Gender homework

About fourteen seconds in there is a woman asking how much a dress is and a man telling her the price, this is shown by an over the shoulder shot of the woman. The way the camera angle is tilted down towards the woman suggests the man has more authority (higher class) then the woman. When continuing watching the viewer finds out that the woman can’t afford the dress which also shows that the man has a higher status then the woman because he is wealthier. This stays with the stereotype of men and woman. 

As the woman walks out the shop there is a close up of another woman’s hand to show a very expensive ring on her finger. This tells the viewer that she is married to a wealthy man and the fact that she is shopping in an expensive shop also shows this. After this there is a close up of her face to show her feminine beauty. A tilt shot is used to show the woman wearing the dress. This shot is used to show her feminine beauty and for the masculine viewers.

After this there is an establishing shot of two men in a bar which shows their masculinity because there wealthy, are drinking and are smoking which are all stereotypically masculine things. 

Back in the shop the shop owner is looking for the woman lost ring on the floor when two feet come in the close up shot of the man’s face. There is a tilt shot of the man as the shop owner looks up at him from the floor, this suggest that the man has a higher status then the shop owner. This shows that the man is more masculine then the shop owner because masculine because are stereotypically competitive and dominating. Also the tilt shot is used to show the clothing of the man, to show the viewers that he is wealthy because of the things he is wearing.  There is another shot (over the shoulder) over the shoulder of the man looking down at the man on the floor this also shows the man’s higher status in this situation.  

When the woman and the shop owner are talking prices there is the use of the eye line match shows that the woman is looking up at the shop owner and the shop owner looking down at her. This correlates with the idea that the shop owner has a higher status then the woman because of her wealth and because of their gender.

When the woman is looking for her ring the different shots are quickly changed to another to show her panic about losing the ring. The quick changes in the editing correlate with her being in such distress. This stays with conventions because stereotypically woman are more emotional whereas men, stereotypically are more hard and emotionless.  

The use of diegetic sound is used when the shop owner is talking to the woman who wants to buy a dress. The voice of the shop owner is very dismissive towards the woman and this shows his lack of interest in the woman in contrast to the interest he has towards the typically more beautiful, younger woman.The tone in his voice and the long sigh, tells the viewer that he is not interested in what the woman wants and wants to put the woman off the shop because he believer’s that she isn’t in the right class to be shopping there.

The woman wants to please people with the way she looks because she wants to buy a new dress for her daughters wedding, this is stereotypically feminine thing and the use of diegetic sound gets this across to the viewers. This also links to the other woman because she also wants to look nice and she wants to please her husband with not losing her ring and buying a new dress. 

The woman, that loses the ring, has a very seductive voice that she uses to help her get what she wants. Her voice is very feminine and in this situation she has a higher status then the masculine man because of her wealth. This goes against the conventions. 

In the shop there is non-diegetic music playing throughout and its quit upbeat music, however when there’s the scene of the two men talking links to the fact that masculine people don’t listen to that type of music and its just them talking in the scene. However right at the end of then scene some Jazz sounding music starts to play to lead into the next scene and to add to the atmosphere that there in a masculine setting and there doing masculine things (drinking and smoking) in a men’s club.

As the woman losses her ring the music picks up the pace to correlate with her rushing around and to show her femininity. The non-diegetic sound also links to the quick cutting of the shots because they’re both fast and shows the panic. Also there’s a scene with a man doing some electrical work and when something goes wrong he seems calmer then the woman because stereotypically men are calmer.

When the two men drinking seem to have to much to drink the music is upbeat to fit with there moods and they don’t seem to care about what time of day it is and just seem calm which links to the masculine representation. As the man in the shop is walking to meet the woman there asynchronous sound of a man asserting his authority on the other man, telling him what to do. 

The arrangement of scenery shows that there is only feminine clothing in the shop and this suggest that shopping is a feminine thing to do. The fact that the shop owner is a man suggests that he could be a bit feminine to be working in a clothing shop. However the clothing that he is wearing suggest otherwise. The women in the shop is wearing very feminine clothing for example the red nail polish which suggest romance and the skirt suit is fitted to show her figure which stereotypically females care about what they are wearing. The dress that the woman tries on is feminine because it’s backless and fitted and stays with the idea that feminine people want to look nice for other people.

The props in the scene with the two men correlate with the fact that there masculine because they have cigarettes and glasses of alcohol. Also the arrangement of the scenery shows that the men are in a living room setting so there probably at a men’s club and it’s an expensive club to be in. The old-fashioned decor and the smart suits the men are wearing shows masculinity.

Everything in the scene, in the shop, shows that it’s expensive because of the lack of clothing, well presented and the fact that there’s not a lot of people in there shows that only wealthy people come in.