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.