Representation of Sexuality Homework

How shot types help to represent sexuality:

A medium shot show two women lying in bed with one asleep and the over awake and ...... up on one elbow. The woman awake slowing floats her hand over the sleeping woman body mimicking her curves. The way to camera tracks this movement suggest that the woman is in love with the sleeping woman which represents the woman to be a lesbian. As the stretches her arm out she quickly pulls it back which suggest that it is seem as being wrong in those times and that she is scared to admit her feelings. The composition of this shot helps to represent her sexuality because her hand always stays in the centre of the frame and also slowing begins to zoom in on it.

There is a close up of the woman's face looking at the woman and the use of a eye-line matches the reader sees that she is looking at the others woman's chest and than back to a close up of her face. After of a couple more shots the man releases that the woman is in love with the other woman and this is shown by several eye-line matches of the man looking at the woman looking at the other woman. The man is shown in a medium shot and his shocked expression represents that her liking the other woman as being wrong in those times and shocking. Before she releases that the man is watching her there are several shots of the paint dripping in slow motion and this represents the revaluation of the man knowing she has feelings for the other woman. A medium shot shows the man holding the woman against a tree and shows a conversation between the two of them.

A medium shot shows the man leaning forward to kiss the woman but at the last minute show turns her head. This shows that she doesn't like him because she like her and this represents her to be a lesbian. The man is attracted to the woman which represents his sexuality as being straight.

Finally there is a medium long shot showing the back of the other woman and then a close up of the woman's face which also suggest that she is a lesbian.

How the editing helps to represent sexuality:

Most of the shots dissolve into the next, this helps to show that she is thinking and that she is talking over the different shots. At the end of the scene where the woman is mimicking the other woman's figure the use of the fade out helps to represent that the woman was thinking about it while she was painting which represents her sexuality as being lesbian.

I spoke in the second paragraph about the use of the eye-line matches which should have been spoken about in this section but I thought it would make scene more there. Also the slow motion dripping of the paint is an editing technique.  

Nearly all the takes are long and this suits the action and pace of the clips. Also the non-diegetic sound created by the music and the narration also suits the long takes. This helps to represent the woman's sexuality because the pace could represent how long she has been keeping her secrete and also could stereotypically show her gender as being female because the cuts are graceful.

Towards the end of the clip there is a slow motion shot of the red paint dripping and this helps to represent her sexuality because it highlights to the readers that the man has found out her secrete. This shot also allows the readers to be aware that it is red paint and red is the colour of passion, love and danger and this helps to represent that she is in love but because of the time period it is dangerous to be in love with a woman if you are one yourself.

How sound is used to help represent sexuality:

From the beginning to about 1 minute in the woman is talking other the clips as the narrator (non-diegetic sound). The works she says correlate with the shots shown because she is saying how beautiful the woman is. There also is non-diegetic sound because of the use of the music which plays with and around the narration. The intensity of the music changes as she begins to look at the woman's chest and this helps to represent the sexuality of the woman and how in those times it was frown upon. Also to go with this point the music increase with intensity further when the paint drips and the man realises she is staring at the woman.
The use of the words "she'd laugh in you face if she new" suggest that being a lesbian is frown upon in this times.

The first sound you hear at the beginning of the clip is breathing in a sexual way which when shown with the clip shows that there is some sexual tension between the two women. However towards the end of the clip there is also some heavy breathing but in a scared way and this where the man is holding the woman against the tree.

How the mise-en-scene is used to help represent sexuality:

The use of lighting shows that the scenes when the woman is asleep that it is night because the only light is coming from the bedside table lamp. The clothing and the old fashioned furniture show that it was set in the 20th century. Towards the end of the clip the woman's body language suggests she doesn't like the man touching her and this helps the represent her and his sexuality.