Monday, 5 December 2011

Primeval: First screening.

Mise en scene
Digger  and gun - phallic symbols

Masculinity:
- the brown haired lady in red at start: has the last word
-Blonde women are stereotypically there to be looked at, in this case she is masculine as she fights off sabertooth with digger
- Blue top: alpha male, in front with gun in the confrontation scene
-The location: farm/woods, masculine settings.
- Mr West takes power over woman in white coat, threatening: masculine trait.

Femininity:
- Man in pink
- Man with blue top: cowers in the hole while woman fights Sabertooth off.
- red top woman at start: she stubbornly drives off
- Lady in white coat: has power over man at start, dominant

Camera: 
- POV shots: man with grey top on zip wire, when fighting sabertooth
- Panning with the sabertooth, framed: important
- High angle shot on woman, she is subordinate.
- Low Angle shot on blue top in confrontation: dominant.

Sound
- Music: upbeat - fast to slow - builds up tension
- Masculine
- When the camera is focused on the man in pink, music is quiet and slow - Feminine
- When the camera cuts to the blonde woman, the music becomes louder and faster - Masculine

Editing
- Sabertooth: CGI
- The pace fastens dramatically when they are attacked by the Sabertooth, cuts during this scene.
- Continuity error: when he climbs to the top of the zip wire, the shot jumps, and he is facing a different way to before.

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