Luther gender representation

camera shots:

The camera shots used in this clip of Luther are close ups, establishing shot, high and low angle shots. At the start of the scene close up shots are used this is to emphasise the characters fear and anger towards each other. When the woman enters the building it is clear to see she will already have a lot of power over both men, a long shot/mid shot is used as she walks up to both men this allows the audience to become familiar with a lot of things; what she is wearing, what she has and the place in which she is in this case she comes across very powerful as the next shot is of a close up of the man that has just stabbed the other man, he looks very scared and vulnerable. Another camera shot in which the women shows her power over both men is when a low angle camera shot is used to show her power, by using this shot it shows the character strength as it makes them look bigger and taller; also as the man who has just been stabbed is on the floor it shows that he is very vulnerable as a high angle shot is used which makes him look small. a tracking shot it used at the end of the clip when, this emphasise the scene and setting the characters are in and allows the audience to become familiar with this from all the angles.

sound:

Most of the sound in the clip is used towards the end of the clip, this is when the violence in the clip happens. Tense music is in the background like a heart beat sound when the man is pointing the gun to the other mans head which emphasise the fact this his heart beat might not last much longer, it could also emphasise the mans heart rate as during this scene the music gets louder so the louder the music get the more nervous the man is getting as he is thinking he may get shot. when the woman walks in all the sound and music stops- this shows the representation of gender and how she is more powerful than the men as they all listen to her. After she kills the man the music is almost like a fairy tale music (before the singing) , this could show that the women always save the day in them films and they are always the most powerful which show the representation of gender in this clip.


editing:
There is not much editing in the clip, the only editing involved is 'zoom' this is used when zooming in to the characters face this allows the audience to see the characters emotion more and as it is zooming in it allows the audience to become familiar with the character.


mise en scene:
In this clip it is clear to see that they are at a train station that is completely empty as only the characters in the drama are seen in the clip. This make it more of a murder scene as no one is around to witness it. Also as it is a bigger empty building it makes the sound of their voices seem loud as they echo more. The characters are all dressed very formal in suit and smart clothing; the woman wheres all black and black leather gloves the black emphasises the power that she has and also that she could be a treat to the others in the clip, which she is by then the end of the clip. The men in the clip dont seem to be very powerful as the women seems to dominate them and make all of the decisions. in this clip she comes across very power but also like she had planned it as she seems to make all of the right moves.

camera shots:
When they first enter the house a mid shot is used to both show the man and the women, then this quickly moves into a long shot this is so the audience can get use to and see the type of setting the character are in. Over the shoulder shots illustrate an argument by using the over the shoulder shot allows the audience to look at the argument from both points of views. A two shot is use in a close up of the women and the begins to zoom in on her which shows the power that she has and also by zooming into a close up shows the audience more of her power through facial expressions. There is also a shot in the clip that goes from extreme close up to a long shot this is a comparison and in this moment when the camera is close up the woman is powerful but when the long shot occurs she changes the subject as she feels weaker.

editing:
Zoom is used a number of times throughout this clip, in one of the scene the camera zooms into them when it gets tense and more serious as the women says 'did you come here for sex' he answered 'no' which is when the camera zoomed back out.  The camera also zooms into the black whole near the start of the clip this is because what she is saying is getting more and more powerful so the focus of the black whole is getting closer and closer.

sound:
During most of this scene the music is very sinister and tense, at the start of the clip the music is very loud which could emphasise the location of where this is shot. When they first enter the house it is very quite but once the women understands that it is just them two she soon becomes powerful and the music emphasises this. When she mentions the black whole the music goes very loud and tense, it almost sound like they are in space; this tense music stops when the conversation gets more personal when shes asked about his wife. The music again begins to get loud as they get closer and then when the long shot occurs the music goes quite this can show the power the women had as she asked him 'if he came here for sex'

mise en scene:
Both of them are dressed very formal and talk very formally. The women wears black during this clip which could empahise the power that she has, also when she is talking she seems to know everything that the man will say so her answers are always pressuring on the man which also shows a lot of power shes has over the man. The way that she also comes across is very intimidating and she does have a sexual side, but the man does not buy it so she is not as powerful. When the women mentions about the mans wife the man and gets personal, as this happens the women gets more and more powerful but then then man turns it around and then the man gets defense and then she loses some of the power she had. Also where the clip is set in her house, which seems to be very posh and expensive; which could also show that she has power in money