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6 screen shots analyesed

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360 follow character

Man sat down

2 women above

Women have upper hand

High key lighting – so facial expressions are clear

Women asking the questions. Smacks the hands on the table.

Contemporary as women have as much power as men

One femenin woman – long hair in business wear

One non femenin women – biker jacket short hair

Close up of womans face with background involved

Over shoulder shot of man speaking.

Desperation on mans face.

Analyse the representation of women.

The scene is set through a dolly shot leading through the safe house with text coming up on the screen. The dolly shot makes it feel as though it is the audience who is going into the safe house which entices you to watch as you feel involved with what is going on.

The text used is an authentic typewriter style text which is related to our stereotype of MI5.

When we arrive at the action we are presented with two women standing up and one man sat down. This height difference shows that the women are in power and the man isn’t. This differs from the normality of having men in a position of power. The two women in the scene are opposing in their appearance and therefore our judging of them. The woman leaning on the wall has short cut hair and is wearing a leather biker jacket, this makes her seem very masculine and makes the audience think she is possibly a lesbian or trying to go against the stereotype of women. The other woman is dressed in a smart low cut suit and had blonde hair. This is more stereotypical of what the audience thinks a woman working in MI5 would look like. This varied representation of women makes the programme contemporary and modern in its view of women.

The use of body language in this shot makes the woman seem angry but also in power as she has her arms folded and is looking down to the man sat down on the table. Much like how she would treat a misbehaving child.

This shot shows the more masculine woman in the foreground leaning over the table looking down on the man maintaining eye contact and looking down at him. All of these things give the impression that the woman has authority and is almost telling the man what he has done wrong and what he will do. This again is much like how she would treat a child. The other woman in the background is standing arms crossed looking down at the man. This numerical advantage the women have further increases the feeling the women are in authority.

This close up camera shot angled up at the woman gives the impression that the woman is in a position of authority as well as highlighting her facial expression of dismay that the man is not complying.

This shot shows the man getting increasingly frustrated at his lack of authority and power. This is shown by the fact he is looking up at the woman in an angry way as well as his aggressive hand gestures and facial expression.