Gender Representation Ananlysis - Wire in the Blood

Camera Shots

At the beginning of the clip,  there is an over-the-shoulder shot which shows what can be seen from behind the woman's shoulder when the man is walking away. The fact he is walking away from her when she is asking for his help shows that he believes he is more important. This agrees with Laura Mulveys view that a women are passive characters under the control of males. Soon after, a crane shot occurs which defines the height and authority of the characters. In this shot, the man is walking up the hill which shows he is of more dominance than the woman as in the clip he is higher and looking down on the women. The hand-held camera shot follows what the women is doing when she bends down to collect things. This lets the audience be more involved with her.

Mise en Scene

The start of the clip is set in a street which seems to be in the middle of a crime scene. The woman and man together are colleagues and arguing about something to do with work. In the end, the man gets the last say which again is a reoccurring matter that he is more significant to the situation.
In the clip where they are looking into the crime scene, the atmosphere is dark and a little eerie. This makes the men doing the job look strong and brave as they are trying to discover what has happened against the law, they are seen as 'heroes'. The woman is represented as busy and having a hard time between work and he child. This is showing the typical woman to be busy with her children. Most of the clothing in this clip is dull coloured and fairly casual. most of the characters involved are dressed fairly formally which gives the impression they hold the responsibility for an important job. the men sat in a room smoking are wearing tatty, casual clothes which look very cheap which shows they don't have a proper role in society. The fact the women is wearing jewellery shows she cares about her image which is a stereotypical female trait.

Sound

In the whole clip, there is a continuous use of diegetic sound, constant dialogue. Whenever a conversation is occurring between the man and the women, the women always seems to have a problem but the man care-free. this shows a status of object and the man doesn't really care how the women feels or what she has to say. When Tony, the main male character is sat on the sofa with the boy, it is apparent that non-diegetic sound is heard from the TV, whilst they are having a conversation.

Editing

A vast majority of the editing in the entire clip is cut to maintain continuous editing. This is seen when the scenes jump from one location to another.