LUTHER GENDER REPRESENTATION

LUTHER- GENDER REPRESENTATION

Camera Work: The start of the short clip of Luther begins with an over-the-shoulder shot, this suggests that he is looking down on the woman, which give the impression that the male gender is more powerful than the female gender. This also gives us the impression that he is the more dominant character. As they enter the woman’s apartment, the man is looked at from an over-the-shoulder shot from behind the woman. However, the eye level is even which could tell us that she sees herself as of equal authority and dominance to him. Near the end of the clip, we are shown a close up of the woman, this shows emotion to tell the audience how she feels without actually saying it.

Editing: During the over-the-shoulder shot looking at the male character, the area of the woman that was still visible was blurred out. This could suggest to us that he is the main focus at this point in time and could also convey his dominance. During the close up shot of the woman near the end, everything in the background is blurred out. This shows us that she is the main focus and that in that moment, she is more dominant. As I was suggesting before, the extreme close up can show emotion to the audience.

Mise En Scene: The woman’s makeup is quite prominent and sharp and almost sexual. The deep, dark red of the lipstick could represent a level of dominance or power that the character has. This level of dominance is also accentuated through her dark suit and sharp facial expression. The close proximity between the two characters when they are in her apartment could portray a level of intimacy being initiated by the female character towards the male character. The colours of the male characters suit are lighter than the woman’s, This could show that he has a higher level of dominance than she does.

Sound: Sound is used throughout TV drama and films to create tension, suggest what is happening or simply just as conversation. There is diegetic sound and non diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is sound that can be heard naturally and by the characters, for example conversation or the sound of traffic. Non dietetic sound is sound that is edited into the piece that the characters won't be able to hear, this could be music to create tension or narration.
Sound is used effectively throughout the clip. As the female announces her cat is now ashes and shows off the vase, there is a sudden noise, a sound of dread perhaps. This wouldn't have been heard by the characters but heard by the audience to create a sense of shock.
As the scene moves on the female begins to describe a black hole. As the explanation continues eerie music begins to play in the background as if to suggest the black hole is significant, even if that is unknown to the male character. This will create a sense of mystery to the audience about what relevance it may have.

Avengers Assemble: AS Media research document

EX MACHINA ESSAY

Ex Machina Essay

Summary of Ex Machina

Programmer Caleb wins an internal competition at the company where he works and is invited to spend a week at the mountain estate of the company's owner, Nathan. On arrival, Caleb finds that the place is a state-of-art facility. Nathan gives him a non-disclosure contract to sign. Then he explains that he is assigned to evaluate the reactions and emotions of artificial intelligence in a female body called Ava. Caleb interviews Ava, and she uses a power outage to tell him that he should not trust Nathan. Along the day, Caleb is involved by Ava and plots a scheme to let her flee from the facility. Meanwhile Nathan tells him that he has been manipulated by Ava. Who is telling the truth?

Alex Garland

Ex Machina is a 2015 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland. The foundation for Ex Machina was laid when Garland was 11 or 12 years old, after he had done some basic coding and experimentation on a computer his parents had bought him and which he sometimes felt had a mind of its own. His later ideas came from years of discussions he had been having with a friend with an expertise in neuroscience, who claimed machines could never become sentient. Trying to find an answer on his own, he started reading relevant books about the topic.

why did Ex Machina do so well in the box office?

Firstly, the genre of the Ex Machina and the release date of the movie. As this movie is a Sci-Fi/Drama/Mystery/Romance type of film, it engages an array of audiences, which will increase the number of viewers the movie gets. This is a dominant factor from the offset in a film in being able to triumph at the box office. Naturally, Sci-Fi movies do well at the box office because they are particular and different to any other movie.The rating for Ex Machina is R in the United States,  (equivalent to an 18 in the United Kingdom). This means that it isn’t a four quadrant film, it does not appeal to all audiences, it may be inappropriate for younger audiences, which will drop the amount of views the movie will get by a substantial amount. The film also involves a large amount of intelligence which will intrigue people with ambitions within their choices of career. 

Secondly the actors in Ex Machina may have also contributed to the triumph at the box office. there were only three main characters in this movie that are not that well known and have not featured in many major films. however, the actors who play Caleb and Nathan in the movie are both going to be in the new upcoming star wars movie which is most likely going to be an absolutely huge box office hit. this could be a huge reason why the movie succeeded in the box office. Domhnall Gleeson (Caleb) who has starred in About Time, Unbroken and Never Let Me Go. Oscar Isaac (Nathen) known for Inside Llewyn Davis and Drive. Alicia Vikander who has starred in The Man for U.N.C.L.E and Seventh Son. The producers Andrew MacDonald and Allon Reich have worked together for many films including Dredd, 28 weeks later and Sunshine on Leith. In pre –production the director and screen writer Alex Garaland has also worked with the producers on the films like Dredd. Alex Garaland is not very well known, some of the films he has worked with are 28 Days Later and Never Let Me Go. 

in conclusion, i believe as well as many others, that Ex Machina is an absolutely brilliant movie and deserved to be in the box office. to say that the creators budget was only $15000000, they earned $38000000 afterwards, which is absolutely outstanding for a low budget British film.

Cast

     Alicia Vikander 
Ava 

     Oscar Isaac 
Nathan Bateman 

     Domhnall Gleeson 
Caleb Smith 

     Claire Selby 
Lily 

     Symara Templeman 
Jasmine 

     Corey Johnson 
jay 

     Sonoya Mizuno 
Kyoko 

     Gana Bayarsaikhan  
Jade 

     Tiffany Pisani 
Katya 

     Elina Alminas 
Amber

GENDER GAZE POWER POINT

Gender gaze from MrsCmedia

CLASS AND STATUS POWERPOINT

Class status in tv drama (2) from jacobrush1998

REPRESENTATION IN TV DRAMAS

Representation in tv dramas pp from jacobrush1998

SCREEN SHOT DECONSTRUCTION

 In this this image, the gender is represented in a way to show how the men are more dominant than the women. This can be shown by the man in the centre, his position shows that he has authority,he is also in a suit which is another way to show his power, authority and professionalism. This suggests that he must be the main character. The women in this picture are portrayed as less important mainly because they are all lower than the men which could either suggest that they are of a lower class or that they are less important, both women have shirts on that are open and reveal assets that would lure men to look at them.

In this shot from the TV drama Happy Valley, we can see that there is only one gender that is being represented. A women is caring for another women which shows a caring, motherly nature. The facial expressions show that the women on the right is in pain and the women on the left is worried/concerned. No power/dominance is shown as they are both on an equal level in the shot.