In the lesson today we were focusing on the social class and how it is represented via the media.
we had been given a clip to watch of Cranford and had to analysis it
the clip had started of with a wide shot in the woods with a small cottage shown on the side and a few characters that appeared to be working class or even underclass, this was shown through the behaviour and the clothes that were worn by the characters. the second shot than was also a wide of the cottage and a working class women running into the cottage, this shot showed that the house was small and it looked filthy. there was not much non diegetic sound in the clip, there were only dialogs. when the women has entered the mise-en-scene of the cottage was very dark and bland with not many props around, they were just some basics such as tables and chairs suggesting the statues of the owner of the house was working class, inside the house there was 3 characters shown on-screen, the working class women that the house belonged to and anther that had come over and anther that was more like young maid of the house that was constantly shown working. the other two other women were shown with a close up when they were admiring the lace and as one spoke about the lace are the kind that are belonged to upper class women.
the clip also gives a stereotype of the working class characteristics, as being irresponsible and the narrative of the camera showed that when the cat swallowed the most precious lace meant for the women.
the exterior shot of the working class women and the middle class women that was carried by the men clearly defined the difference in the social statues. the conversation that took place between the working class women and the middle class lady that was carried in the carry box, did not address the working class women by their names although the working class women did when speaking to he middle class women.
there was also a anther representation shown in the clip was that when the two well dressed men were shown in a wide long shot showing there statues by the way they speak the tone and how they beahave.
we had been given a clip to watch of Cranford and had to analysis it
the clip had started of with a wide shot in the woods with a small cottage shown on the side and a few characters that appeared to be working class or even underclass, this was shown through the behaviour and the clothes that were worn by the characters. the second shot than was also a wide of the cottage and a working class women running into the cottage, this shot showed that the house was small and it looked filthy. there was not much non diegetic sound in the clip, there were only dialogs. when the women has entered the mise-en-scene of the cottage was very dark and bland with not many props around, they were just some basics such as tables and chairs suggesting the statues of the owner of the house was working class, inside the house there was 3 characters shown on-screen, the working class women that the house belonged to and anther that had come over and anther that was more like young maid of the house that was constantly shown working. the other two other women were shown with a close up when they were admiring the lace and as one spoke about the lace are the kind that are belonged to upper class women.
the clip also gives a stereotype of the working class characteristics, as being irresponsible and the narrative of the camera showed that when the cat swallowed the most precious lace meant for the women.
the exterior shot of the working class women and the middle class women that was carried by the men clearly defined the difference in the social statues. the conversation that took place between the working class women and the middle class lady that was carried in the carry box, did not address the working class women by their names although the working class women did when speaking to he middle class women.
there was also a anther representation shown in the clip was that when the two well dressed men were shown in a wide long shot showing there statues by the way they speak the tone and how they beahave.
