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.
