common stereotypes - representation in Luther

common stereotypes - Luther

The Tv drama Luther on BBC is a good example of stereotype in gender as it shows the main male character as more dominated by using low angled shots, this shows his power compared to the women who has high camera shots. Also in this clip the man is looking down at the women like she's scum, showing his dominance.

Camerawork


The two characters in this clip of  Luther are male and female. There are many stereotypes which are used alot on each of these types of gender, alot of these are used within this clip through the camera, sound, mise en scene and editing. The camera work used within the clip indicates straight away where the two characters stand within the hierarchy. This is portrayed by the low angle shots consistently used on the male, and high angle shots used on the woman. The reason for this is because a low angle shot represents a character as being in power, and near the top of the hierarchy, whereas a high angle shot indicates that the character has some sort of weakness in comparison to other characters, this is typical of a common stereotype as men will usually have more power over women. However the establishing shot of the woman may indicate that she has more to offer, and that she is more important than you think.


Sound track

There is a sound track throughout the whole clip which slowly increases the tension between the two characters. We expect an argument to occur soon due to the woman and the man having a clash in personality. The occurrence of a sound track in TV series are common and progressively builds up to be a dramatic scene in the series but in this case, we believe it will be an argument.

Mise en scene

in this clip the women is trying to throw herself out to the protagonist, she does this by wearing red lipstick, talking slowly and making her self sound sexy and also by going close and personal to him. Also in this clip she talks about his sex life and tries to make him feel uncomfortable. I believe she does this because she is a single women in a room alone with the man, and wants to make love.

Doc Martin

Through out the Doc Martin clip, regional identity is constructed through the setting of a small rural town in cornwall, where the community is close together and very friendly. Everyone knows each other and are very welcoming. This is in contrast to the main protagonist who is binary opposite. 

From the establishing scene we see that Doc martin represents the city as he's well spoken, intelligent and walks around with a high posture in a suit with a brief case; and the other two men represent the cornish identity as they speak slowly with a strong farmers accent, this suggests that they are less intelligent. Also as one of the characters ends up braking the tap instead of fixing the tap, this shows that he doesn't know what he's doing and is more interested in the conversation and eating his sandwich. Then, standing in the doorway, Doc Matins assistant is stood there with crossed hands not willing to help because she's wearing the wrong clothes, this could show that she is also slow minded like the other two people from the village in the scene.

As well as that, in the opening scene there is natural lighting and boxes everywhere in a run down doctors surgery, this suggests that the country side isn't modernised.

When the water bursts out Doc Martin starts shouting to everyone and is seen to be higher in the shot,  this shows he is more important than everyone else; especially when he turns to the dog and the camera zooms in. As doc martin is the only one shouting about the dog, this shows that only village people are use to a dog running around as it may be normal for them unlike Doc Martins old life.

Through the use of of mine en scene we see that the main protagonist isn't good with handling dogs as he holds the lead with a towel, this could be because he is from the city. 

Ethnicity Textual Analysis: Hotel Babylon

Hotel Babylon

Hotel Babylon is a British TV drama series on BBC from 2006-2009 set in a five-star hotel that has many mysteries about it.

in the TV series Hotel Babylon, there are many examples of ethnicity and stereotypes. For example, in this scene of the blonde women at the front desk, it shows a young white British women working at a desk. This is a stereotype because normally young people can't get the big jobs.

In this scene it shows a young Asian women working behind a computer on her own, this may show that she is a strong independent woman as she is working behind a computer. Also when the immigration officers come in, she is the one that people alert to go round up all the immigrants and hides them, this shows she is intelligent just like a stereotype of a young Asian women.

In this next scene of three immigrants in the store room, we see three different ethnicities, the older looking man to the left looks like a traditional Italian, as he has a long moustache, fat and a chef. Also there is a woman in the middle who looks to be from Hungary as she is short, speaks with a different accent. As well as that we see a younger black man stood to the right of the women, this man looks to be from Africa as he has a strong accent and is very dark skinned. However, he brakes the stereotype of an African immigrant because he is the one to save the women who falls to the floor because she faints due to her diabetes.

Sound

whilst Jacky is rounding up the civilians, there is intense music and people shouting in the back ground, this creates tension and keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat while they wait to see what happens. The soundtrack could also suggest that the scene is dramatic and that something is about to happen to one of the immigrants as it shows him cleaning with head phones in.

camera work  

Firstly, we see a wide shot of the lobby just to set scene and let the viewers know where they are. We then see the migrant officers walking towards the front desk, there are a lot of close up shots, this is to show his emotions. Also when all the migrants are into the store room the camera zooms into all their faces. This shows their emotion and makes the audience know how they are feeling and could also make them feel the same.

Editing
The editing starts of slow when the officers walk in, but when the man runs of to make warn Jacki to round up the migrants the editing becomes more fast pace and continues to stay like this as he is running and it also makes the viewers feel tense because they don’t know if they are going to hide them all.