Clip Analysis: Hustle
(Gender)
In the extract "Hustle" the audience are able to establish the two opposing protagonists in the clip that represent the issues of gender.
In the first part of the clip the audience are presented a shallow focus shot, displaying quite a 'feminine' male talking to a customer and in the background there is a woman who happens to be looking over at the male. This mid-shot straight away suggests to the audience the idea that the male is much more important than the female. In the background we can see the female looking at the male constantly. There is then a close-up shot of the female's face, suggesting that she is perhaps looking at the shop-keeper male perhaps for reassurance or help, suggesting that females rely on males for practical help. Furthermore, once the male is finished with helping the customer, he turns and walks over to the female who is searching through clothes. In a mid-shot the audience establish that the male asks her if she wants any help, and immediately the female looks up at him and responds with 'yes' promptly. This furthermore reinforces connotations of the female being dependant on a man for help and therefore represents females as not very independant.
As the audience watches on, we establish that the woman shows conontations of being extremely seductive. For example, as the clip progresses the camera pans up the female's body when she is trying the dress on. She makes moaning and groaning sounds of excitement, however the audience may very much interpret these noises as sexual suggestions, representing females as seductive sex objects.
(to be continued)
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