Coronation Street Analysis

Coronation street analysis



The setting is set in a working class street in Manchester. The character Gail is in her bright blue dressing gown which suggests that its early and that is she is comfortable and familiar with her neighbours with her to be outside dressed like this. This makes her character come across as not bothered what other people think of her. The colour blue represents freedom, strength and power. Blue is also the colour of protection which says a lot about her character and the meaning of her actions in the scene. For example having arguments with various people over her daughter, representing Gail as quite an aggressive and strong, motherly character. The women in this scene are all represented as aggressive and argumentative. Sarah (Gail’s daughter) is dressed in dark, loose fitted clothing which makes her look very young and vulnerable. Sarah is the complete opposite to Gail’s character coming across as quiet rather than loud.
Todd’s character is very timid and scared of the women characters in the scene (including his mum) representing him as a quite a feminine character portraying he’s sexuality strongly. This is typical representation of a gay person. The scenes of Todd hiding behind the sofa make this more obvious.
On the other hand Todd’s brother is the complete opposite to Todd’s character as he is a stereotypical manly man who works as a builder.
In the scene where Sally and Kevin are watching the argument outside and having a conversation represents gender very strong and clear. Sally represents women as caring by talking about ‘putting her kids first’ rather than them, and giving her children the opportunity to go to private schools and that she would do everything she can to pay for them to go, whereas Kevin was representing men strongly as arrogant - only caring about having more money for themselves ect.

The shots at the beginning show point of view shots of Todd looking up at Gail through the window (hiding) - by him looking up at Gail (low angle) instantly shows Gail as a dominant character. They also cross cut and the shots get faster as they see each other - building up tension suggesting that something’s going to happen between these characters in the next scene. There are a lot of close up shots of Sarah at the beginning showing us that the scene has got to do with her. We can also see this because of the emotions that she is portraying.
There is a panning shot used to move around Gail, Eileen and Todd in a circle when they are arguing. This is effective because it allows the audience to see each characters perspective. There was also over the shoulder shots used during the argument which were crossed cut fast to make the audience more engaged with the argument and to make it more gripping and exciting.
Other shots used in the clips were long shots - to show the characters body language and clothing and mid-shot/ close ups - to see the characters facial expressions.

There are diagetic sounds used throughout the whole of this scene. This is because it is all set in the same street so everyone would be able to hear what is going on in the street.

How does mise-en-scene represent gender in the extract of Dr Who?

The first main male character is represented as a strong, professional person, who is very confident in what he is doing and saying. He over powers the women characters surrounding him. We can see that he is a higher status than the women in the scene because of the levels used. For example, when he tells the female character to get on her knees, he is standing on the stairs in front/above her looking down at her – representing that men over power females. This is a very important part of the scene because shortly after this scene, the representation of male and female is contrasted and shows that women can overpower men too.

The villains’ character comes across as stern and harsh. This is shown by the way he speaks. He is well spoken and the tone of voice he uses is ‘stern and harsh’ whereas the women in this scene don’t have much dialogue and are seen as vulnerable and quite weak.

The characters costume emphasizes he’s ‘sternness’ as its smart and professional. Although the woman’s costume is also quite smart – you don’t really see her costume as much as you see the villains’. The colour ‘black’ is the main costume colour throughout the scene with men and women wearing this colour. This suggests that all the characters are at a reasonably high class, as black is represented as a professional and smart colour. Whereas black is also represented as dominant and overpowering in some characters cases. The setting is very futuristic, bright and advanced. This suggests that they are in some kind of space ship or another extra terrestrial area. 

The main prop used in the extract is the gun that the villain holds. The gun is being held by the male – once again representing men as overpowering and controlling. No women in the scene are showed holding any type of weapons which suggests that women cannot ‘handle’ such powerful weapons.

Mise - en - scene TV Drama

Mise – en - scene  = social class (eastenders - Bianca&Family)

The characters are dressed very slouchy – wearing puffer jackets, tracksuits ect. This suggests that the characters status’ are very low and that they are lower class. From their body language and the way they are standing together and looking at the camera shows us that they have a certain ‘attitude’ about them, suggesting that their characters are very loud, up front and ill-mannered. The way they are standing together shows us that they are a ‘tight’ family. Although from this image we can see that they are not all from the same family. We can tell this because the young boy on the far right is mixed race, and the other three children do not look like siblings. This tells us a lot about the mother character (forth from left). It suggests that this character is very stereotypical of a low class woman who lives in The East end, For example a ‘promiscuous’ single mother on benefits.
The shot used is a mid / long shot. This shot is used to show us what their costume is and close enough to see their facial expressions. The lighting used in this image is quite bright which suggests that it was taken mid-day. The background of this image ‘setting’ is very dull. The overall colour of this image is pretty dull, giving off a mood to the image. The picture is set in a typical street in London, showing loads of dustbins and dirty grey pavements showing that the area they are in is quite run down.

Mise – en – scene = disability  (Jean and Stacey)

The shot used in this image is a mid shot. This so you can see a little of the characters costume and enough to see their facial expressions.  From this image we can see that the woman on the left is ‘ill’. The blanket placed around her, the cuts on her leg and her gaunt facial expressions suggest this. The woman on the right shows her worry and fear through her facial expressions. From the way the characters are placed and the tight frame we can that the young woman is family member/carer to the elder woman. The setting looks as if it is set in a flat or home. The plain walls of the flat/ home suggest that the poorly woman has maybe locked herself away from everyone else.




















Mise - en - scene = Ethnicity (The Masood's)


The shot used in this image is a long shot of the family sitting down on a sofa. It looks like they are having some sort of important family meeting. We can tell this because the whole family are there squashed up all together in the living room - this must not be a casual thing judging by certain characters facial expressions. The characters costumes are very stereotypical of how Muslim families would dress due to their religious clothing ie; the women are wearing vowel's.
From the image we can see that the Father is the most dominant character out of the family, once again representing the stereotypical Asian Father as the dominant, strict one in the family.