Homework for 21st January

Notes:
Mise-en-scene -

• Sophisticated clothing
• non-cluttered, high class shop.
• Blonde lady in suit - smart, high class
• Man in suit, smart
• Mans body language blocks the woman away from the clothes after he takes the dress of her.

Camera -

• Man is taller than the women - authority - looks down at her
• close up shows blonde woman's appearance
• close up shows the woman's hands shows her to like expensive jewellery and looks after appearance (nails)

Sound -
Music - suave, jolly, upbeat

Editing - smart and strait,

An establishing shot showing the man being taller than both women suggests that he has more power and status than they do which is confirmed in the fact that they have both entered his shop.
The man then takes the dress off of the lady and uses his body to block her from the rail which then makes her leave. This shows how the male has the power over the woman that he can make them leave. A medium shot of the two men drinking allows us to see eye line matches between the characters and that they are at a very similar level suggesting that neither character holds more power than the other. When the older character breaks the fourth wall this continues to emphasise there power as this is not a common thing to happen in programmes.

The mise-en-scene in the shop with the neat and organized layout reflects the mans character. He also is shown to be quite feminine in his mannerisms and by the stereotype that he works in a shop selling women's clothing. He is wearing a smart suit and has a tidy appearance all adding up to him being a sophisticated high class character. The blonde woman in the clip is also wearing a suit but hers is a little bit less formal and as it is a skirt this suggests more feminine characteristics and that perhaps her power is not as high as his. Her blonde hair stereotypically suggests that she is not of great intelligence, however later in the clip it is clear that this is not the case and that her power is now more than the shop mans. The older woman in the shop is not wearing a suit and is the shortest in height suggesting that she has a lower status than these characters. The fact that she then cannot afford to buy the dress and leaves the shop confirms this point. In the gentlemen's club the men once again are shown to be wearing suits, smoking and drinking, this suggests that they are sophisticated and have the time and money to do this. All of the clip so far is suggesting that men have more power than women.

The editing in the clip, including the straight cuts and action matches help to build continuity and continues the smart and high class attitude the characters in the clip seem to have. The eye line match when the older woman looks up at the shop man their eye lines match but this emphasises that he is looking down on her. When the scene changes from the woman trying the dress on to having the dress on black slides in from the left following the ladies character, this makes her character seem more elegant and possibly foreshadows her more complicated side shown later in the clip.

Lastly the sound in the clip helps to emphasis each characters personalities. In the shop the non diegetic music is quite happy and upbeat as the man prances round his shop, as he knocks the woman down and discovers that she cant afford the dress the music stops emphasising the fact that the man no longer wants to talk to the woman and once again shows his power. Finally the music in the men's club is quite sophisticated so gives this trait to the men that are drinking there.