transition again quickly after, fast
wipe transition
Sound:
''i'm sure I can'' blonde woman
music all the way through
man in shop post masculine, no accent well spoken well educated, 'posh'
elderly woman
''I adore it it's fabulous''
man American accent, traditional masculine male 1960's
fast paced music with panic, jazz
high pitched panic voice feminine traditional
alarm loud, masculine police, danger
blonde man accent south east London, slang ''bird'' traditional masculinity reinforcing stereotype
music gone or lowered for dialog
''3,2,1'' he knows slightly arrogant attitude, masculine
Essay:
This clip from The Hustle reinforced and challenged the traditional 1960's femininity and masculinity. The man who works in the fashion shop at the begging is challenging the traditional masculine. He is a post masculine male, shown by all four technical areas. He is shown as having less authority than the blonde woman in the shop, at the begging, which shows she is more masculine than him. Composition in that scene shows the elderly woman towards the camera, the woman the furthest away, and the post masculine male in between. But he does have more power than the elderly woman, shown in a high angle shot, which reinforces the stereotype of the traditional masculine man, having more power over woman. He has a soft voice, and is well spoken and well educated, so he does not use informal language, making him feminine. This character had the most prominence on screen, making him an important character, perhaps to make the audience warm to him and feel synthetic for him, when the blonde man gets his way, this is feminine because he hasn't got much power.
The woman in the shop has the most power, because she is shown furthest away from the camera, and her whole body is shown. Because her whole body is shown, her body language is shown as apposed to emotion shown by her facial features, unlike the other characters in the scene. This woman and the elderly woman are opposites, because the elderly woman is seen as weaker because of her age, and lack of power over the man. Whereas the other woman has more power because of male gaze and she is younger. This is a masculine attribute, therefor she is challenging the stereotype, of the traditional female, who has the less power than a male. She is also shopping and then going to a hair appointment, rather than working like the post masculine man, traditionally her husband would be. Making her a house wife and not working which is traditionally an ideology of the 1960's. The prop used was a ring, which shows that she is married, and the husband has more power and 'owns her'.
Male gaze is used to interest audience, but a in depth character is also used to keep the audience interested. A panning shot is used to show this characters body, and her costume is used to reinforce the male gaze, she is wearing tight clothing, they both show the curves of her body. Because she is the figure to male gaze, she is reinforcing the stereotype of the traditional woman, that woman are just a sexual object.
A close up is used, and the character looks into the camera, and talks to the audience, she say's ''i'm sure I can''. This makes what she has said important, and has control and power, which is masculine. A close up is used on the ring, to show she is married, and to keep that prop in the mind of the audience. When the ring is gone, she panics, this is shown through her higher pitched and louder voice, which is feminine. The use of transition at that point also shows panic, a shaky transition is aggressive so is masculine, it shows the anger of the character. A tracking shot follows her, showing she has power again, but also panic. Because the shot is shaky, which is abrupt and quick so masculine. The music gets louder and faster, showing panic, the loud music shows masculinity. But it reinforces the stereotype, that social expectations and ideology of the woman, woman are weak and need help from a hero figure who is an archetype.
The scenes consistently swap to different scenarios, one of them reinforces the stereotype of the traditional masculine man. The 180 degree rule is used as well as shot reverse shot, during the two men's conversation. They smoke and drink whiskey, which is masculine, and no woman are present. The transitions ending from the shop scene are cross dissolves which are soft and feminine. But as they fade out from the scene with the two men, they are more abrupt and quick, wipe transitions are used which are masculine. Loud laughter is used as part of their dialogue, with one of the men being American, making him very masculine. The loud and deep voice, along with the Accent makes him a stereotypical American male.
The blonde man is very much reinforcing the traditional male stereotype, his character is a negative representation of a male. He has a arrogant dialogue, ''1, 2, 3'' shows he knows what's going to happen. The direct look to the camera also reinforces this theory, making the audience see him as the antagonist. He has a South London accent, making him sound not well educated and the opposite to the woman at the begging who was well spoken. He also refers to his Partner as his 'Bird', this use of informal language, shows he feels he has more power over woman.
The accent, arrogant and power shows he is reinforcing the traditional male stereotype. Which shows he is an opposite to the post-masculine male. At the end, he loses some power, shown by the woman (traditionally in the 1960's she would have been socially seen to be weak and not independent). She is shown to be 'in charge' of him, therefore she has more power so is masculine challenging the stereotype seen throughout the clip.
Sound is used throughout determining a masculine character/behavior to a feminine behavior. Dietetic sound is used, the siren is loud and makes the character hurry to quiet it down. Making what he is doing seem wrong, so this behavior determines a masculine characteristic of being deceiving and lying.
This clip has a negative representation on males, because they are seen as the stereotype of the traditional 1960's male, arrogant, strong, powerful and loud. The post masculine man is also shown negatively, because he has the least power, because he is more feminine. The elderly woman is shown negatively as being weak, because she is weaker and has less power. The other two woman are shown in a negative light, they do have the most power in some shots, but they are shown as post feminine. They both take part in the male gaze, but have the most power. This is negative because they are only powerful because of the male gaze, rather than from their own right.
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