How shot types help to represent gender:
There is an over the shoulder shot of the man walking away and he also is walking up a hill which shows him to be higher then the woman. This represents masculine people to have more authority over feminine people because of the angle of this shot. The women (the feminine person) is looking up at the man (the masculine person) and this correlates with the fact that she is asking for the mans help. The stereotype of a feminine person is to do dependent on others and the stereotype of masculine is to be independent, this links to this shot. There are some medium and close up shots of the man on his own talking to his self about the case the women wanted help on. These shots help to represent masculine people to be independent because the man is on his own and he is trying to solve the crime by himself, without help.
The next sequences of shots it shows the women to be looking after her kids and being stressed out. These shots show her asking for help again with babysitting, which stereotypically should be the woman's (the feminine persons) job. In this clip feminine people are represented to have jobs as well as looking after her kids and the house.
There is a close up of the mans face when the woman asks him to babysit and his facial expression shows that masculine people to not want to have the responsibility of looking after someone else and his facial expression looks shocked and confused.The the sequence of shots showing the criminal men represents masculine people to be criminals and to be aggressive in contrast to the next sequence of shot where the man is babysitting. This sequence shows that some men have a feminine side and this represents feminine people to be caring.
How editing can help to represent gender:
Mostly all the shots are connected by a simply cut. At about 30 seconds in there is an eye-line match between the man and the woman where the man is looking slightly down at the woman and the woman is looking up slightly to the man. This represent feminine people to look for masculine people for advise and help
How sound can help to represent gender:
Diegetic sound is used when the man and woman are specking and this shows the tone in there voice. When the woman (the feminine person) speaks she sounds stressed but when the man (the masculine person) specks he sounds relaxed. This correlates with the stereotypes of masculine and feminine. When the criminals are in the shots the non- diegetic sound is playing and this music links to the agressive behaviour of the men. This non- diegetic sound helps to represent masculine people to be aggressive.
How mise-en-scène helps to represent gender:
When the woman is in her house the toys (the props) on the floor indicate that she doesn't have enough time to work and be a mum and this represents feminine people to be always busy and stressed out. The fact that the woman is wearing jewellery represent feminine people to care about what they look like and this correlates with the stereotype of a feminine person.
When the sequence with the criminals is showing the lighting (candles) links to the fact that they don't pay for anything and there criminals. Also there body language also suggest this. This represents masculine people to not care about the law and not care what they look like.
