Representation of gender: twighlight movie + analysis

In reference to how gender is portraid using media language, the cinematography of this clips is how male and female actors are portraid differently using differnt shots. At the beginning of the clip a mid-shot of The main male and female characters is shown with the male placing a cap on his conterparts head and you can assume that this is a gesture of the male wanting to take care of the female as is stereotyped. as the clip is played at the time of 2:48 additional cast members are introduced to which bare a threat to the female. at this moment a close up of the two cast members to which the male is taking control in protecting her, which is again another stereotype.


The way this clip is edited to move from clip to clip stereotypes both genders. for example when a female meber of the family throws a ball, it shows a male family member immediatly return the ball to better effect suggesting the male is somehow better at sport, but this can only be suggested because the clip moves from her actions straight to his actions showing his actions to be possibly better skilled. had the clip moved to another scene inbetween, the effect may not have carried over in the same way.


When the family begins to play baseball, the sound (being music in this case) is quite fast paced to match the speed of the game but when the mood changes and additional people arrive a scarier tune is played to show the fear that imparticularly one female member has.


in this scene the body movement is probably the area from the mise en scene that most reflects stereotype of gender in this clip. the male body movement is confident and relaxed whereas bella (a female member) is timid and withdrawn and in some stages acts quite fearful of her counterparts.