How does my film opening represent

gender?

Our Female Character

Our female character is represented in both modern and traditional ways in or
film.
Our female character is represented very traditionally on the surface in our film
opening. For example her costumes is very feminine (high heels, red lipstick,
black dress). This portrays her as an attractive women, whos stereotypical
innocence you would not question. However throughout the film we learn that she
is in fact the character who murdered Will (male in white shirt), this challenging
my past point. Therefore our female character has also been represented in a
modern way, as she challenges the typical innocence women have, by
murdering a character.
She kills Will by using a gun, heard when our film title comes up. This weapon
also goes against the stereotype of women as men are usually seen with the
weapon - this makes Beth very dominating, as she has control of the situation.
There are a range of shots which also represent her in a modern way. For
example in the bottom picture we see our character Will. Here he is looking up at
her, showing us that she is towering over him, and therefore appearing as a
threat and also dominating - this goes against the traditional representations of
women.
However in the top image, we see her smiling, and looking very feminine - this is
a traditional representation of females as she is seen as very attractive, and her
smile appears as innocent.
In the office scene of the film we cut back to a close up shot of her, this is
because she is laughing at Will in a patronising tone. This also challenges the
modern representation of women as she patronises him confidently, which was
not seen very often as men are thought of as the dominant gender.

Head Mobster
Our head mobster challenges both modern and traditional
representations of men.
Our head mobster/gangster is called Tom, and also on the surface
he represents a traditional gangster character (as seen in our
inspiration The Godfather). He is dressed in a full suit and holds
props such as whiskey and a cigarette. These are traditionally seen
with males more than females, therefore coincides a traditional
representation of male gangsters.
Tom however challenges a traditional representation of men as well,
this is because the female character is the murderer and the
dominant character rather than Tom. Although Tom is the head
gangster and instructs the female character to kill Will, she is in
possession of the weapon and therefore has control over Tom. This
is therefore a modern representation of men as he seems
dominated by a female.
Tom spends the least amount of time on screen in this film, and this
at first appears odd as he is head gangster. However we learn that
he has in fact instructed the female character to do the killings for
him, and therefore seems in control.

Murder Victim
The character who gets murdered is called
Will. He works for the head mobster Tom,
however has made an error on a deal, which
leads to his murder.
During the office scene, Will is sat opposite
from both the female and Tom. Therefore he is
being dominated by both as a two shot of them
shows their connection, and the close up of
Will shows his isolated position. Both the
female and Tom are holding both alcohol and
cigarettes, but Will is not. This again points out
how isolated from them he is.
Will is a modern representation of males in my
film opening even though his costume
challenges this. He is dominated by a female
as she kills him, which is very modern as males
are seen as the more dominant gender.