How is gender represented in "Hustle"?

Mise-en-scene

Messy scraggy woman, messy hair, obviously can't afford dress

Salesman Walliams - Suit and pinky-purple tie, very smartly dressed. Could raise questions about his sexuality? Man working in dress shop. Very condesending to the ugly woman (like a woman would be) but very nice to hot woman.

Hot woman - very sexily but smartly dressed, important, blonde hair - typical for pretty women.

Jack the Lad - LAD! Dressed smartly but informally. No tie, shirt opened. Shot starts on black and white shoes and pans up. Importance. Chewing gum.


Sound

No music for scrag woman.
Woman shopping - Much more jumpy than male
Drum roll on desicion to buy dress.
Frantic music when lady loses her ring
Record scratch when salesman says he has solution
Frantic music again when woman tells salesman there is a £5000 reward
Calmer music when man is shopping

Camera Angles

Over the shoulder looking down on scrag woman.
Close up of the ring. Key thing in scene.
Pan upwards from feet revealing full body
Two shot - some sort of relationship
Frantic camera when woman is looking for her ring
Pans upwards from feet revealing man's face. Familiar character
Close up of ring again, in man's hand.
Over the shoulder of both as they are having conversation
Reaction shot of Walliam's crushed face.
Look at camera when salesman cracks

Teachers end bit

• Simon gets abused by students at the end, students are bullies and Simon is almost represented as a fellow student.
• The audience would expect the male figures to be superior to the females, however in Teachers it is the inverse. E.g. Headteacher, Jenny, Susan
• Men are portrayed as sexist, sex obsessed and all the same. The men in Teachers are also portrayed as immature and childish e.g. Kurt, Simon and PE teacher.
• Simon is slightly embarrassed that he is going out with a police officer because she has more authority than him.
• There is the stereotype that secretaries are always in other people's business and know everything.

Narrative Sequence and Editing

Susan and Jenny both have a chance of becoming Head of Year and Simon at first doesn't want Susan to get it because she'll become "a sad pawn of the establishment". However, once he sees that Jenny is up for the job as well, he quickly becomes in favour of Susan getting the job because he thinks it will be easier on him.

Crisis

- Susan is wants to take the Head of Year job, but Simon doesn't want her to.
- There is a threat of Jenny taking the job as well, which will prove bad for Simon highlighted by a weird sexual fantasy that he has of him being dragged around on a leash.





Editing

- Simon in a daydream with donut in his hand in a police lineup. Jam drips on shoe and cuts beack to reality
- Sound of shotgun earlier on when Jenny looked at him
- Three teachers looking through window at Jenny, look like little boys
- Cars driving on road, then bike comes round and Simon looks a bit out of place.
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Representation: Bodies

Men and women are represented in very radically contrasting ways.

Women seem to be the more sensitive sex in the clip, the most prominent being the nurse who expresses concern for the "cock up" in notes which lead to a patient having an unwanted sterilisation. However, there is a darker side presented at the very start when a woman, assuming that she knows the patient, swaps the names around and deliberately changes the notes.

Men are portrayed as arrogant and sexist, the main surgeon especially, showing to be rather lax at the idea of performing surgery. He immediately comments on the patient's vagina, calling it a "freaky fanny". He then expresses no concern towards the "cock up", insisting that they carry on regardless of whether the patient wants it or not.

Representation in the Media

All media is representative of reality. They are composed to provide an artifical version of real life and everything that goes on around us. Every form of media is a respresentation of someone's view on life, put into such a way that an audience can understand and comprehend it.

Teenagers are always represented in the media and as a result, they are actually percieved how they are represented (rowdy, loud and slightly menacing). However, they can also be shown as being quite compassionate and sensitive depending on the medium they are represented in.
Glossy magazines are a good example of promoting negative representation, filled with only the bad side of celebrities.

Statistics

Statistics to back up conclusions about Heart's audience

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