2. WHAT SOCIAL GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED?
In the production the cast is young andconsists ofa male andfemale, one of which, the male, is the professional and
the other, the female, is the sly criminal that outwits the male protagonist. However in the production we didn’t
have the reach in orderto acquire anold enough set ofcast sowe hadtouse Freddie andLouise Carus who both
look in their late teens early 20’s, the age groupthat wouldwatch film content as they're 15-24 on average.
One could arguethat the audience questions the mental state ofthe female antagonist due toher calm nature in a
situation that should come across intimidating, however she sits there smoking andanswering the detective
back with ease, as if she has the upper hand.
*Themale and female characters go face to face in the interrogation*
3. HOW ARE THE SOCIAL GROUPS REPRESENTED?
Thereisareasonableamount of ideologicalconstructionintheopening ofourpiece,the femaleisseentooutwitthemale
characterintoafalsesenseofsecurity,tohisperil.As thesceneunfoldsthereisaclear binarybetweenthetwo
characters,thus twosex’s, towhichthe femaletakes thehighergroundintellectually.Thisshows ideologicaldiscourse
inourproductionasthe maleis normallyseenasthe positivepresenceand thefemalethe negativeabsence,however
itsverymuchthe otherwayround.
Asall of thecharactersintheproductionareroughlythe sameagewe’reunabletocomparethe differentagegroups,however
weareabletosaythat the myth that withagecomesknowledge cannotbe provenasthe maleismade afool by the
femalewho isofsimilarage.
Stereotypesaren'trepresentedinour piecewithno socialgroupsbeingmarginalized.Overallourpiece isanideologically
progressivetextasitrepresentsfemalestobe inapositivelightovermalesinan emergentideology.Valuejudgments
cannotbe madeby theaudienceregardingageasallthe charactersareofsimilarages.
4. HOW ARE THE REPRESENTATIONS TECHNICALLY STRUCTURED?
Mise-en scene
Thechoiceofcostume
forthefemaleisin
formalattireofa red
blouseandblack
trousers.Thisis very
conventionaloffilmnoir
withafemfatale
character.Towhichshe
hasconnotationsofa
sexualandalluring
natureduetothe
costumechoice
Thenon-verbalactionsofthe
femalecharacterareverycalm,
coolandcalculatingina
situationtowhichoneshould
benervousandworried.This
makes herouttobeacold
blooded,emotionlesskiller.Also
throughhermonotonoustone
ofexpressionas wellas her
smokinglinksIwithkey
conventionsoffilmnoiras well
as beingunconventionalof
contemporarytexts.
Thelightingusedthroughouttheinterrogationis lowkeytoshowthecriminalityofthesceneinordertoreinforce
thelocationas beingcorrupt.
5. Camera work
Whenthetracking shotsare
taking placethefemalefatale
characterisabsentfromthe
sceneeventhoughsheisn’tin
theshot.,thisis becausesound
bridgesarecreated.Neitherof
thetwocharactersaregiven
prevalenceas theybothget
equalshottimewiththe
charactersbeinginshot25% of
thetotaltime.
Povshotsbehindtheshoulderofthefemale
characteras shespeaks,howeverwearen’t
abletoseeherface.Allofwhichcreates
enigma
Slowcamera shotswithhighamountsof
dialoguewhichcreatesa different
experiencefromfastcuttingrateandno
dialoguesoitwillsubvertingconventions
