Waterloo Road


In this specific clip, gender is represented in a lot of ways. It shows females as quiet, mature and willing to work whereas it shows boys as noisy, non-disciplined and disobedient. 

Within the clip there are lots of shot reverse shots and over the shoulder shots The over the shoulder shots incinuate that the watcher is in the same surroundings as the characters and is part of the conversation. There are clear graphic matches (more smooth shot) to portray the calmness in the classroom and the distinction between being inside of the girls' classrom and looking inside the boys' classroom through the blinds is suppose to be make the watcher, again, feel like they are in the girls' classroom and are part of the matureness.

The first scene shows the boys' classroom with the boys throwing food and being portrayed as genuinely immature. The classroom has ambient sounds of noise and fast paced music to show the immaturity and speed of boys. The teacher is wearing a feminine, flowery style apron to portray her femininity and she says during the scene that the food 'is all measured out' to signify that they are incapable of measuring the food needed in home ec. An over the shoulder shot and head shot is used when the teacher tells off the boy student for not doing his work showing the authority she has over him.

When the headteacher comes to drop off George Sampson to the female teacher's classroom, it portrays a sort of male dominance on how the man is in charge of all the women who are lower in the heirachy to him. The conversation is shown in three shot and mid shots. The man then walks away from the female teacher's sly comments about the silly system they are using to symbolise him almost washing the hands of the matter.

In the female classroom, there is a slow dolly movement from a high angle to introduce to us the classroom and the slow-pacedness and traditional values of girls. The girls are sitting in ordered rows to signify their maturity and dominance in the classroom. The females use good, expanded language to answer the teacher's questions showing the sort of betterness of the girls. The teacher is female, and rewards the girls with 'well-dones' and willing comments when they get things right. The teacher is focused on them being right showing the enthusiam for the girls to learn. Whilst closing the door, you can hear the non-diegetic sound being closed on to show a close to the immaturity and loudness of boys.

In a way, there is a contrast in gender by the classes which they are shown in. The boys are seen in a food tech class which is predominantly and traditionally a female subject and the girls are seen in, what seems to be, an english class, debating, which would probably be seen more as a masculine subject. 

To conclude, I think gender is portrayed a lot throughout this extract and is shown in a variety of ways through camera shots, editing, sound and mis en scene.

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How is class represented in this clip?????????????????????

Shot types

The camera looks down on the boy when the owner finds him in his house to show the importance and authority he has over him due to him having more money and higher class.  The camera continues to look down on him when the owner has taken the boy into the study and is talking to him.

Mis en Scene

The boy is given dirty old boots for his birthday which he is best pleased at. This shows the poorness of the family and how they are so happy with such little things.

You can tell this is set in an old era due to the clothes being quite worn and layered. 

Also, the look on the father's face when the boy could read the newspaper was very angry - they don't have enough money for education but say 'they don't need it'. 

After the child breaks in to the big, white mansion (which contrasts against his own house), the owner finds him and the child doesn't run away, but recites a part of the Lord's Prayer 'Forgive us our trespasses' to ask for forgiveness. He says it in a sort of showing-off manner to say as though 'what do you expect? I am a poor boy and you are a rich man'. 

Editing

Sound

Music at beginning is in a minor key and shows a boy walking in dirty clothes representing lower class, poor beings living in a small shed-like, wooden hut. 

In COMPULSION, there are different references to ethnicity through camera shots, mis en scene, editing and sounds. I am going to explore just a few of these.

Many different shots are used to convey the environment in which the program is set. It becomes quite obvious that it is set in an indian household through the establishing shots used at the beginning and the medium shots of people with the indian decorations in the backgrounds. Also, the close up shots show the majority of the people there with being of the indian culture. The close up shots allows the viewer to see the characters personal identity and to join in with their emotions. Over the shoulder shots are also used quite often to allow the viewer to join in with the 'action' and whats going on as though they were in the same room.
Ethnicity also is represented by sounds used throughout the program. Besides the indian style soundtrack which gives a big clue to the style of the program, there was diegetic and non-diegetic sounds added in to set the scenes and to add to the reality of the program. Dialogue and the different accents play a big part in the program showing the difference between the ethnic groups and whats going on.
Mis en scene is used quite a lot in the program as well as the shots and sounds. It sets the scenes through the settings and clothes worn to name a few. The make-up is quite formal as they are at a party and the outfits chosen are formal; some being you can only describe as indian.