Sunday, 9 February 2014
Friday, 7 February 2014
Stereotypes
Gender
Post masculine, Post feminine(action chick), sex object, Traditional masculine, Traditional feminine and Hetrosexual(could fit into traditional category).
Sexuality
Camp/Butch, Victim, Threat and Sexualised/promiscuous.
Age
Reckless/irresponsible(young age group), Rebellious (young age group), alive/Beautiful(young age group), control/responsible(adults), Weak/frail(Elderly) and Wise/Traditional (Elderly/Adults).
Ethnicity
Pitied, Exotic, Dangerous, Humorous, Sexualised, Unified and in conflict.
Disability
Hero/brave, Villain Freak, Ugly and Victim/vulnerable.
Social Class
Upper class (educated, well spoken, 'posh'), Middle class(parents mature, traditional feminine/masculine), working class(uneducated, loveable but not respected), underclass (Chav/hoodie culture, unemployed, criminal)
Regional Identify
Urban, Suburban, Rural, Grim up north, Essex girl and arrogant Londoner.
Post masculine, Post feminine(action chick), sex object, Traditional masculine, Traditional feminine and Hetrosexual(could fit into traditional category).
Sexuality
Camp/Butch, Victim, Threat and Sexualised/promiscuous.
Age
Reckless/irresponsible(young age group), Rebellious (young age group), alive/Beautiful(young age group), control/responsible(adults), Weak/frail(Elderly) and Wise/Traditional (Elderly/Adults).
Ethnicity
Pitied, Exotic, Dangerous, Humorous, Sexualised, Unified and in conflict.
Disability
Hero/brave, Villain Freak, Ugly and Victim/vulnerable.
Social Class
Upper class (educated, well spoken, 'posh'), Middle class(parents mature, traditional feminine/masculine), working class(uneducated, loveable but not respected), underclass (Chav/hoodie culture, unemployed, criminal)
Regional Identify
Urban, Suburban, Rural, Grim up north, Essex girl and arrogant Londoner.
Monday, 3 February 2014
Stereotypes of age
The stereotypes of age are:
Elderly, longshots to show slow movement and close ups to show emotions. old fashioned clothes,formal, used to show they were young in an older period. Confused, weak and alone,shown through long shots and slow paced shots. Dissolve transitions, fade in and outs, used to show slow old pace.
Young age group, chav/hoodie culture. Costumes are casual, hoodies in this case community uniform. Shows they have done wrong, do not use formal language. Locations are poor areas, schools and parks. Props such as drugs and alcohol bottles are also used.
Traditional/wise/experienced
Formal costume, to show wealth as well as age (adult sometimes elderly). Dialogue is slow, as well as shots used to show wisdom. Low angles are used to show power, because they are wise.
Chav/hoodie culture, drugs used as props. Aggressive, no respect. Fast pace and jump cuts used, to show young age and anger. Lots of movement, reinforced with jump cuts, to show youth.
With some description
Alive/looks young/no wrinkles
Adults are jealous, want to be them.
Wear low cut tops, tight clothing and and hot in locations such as schools, party scenes and shops. Use looks to gain power, low angle. Close ups to see clear skin.
Authority/responsible/control
People are intimidated has power shown through low angles. Voice is loud, and close ups are used to show anger. Respected, among age group (adult). Fast pace used to show masculinity, which shows authority.
Vulnerable/frail/isolation
Elderly, longshots to show slow movement and close ups to show emotions. old fashioned clothes,formal, used to show they were young in an older period. Confused, weak and alone,shown through long shots and slow paced shots. Dissolve transitions, fade in and outs, used to show slow old pace.
Rebellious/threatening/irrational
Traditional/wise/experienced
Impetuous/reckless/irresponsibles
Examples of TV dramas, which either have a negative, positive or sympathetic representation of age.
Skins - Has a negative representation of the young generation. Showing all young people are aggressive and irresponsible.
Downton abbey - Has a positive response of young people, showing they are polite and have jobs.
Misifts - Negative response, showing they are criminals.
Pretty little liars - Sympathetic representation, four girls are constantly being endangered.
Eastenders - Sympathetic representation of the elderly, shown as weak and alone and low key lighting is used.
Primeval - Positive representation, majority of characters are adults, and are in charge of the portals. The have the most responsibility, and are seen as in charge, and doing good for the world.
Friday, 31 January 2014
Terminology - Age
Composition
The teenagers are grouped together, which fits into the stereotype that youths are often found in a 'gang'.
Shot Type
Extreme Long Shots Show loneliness, isolation - daylight no youth around, only come out at night. Empty side of the bed demonstrating loneliness and loss.
Diegetic
Use of long silences for old people, shows loneliness, isolation emptiness and reality.
Dialogue
Loud dialogue and shouting with lots of people talking over each other for youths, swearing.
