Representation of Gender in Hustle

Gender

Mise-en-scene

- The shop keeper has a camp body language it shows him as a counter type of a male.

- The lady (customer) is dominant thats another counter type as women are not seen as dominant.

- The shop keeper is very feminine and is possibly gay as he is not admiring the lady and walks like a women.

- Womens dress - women go shopping which is a typical stereotype. At the same time it is a counter type as women are prudent and normally are good with money and she's careless with money.

- The man who finds a ring is originally in the store to buy a dress for his "bird" - women are objectified and reinforces the stereotype. 

- Shop keeper has a pink tie which reinforces his camp body language which shows he might be gay which again is a counter type.

- Men drink whiskey - stereotype

- Body language of the man trying to silence the alarm with a pillow - counter stereotype as men are stereotypically seen to be competent.

Sound

- Non diegetic cymbol sound on his springy walk, also shows his walk is very feminine and is a counter type.

- Exciting sound when the lady agrees to buy the expensive dress, its a counter type as men would keep their excitement in and posture strong and he fails to do so.

- Dialogue - the young hustler says "bird" when talking about his girlfriend and how he is going to buy her a dress.  This is stereotypical as it makes men sound as if they own their girlfriends and they are there to be bought things for.

Camera

- Low angle shot when the shopkeeper is first shown he is shown more dominant than the lady who couldn't afford the dress even though he is the shop keeper. Stereotypically looks dominant because of the camera angle.

- Tilt is used to admire the women body which is also a very stereotypical way to show women as they are seen as objects.  Tilt is also used to introduce the male hustler - this tells us they are on the same team.

- Camera is hand held when women is panicking and looking for her ring (suggests women are chaotic and emotional/hysterical)

Editing

- Two people having a conversation - cut away shot to the women which shows women are nosy and listen to other peoples conversations - stereotype

- Shot reverse shot shows the argument between the 2 men as they are firing at each other (stereotype)

- Wipe shows that the time ellipsis and makes us laugh at the camp quality of the shopkeeper's walk

- Cross cut to a gentle mens club to show the comparison of men and women and what women do in their spare time (shop) and what men do (drink whiskey). Shop keeper can be compared to the men in the gentlemen club as he is a countertop and is seen to be a less of a man than the men in the gentlemen club as he is doing feminine things.

- Edits speed up as the women is panicking because she lost her ring. She behaves in a stereotypical way. - camera is hand held.

Desperate housewives

In this title sequence of Desperate Housewives women are portrayed to be domesticated by the use of mise en scene as they are being given props such as a brush and being put in stereotypical settings for women such as they were located in a kitchen. In the Arnolfini Wedding part, women are cleaning up after men even though they're pregnant which again implies how domesticated they are. Women are also seen to be selfless so much so that we see her drowning in her own children, this also shows that women can't cope with so many kids at once.

Within the sequence women are also represented as the archetypical temptress. In the American Gothic part we see a man bored of his wedding and is attracted to a much younger and better looking women who he wants to be with. We also see women being objectified as his wife is then put in a tin as if her sell by date was over and thrown in the bin. It shows women are meant to be young and pretty and when they get old and out of their prime they're replaced by a much younger and better looking even though the male is older.

The stereotype of women being weak is reinforced in the sequence when the women is struggling with groceries which is only a couple of soup cans. This shows women are very dependent on men that they can't even carry their groceries and this women is portrayed as the Damsel In Distress as her facial expression visualises her struggle.

Another significant point in the sequence was the argument between the man and the women. This shows that women are sensitive and more emotional than men as we see a tear come down her face. On the other hand we see the women punch her husband in the face which shows that women have a bad anger deep down and that they too can lose their patience and are stronger than they look. In addition at the start of the sequence we see a painting of Adam and Eve where Eve pulls an apple off of the tree of life and Adam is crushed by a giant apple. This shows that women make men suffer for their self comfort.

Gendre words

MEN

WOMEN

Emotional	Prudent	Co-operative
Community minded	Compliant	Rational
Efficient	Competitive	Individualistic
Ruthless	Submissive	Sensitive
Dependent	Independent	Demure
Controlling	Confident	Strong
Ambitious	Aggressive	Assertive
Selfish	Selfless	Domesticated
Violent	Powerful	Competent