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Camera Shots - Feminine or Masculine?

This image is masculine. The composition in the photo, gives us the impression that the man has all the power, the man takes up most of the room in the camera, he is taller, bolder and has most of the focus. The women is shown as a much smaller person, she looks worried worried and venerable. The lighting in the background makes you look to the the men in the background, they are  holding guns and covered by masks, this gives off a very manly feel and makes the whole image feel violent.

Although this shot is of a women we felt that it was avery masculine shot. The focus is all on the women, she looks dominate and important, these are the characteristics of a very masculine male. As the women is in the foreground of the photo and the men are tucked away in the background staring at her it makes the audience look at the women in a more powerful way.  

This is a very feminine shot, as it is an extreme close up you can see the emotion in the characters., as emotions is a very feminine thing the audience automatically look to the female. This photo also reveals that it is a love scene which also shows the feminine side however a the male is leaning over her, he would been scene as a dominate male which would make the shot more masculine. 

This would be a masculine shot, it is a low angle which shows authority and power, the fact the girl is holding a gun would also portray the masculine side to her. 

Although the man is holding a gun, the shot is making him look feminine. The high angle makes him look scared, vulnerable and weak, the emotion on his face also shows that this is a more feminine shot as he is showing that he is feeling scared, worried and frightened. 

This shot would be a feminine shot as it is showing all of the different stereotypes of women, she is showing her self off and looking for attention. The idea that all women should be sex objets and look 'attrative' is what this particular shot shows.

This particular shot is masculine. All the people in the shot look very powerful, they all look like they are ready for battle, fighting and violence is a very masculine thing. The focus is all on the front male giving him a very powerful feel, making him the leader and Alfa male.

This shot is a feminine shot as the lighting is very soft, this make the background of the photo out of focus which makes the image look delicate and these make the photo have a feminine feel.

The lighting in the photo makes the photo seem very masculine, the harsh lighting draws your attention to his face which then shows you that he is thinking. The man look serious and like he is important which are all masculine traits.

Moving Camera Shots:

This video shows a very masculine shot as the movement is not smooth and clear it is shaky and in a way that looks like it is following the characters. 

This video shows femininity this is because the man looks dominate over the women but it looks like  love scene.

Analysis Of Gender

Group Presentation - Analysis of Gender in TV Drama sequences
Collect stills (print screens) as evidence and examine how the sequence uses/builds Gender.
Import your stills into Garageband and record a video commentary answering the questions


What gendered stereotypes roles do the characters represent?
What stereotypical attitudes or behaviours do they re-enforce/challenge?
Who has the power/status - who is dominant (why)?
How is gender constructed through CAM?
How is gender constructed through MES?
How is gender constructed through SOUND?

Men are portrayed as very relaxed characters, that don't care about what people think, they are shown drinking at work and having a laugh. They are shown in an office a place of work and are all wearing smart suits, meaning that they have high class jobs and therefore higher authority, yet neither have more authority than the other as all three are in shot and the at a medium long shot. In this shot the mean are laughing and joking around about women and the amount of lipstick there is.

Here we can see the men looking through a one way glass panel they are pouring drinks and spying on the women. This shows that women are only there to be looked at. The women are in the room testing out lipstick, stereotyping women here that they are obsessed with the way they look. As the men are overlooking the women and are the ones in darkness adding mystery and they are looking over the women adding a sense of power.

The women have been told to test out the lipstick and as it is a one way window the girls can see themselves in it, the men are then judging the women on how they look. This reinforces the point that women are judged on how they look and that they have to look good to please men.

What is gender?

There are different associations with what masculinity and Femininity are 'meant' to be like, we watched a variety of different videos and came up with a few different ones:

Masculinity:

- Strong, Tough

- Macho

- If a man is not strong, tough or macho then there are not a true man and will be mocked by females.

- Men should all be into the same things to be seen as a man

- Men cant be soppy, cute or sweet or they are seen as less of a man

- Men should be interested in girls

- Men should look a certain way, drink certain beer and even smell a certain way

- Men should get women or they are not a real man

- Sex is important they are less of a man if they don't get it

Femininity:

- Men are in control of the women

- Women do as they are told

- Women are seen as the ones who cook and clean

- Beauty or brain, women don't have both.

- Women can not be educated and be good looking

- Women should be slim, tall, pretty.

- Women believe they are only pretty if they are a certain way (ideal way for men)

- Women shouldn't get involved with the men's conversations - embarrassment

- Women don't have their own opinion

- Women should be plain and simple and try to out smart the men


Camera shots:
Different camera shots can portray men or women in different ways:
- High angles to make women look weak
- Low angles to make men look powerful and superior to women
- Different angles focusing on the women's features (bum and breasts) to imply that is all they are good for.

High angle - Women
Low angle - Men
Long shot - Women
Medium close up - Men
Extreme close up - Both
Extreme long shot - Both

MadMen Avatar

The next task i had was to create a Avatar copying the mad men women, the women on there were good looking, flirty and all over the men. Due to the mad men website not working i decided to look at different websites and create a variety of different characters that resemble the mad men women.


This picture shows the typical girl, standing in a flirty position, with her blonde hair and pretty face. The outfit she is wearing shows that she is looking for attention and wants to be noticed by the men, the long fancy dress shows that she has made an effort and wants to look like a attractive women. The whole idea of the mad men women is a huge exaggeration/distortion of what a women really is like, the mad men show makes the women look perfect, everything about them is shown to be immaculate.The photos represents the stereotypical  mad men women and i also made it to be representation of me if i was to be in mad men.

After watching and having a idea of what the women are like in mad men i made the decision that i wouldn't be the type to have everything on show but i would dress up classy in order to get the attention. However Mad men is out of its time and i am nothing like this, thankfully!

Stereotypes

We created a Stereotypes Mood Board of different images of characters from TV dramas that represent the 6 social groups: Age, Disability, Gender, Sexuality, Ethnicity and Social class. We got pictures of a variety of different male and female characters in order to show gender through out the tv drama shows, we also showed different relationships bewteen characters to sexuality, for example christain and syed in eastenders and Sophie and Sian in Coronation Street.In order to show disability we got images of both Tariq and Izzy in their wheelchairs and Janet the little girl from Eastenders who was a mental illness. Age was easy to find as there are many different tvdramas, we looked at Waterloo Road and got images of the school children, we then looked at different soaps and got images of the older generation. Social class is shown by the different groups of people, the cast from Downtown abbey were much more safisticated than the cast of Eastenders or Emmerdale. Lastly we got different images of characters  from different races in order to show a variety of ethnicity.

Lesson 1 - Terminology

Terminology:

• Stereotypes
• Ideology
• Representaion

Representation:

• Representation as reelection/distortion of reality.
• Over / under exaggeration.
• Representation of a subject - good or bad.

Ideology:

• Beliefs or ideas about a subject or matter.
• How something is portrayed.

Lesson 1 - Introduction to T.V drama

Exam Overview:

50 Mark in total split 3 ways:

• Analysis of representation = 20
• Technical evidence = 20
• Terminology = 10

4 Technical areas:

• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scene
• Camera shot, angle, movement, composition.

Social Groups:

• Gender
• Sexuality
• Social class
• Ethnicity
• Disability
• Age

Skills Needed:

• Knowledge!
• Knowing how it represents character and narrative
• ANALYSE!
• Deconstruct and explanation
• Create meaning, understanding why!