4 points......
The Stereo typical: women have less power.
Power belongs to The Master (male)
later on in the clip the view challenges the stereo typical view by making Martha (female) have more power and the master sinks in power.
Camerawork
Martha
Start 0:00 -1:43 - Female - Low Angle - voice silent - Military outfit (Powerless)
Mise en scene
Martha
1:43 laughs (Looks happy) become brave and fearless speaks up to the Master
this signifies the power balance of men and women and that women are gaining more power.
Editing and Sound.
Martha
Lighting changes through reality to her vision by making her vision appear much darker however is still fall lighting as everyone is clear to see and no blurred background.
Structure
4x CameraWork
4x Lighting
Plot and Narrative
For camerawork this shows gender as unbalanced to begin with but
gradually women gain power and the men sink to the same level of power.
this is shown using a Low angle camera shot looking up at the master to connote power and strength while a high angle camera shot looks down at Martha to show that she is lower and less powerful.
This is changed throughout the extract through body language and facial
expressions as she starts laughing at the master when he feels he has
succeeded in his plan, this is also connoted throughout the use of mise
en scene due to the military styled outfit.
In the beginning of the extract of Doctor Who, it begins
with Martha slowly walking towards the Master. Rather than a continuous shot
many cuts occur, cutting back and forth to show what Martha sees and then back
to Martha to show her facial expressions. This gives an emotional perspective
of how Martha is feeling whilst creating tension between the characters. This
however shows that as a woman Martha is feeling much weaker compared to the Master.
He is viewed by the camera using a low angle shot. As he is at the top of a
flight of stairs the effect of this is to give him a more dominant approach.
The camera views Martha using a Medium shot throughout most of the extract to
show off her body language where her
arms are neatly by her side and her movement is slow which connotes a feeling
of cautiousness and nervousness but not afraid.
The camera angles are very different at the beginning of
the extract as it goes into a close up of Martha’s face to show the importance
of her facial expressions whilst it shows the masters whole body to show him as
a more higher status being.
The lighting throughout the whole extract generally stays
as Deep focus showing importance of every character and the fact everyone is
equal in importance male or female. And the fact that Martha is wearing a black
warfare outfit challenges the stereotypical view of women as she appears more
stereotypical masculine (Tough and power craze)
The sound in general the background music for this extract starts of dramatic creating tension turning into a peice of composed music that creates mystery as though something is happening and then later turns to overpowering which fits well with the rest of the clip. This music is non diegetic.
Martha's voice when she starts speaking about half the way through is very sure that she is in control showing the power she acctually has over the Master whilst the Masters voice is also similar to this in the way that he thinks he has all the power when in fact he has non but does not know this. The Master then thinks that she is being stupid with prayer and belief but in fact it's not just this she has on her side. all this sound is diegetic as everybody in the room can here this.
