Primeval g322 gender.
At the beginning of the clip the character Abbey steers away
from the stereotypical image of women she is portrayed as a strong feisty women
you see this when she is operating the mechanical machine. A wide shot is first
used when she is seen doing this this establishes the scene and the location
giving the audience a general idea of what the situation. A close up at the end
of the digger portrays the fact that abbey (the female character) is experience
in using the machine reinforcing the idea of her non-stereotypical portrayal.
You are also given the impression that the character abbey is a tom boy and the
mis-en-scene justifies this as she has short boyish hair and wears a leather
jacket which makes you think of the characters from ‘Grease’ as they are mainly
male and strong willed characters and stereotypical boys.
The female character Abbey fights the saber-tooth tiger at
the beginning of the clip where she saves the man’s life which portrays her tenacity.
This shot is portrayed through a continuity edit. There is a wide shot of her
running after the man being chased reinstating this point again or reverse
stereotypes as the man is stereotypically supposed to be strong and courageous but
he is fact running away and being chased. This scene contrasts to the women
(Abbey) running through the forest with a gun to him for the second time, the dark
shape of the gun reinstates her power.
The man/gentlemen who is wearing a sky blue t-shirt is
portrayed as more of an intelligent man for example when the saber-tooth attacks
him we saw him cowering into a hole going against the stereotypes which
contrasts him and Abbey making the reverse stereotypes more emphasised. Despite
him cowering into a hole he displays courage, when he lures the creature away
from Abbey but despite the brave act he is still running away and a continuity
edit is used when he is running away and also when he uses the zip wire. At this moment of time close ups are also used
to portray the fear and exhaustion on his face and the idea that he is using his
belt on the zip wire displays his intelligence. The Mis-en-scene of his clothes
convey a more stereotypical view of a man as they are more neutral and earthy
clothes and also have dirt on them and are strained.
The non-diegetic sound of the ambient sound track helps
convey the tension and fear and helps make the pace of the action faster engaging
the audience. The blurring and wipes between each edit gives the impression
that it is too fast to see the saber-tooth. The music becomes a lot slower at
some points but still has a high amount of tension.
The man who is wearing a pink attire is portrayed as a ‘pretty-boy’
(a lover and not a fighter). Stereotypically pink is more associated with girls
yet he still wears this colour. When we see this character with the rest of the
cast everyone is wearing mainly earthly colours or smart suits etc. whereas he
wears a feminine colour again reversing the stereotypes. This character isn’t holding
a gun but comically picks up a spade and is holding it the wrong way up. There is
one man and one woman who both have guns portraying that the women is more
reliable than the man wearing pink.
This extract turns a lot of ideas mostly of stereotypical
views upside down- which therefore gives the reader an interesting watch.