Focused
Traditional camera shot types, perspective on elderly, detached, objective.
P.O.V.
Shot on a handheld phone for youth, dynamic, immediate, subjective, involved in the scene from their perspective.
Pace and Jump cuts
Longer length of shot for the elderly and shorter shots for the youths. Traditional continuity for the elderly and discontinuity shows rebellion, energy and intoxication of youth.
Non Diegetic soundtrack
Grime: fast pace up beat loud. Harsh and aggressive modern music for young people, symbolises intoxication and anger.
Lighting
Low key with strobes and backlit, representing nightlife/club, or threatening hiding the shadows.
Location and Proxemic codes
Avoids the underpass, graffiti and darkness going underground = hellish. Vulnerability/intimidation goes the long way round.
Costume and location
Suit and tie, traditional, pride in appearance. Kitchen is cleaned and tidy, washes up after eating shows discipline.
Costume
Hooded tops and caps, chav/hoodie culture. Concealment and hidden, criminal costume.
Depth of field
Unfocused, shallow to deep focus represent drug abuse.
Lighting
Low key lighting for the elderly, miserable or harsh daylight/reality.
High angle
High angle shots over the youths to show judgment/moral superiority over them. Threatening world below - proxemic code = symbolises hell below. Curtain drawn across to hide world outside.
Movement
Static track shots for the elderly representing a slow and static old person.
Props
Prescription drugs on the table show illness/vulnerability.
Props
Crack pipe and '20 bag'. Youths take other drugs to get high, revealing risk-taking, criminality pushing boundaries,free spirit.
Monday, 13 January 2014
Terminology
Terminology is worth 10 marks in the exam.
These are some terms I should revise.
Colour - determines a mood. Red = Danger (could be the villain), white = Pure(could be the damsel in distress).
Soundtrack score - Music written for a film.
Pace - The speed.
Cross cut - A cut between to shot, usually from two different locations.
Dissolve - A gradual transition from shot to shot.
Shot reverse shot - An editing term, usually used in a conversation. One shot shows one person, then it cuts to the other shot over the other side.
Motivated cut - An editing term, when a character motivates the cut. The shot will be on them, then on with they are look or pointing at.
Canted angle - When the angle is slightly slanted, to distort the shot. This is commonly used in phycological thrillers.
Rule of thirds - A rule in which the shot is more appealing for the audience. The shot is split into three.
Over the shoulder shot - A shot taken from over the shoulder, can be edited into shot reverse shot.
Match on action - Continuity editing, a shot continuing from another, can be different angles.
Deep and shallow focus - The foreground of the shot is out of focus, while the background in in focus, shallow is when the foreground is in focus and the background is out of focus.
Pull focus - A shot goes from deep focus to shallow. Changing the focus of the shot, to show the audience what to look at,this may imply the focused part is most important.
Jump cut - A cut not linking with the last shot.
Diegetic sound - Sound, you can see how it's being made.
Non-diegetic sound - Sound that you cannot see how it's beign made, is used to create suspense.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Primeval clip
Primeval clip
Sound :
Slow music - create emotion
Builds up gets louder- suspense mystery - digger diegetic sound - masculine sound
Tiger - masculine loud aggressive dangerousness
Action music fast paced - masculine
He has an accent
Birds non diegetic feminine
Woman no accent he does , she is more powerful opposites
He becomes aggressive - gun shots
Dogs aggressive noise masculine
Gun shots non diegetic like heat beat building suspense masculine
Location setting:
In the sun - happy feminine
Forest - masculine because it's big and the hand in the mud is dangerousness scary gross
Barn at the end - masculine because its a big open space as well as forest
Dark messy cold
Heights - masculine dangerousness
Editing
Jump cut on top of tree masculinity
A negative representation - stereotypes post masculine , post feminine, traditional feminine and traditional masculine . Reinforce if challenge
Post feminine - costume masculine, diegetic sound digger masculine, holds gun but behind traditional masculine man reinforcing forest is large space masculine most screen time in faster shot masculine
Traditional male- costume masculine, jump cuts masculine fast action, mystery action suspense music, direst and barb large space, tree heights dangerousness camera angle shows height opposites with post feminine - one is a traditional ideal the other is not opposite to the traditional femininity
Post masculine - costume pink top feminine speaks the least, man in barn traditional male, costume masculine, barn space gun non diegetic sound of guns heart beat suspense
Woman in barn- masculine in her power no accent man does but in her costume camera angles feminine has to be saved 'damsel in distress'.
The traditional ideals of society are reinforced, but they are also challenged in costume and behaviour. But the post masculine man doesn't say much or have much screen time so doesn't have as much power can other characters so reinforces in a way.
Thursday, 2 January 2014
Timed essay- The Representation of gender In the Hustle clip - Sophie Bishop
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.
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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