The Male Gaze

Fifth Harmony – All in my head (Flex) ft. Fetty Wap

In this music video there are a lot of women (All of Fifth Harmony) that are barely clothed, mainly bikinis dancing around on the beach. However, you could say that this is degrading to the woman even though they are singing because of the amount of men in the video. There’s definitely an aspect of the male gaze because the women are the main part of the video, there is also topless men in this video so both genders could be attracted to the music video but because of the fact that both the men and the women are exposed it’s not as degrading and it’s more equal.

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Right at the start of the music video each of the Fifth Harmony are on their own one by one and practically presented to the camera and at this point the male gaze is fairly obvious as they are all sexualised even though they are clothed. 

Representation

We started watching a TV Drama in class called Our Girl. The main character in this is a female called Georgie Lane and she is represented in a certain way, she is a solder in the armed forces but she is taken by Muslim terrorists and is forced to be a medic for the terrorist’s injured soldiers. When she is captured she is put into a cell with another woman called Kiki, she had given up but Georgie is a mentally and physically strong woman so she didn’t give up, told Kiki to have faith in her and to not give up, that takes a lot of power and will.

Georgie is stereotyped as a woman and she is done up with makeup and her hair looks good even though she is in the middle of a war zone and she has near to nothing unclean about her apart from the makeup that has been purposely put on to make her look like she hasn’t showered. The area around her in comparison to her is extremely dirty and you would have thought that she’d look worse in the conditions that she’s in but she doesn’t. This is done to make her stand out in front of the background and be more appealing for the viewers to watch. Later in the episode that we watched kiki, the woman that I mentioned before, looked very rough compared to Georgie and this is done because they want to emphasise how she looks and stereotype her as a woman a lot more.

Camera Work

There were a lot of different shots throughout the clip that we watched which was at the end of s2 e1. Most of the time the shots were very close up, they did this to make the scene more intense and look like there’s more action then there really is. There were also a few low angle shots for the terrorists to make them look like they are completely overpowering the soldiers in the ambulance. When the main antagonist leaves the car there is a tracking shot on him to show that he is the main antagonist and that he is the person you need to watch out for, it also gives the scene a lot more action because you know that he is a powerful man. Finally, there was an establishing shot of the ambulance at the very start of the clip and they did this to show the ambulance was alone away from the convoy and that’s when they got jumped by the terrorists.

Sound

Throughout the scene there was a  lot of different sounds, one of the main sounds was sound bridging, this is where when the scene changes the audio stays from the scene before. Also, the sounds of gunfire shows that the scene is very action pact and the shooters have a lot more control than everyone else.  There's music throughout the scene and most of it is really intense because of the content of the clip when the terrorists and the ambulance meet. Also there's a fair amount of dialogue throughout the scene and this makes it even more intense because the main antagonist shouts at the people in the ambulance and the same with Georgie Lane and one of the soldiers' last conversations which is upsetting because he's a nice character of what you know of him. 

Editing

Throughout the clip that there's a few different types of editing, the main type of editing was fast pace editing and this means there's lots of very small cuts to different angles and positions to make the scene much more intense. Also at some point through the scene there was a slow fade which came with some music that followed onto the next scene and this shows that the two scenes are linked in some way.

Mise-en-Scene

The whole of the scene was very dusty and looked run down and even abandoned and this compared to the main character of Georgie where she looks very made up is really obvious. Also, the clothing that everyone's wearing is dirty but that's expected because it's a military outfit. All of the terrorists wear very dark clothing that covers their bodies. All of the lighting that is on this scene is natural, bright sunlight to make the scene look more natural and less fake to the audience. 

                                                             Find your tribe - UK

I did the "Find your tribe" quiz on the channel4 website linked below:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/find-your-tribe

After i completed all the questions the Tribe that i was given was Townie.
"You are a contental soul - you love your friends, family and hanging out locally. Often happiest at the pub, park or getting your fix or reality TV with your best mates."

One of the biggest reasons why i did this quiz is because i'm a gamer but i wouldn't fit myself into the "Hardcore Gamer" tribe because the bio on it is nothing near and then i took the quiz and it showed that i really wasn't in the Hardcore Gamer tribe and i was in the Townie tribe.

                                                             The roles in creating a film

Writer: the writer of a film is the person that writes the scripts and everything to do with the bare bones of films so like the story of the film and what all the actors are going to say.

Producer: Producers plan and coordinate various aspects of the film production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing. One example of a producer is George Lucas for the Star Wars movies. 

Casting director: The casting director is the person that is responsible for assigning roles in the films

Director: A person who supervises the actors and other staff in a film, play or similar production. 

Film finance: Film finance is an aspect of film production that occurs during the development stage prior to pre-production, and is concerned with determining the potential value of a proposed film.

Camera operator: A camera operator is someone who records images that entertain or inform an audience. Camera operators capture a wide range of material for TV shows, motion pictures, music videos, documentaries and news and sporting events. Most work in the motion picture industry or television broadcasting.  

Editor: a person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a newspaper, magazine, or multi-author book.

Production designer: In a film and television, a production designer or P.D. is the person responsible for the physical overall look of a filmed event such as a TV program, video game, music video, or 

advertisement. Production designers have a key creative role in the creation of motion pictures and televisions.

Marketing: The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising 

Exhibition: a public display of works of art of items of interest, held in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair. 

                                My Top 10 TV Dramas 

Walking Dead - (Amazon Prime or Netflix) Survivors encounter problems at every turn in a zombie apocalypse, some are because of zombies and some are because of other survivors. (6 Seasons.)

Blindspot - (Sky living) A girl loses her memories and uses her own body filled with tattoos to get them back with the help of the FBI. However, some memories she really doesn't want to get back. (1 Season, 2nd starts on the 14th of September)

Dexter - (Netflix) A serial killer tries to live a normal life but his "dark passenger" overcomes him (8 Seasons)

Breaking Bad - (Netflix or Amazon Prime) Chemistry Teacher develop's lung cancer and sells drug to get a cure (5 Seasons)

Game of Thrones - (Amazon Prime) A civil war breaks down in Westeros while a forgotten race make everything worse. (6 Seasons)

Castle - (Alibi) An author needs inspiration for his new books so he goes on the police force and assists with a Captain Beckett. (8 Seasons)

Bones - (Alibi) A gruesome murder mystery where a couple is in charge of a team that solve cases using only the bones of the people that had died. (11 Seasons)

Elementary - (Sky Living) A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the new detective living in New York city. (4 Seasons, 5th starts on Oct 2nd)

Sherlock - (Netflix)A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crimes in the 21st century London. (Season 3)

daredevil - (Netflix) With his other senses superhumanly enhanced, fights crime as a blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night. (Season 2)