This document analyzes how women are portrayed in a media piece about Joe Wilkinson. It discusses several shots that subvert stereotypical gender roles by showing women in positions of power and dominance over men. The shots are analyzed to show how lighting, costumes, and positioning of the subjects challenges typical representations of women.

1. Media write up- Joe Wilkinson
Explore the way in which women are
represented

2. This shot is an establishing shot;
it is used to set the scene.
The shot shows a rundown
house and given the genre
of the programme this
creates a sense of audience
recognition as the setting
conforms to the drama
genre.
The text and effects are also
used to conform to the
genre, as the aspect of MI5
become apparent as a
scatted signal effect is used
to present the text and the
font and colour also helps to
represent the genre.

3. This shot shows the women
in a dominant role, as
the male is looking up at
the female, showing a
reverse eye-line of what
we would conventional
expect.
The stance of the woman on
the wall also subverts to
a Hitchcock view of
women as she is taking
on a masculine stance.

4. Again in this shot the
female is looking down
at the male, the female
clothing in this also
subverts to what the
audience is
stereotypically used to
as they are wearing
leather.
The male in the
background is also
under the females, as it
shows him working for
them, and sitting down
showing how they are
above males.

5. The lighting in this shot is
also used to create a
sense of enigma, as
the actress’s face is
half covered in
shadow creating a
dark side for the
characters.