Analyse the representation of gender in this clip

Watch this clip four times and make notes on it. Then write an essay answering the above question with four points for each area (Editing, Camera, Mise en Scene, Sound).



First of all, the representation of gender is shown in this clip through the use of mise en scene. The setting in which every scene is set is busy central london, and this portrays how there are thousands of other people of all genders throughout the world that have different ideals and consequently different lifestyles; this is why the use of stereotyping is becoming old-fashioned and its prejudices are avoided. Next there was the prop use of a bouquet of flowers on the pavement parallel with the womans dead body; this is a juxtaposition where death is related to life, and this could show how although humankind has been split into to sections of which is man and woman, both can still live and likewise die. So in that way we're equals. There was low-key lighting on a majority of scenes which accumulates the often drowsy weather of England, this might have been foreshadowing the accident to come but in the case of gender it distinctively represents the sad days where people are oppressed in various ways because of their specific gender; luckily modern society is slowly turning away from this lifestyle. Also, through the use of costume design, where the woman is wearing a flowery dress, this similarly is juxtaposed with her forthcoming death; showing the similarities between man and woman.

Next, there was the use of camera. Starting off with the zoom-in on the couples hands together in the long taxi scene, this was to show that they both received some closure from being truthful with each other; in terms of the representation of gender it portrays how being honest can prove beneficial for any relationship no matter what gender you are. Then there was the close-up on the womans dead body which was used for emphasis, extending how tragic this accident was, not just for the woman herself but the friends and family around her; in terms of gender this shows how everyone should be equally sad for the death of a someone they love no what gender they are classified as.