2. Editing
The clips for the men last longer than the clips that include the
woman showing the weakness of females. The clips of the
opening sequence doesn’t ‘cross the line’ and has a realism feel
to it because of the continuity of the shots. Background music
stops when the vehicle in front explodes, making the mood more
serious.
3. Sound
Rock music is played as background music which is typically
mainly for males to listen to, suggesting that the characters are
mostly likely to be male… The dialogue of the scene tells us a lot
about the characters. The man that replies to the main character
ends his sentence with ‘sir’ whilst the woman just casually says
her line which may suggest the woman has power…
4. Mise-en-scene
The characters in the scene are all wearing army outfits (apart
from one) which obviously suggests the age group they are
which is over 20’s… The scene also shows a woman in an army
outfit which is not a stereotype which we expected. The man in
the suit is wearing a glasses and holding a glass which connotes
that he’s the important character of the scene and almost like a
celebrity that needs to be protected by soliders…There are more
men than woman in the scene which maybe suggests that
woman are too weak the join the army. .
5. Mise-en-scene
The woman is shown driving the car rather than the men, which
can connote two reasons why she's driving. One would be that
she is more powerful than the men and she’s a very masculine
woman. Two would be that she can easily get dominated, that
the men got her to drive instead…
6. Camera Angles
The camera mainly focuses on the men than the woman suggesting that the
woman isn’t important at all. The scene only shows three camera shots of the
woman. Two of which are only the shot of the woman's side showing no
importance as you can’t see her full face. The third which actually shows the
woman’s face but two of the men are in the shot meaning that men can easily
dominate over the woman… The shot also ends really quickly which suggest
the same.
A medium camera shot is
Close up of main
used for the woman, again
character
showing the unimportance
suggesting the
of the woman.
importance of him.