Explore the representation of gender in this extract

Explore the representation of gender in this extract

The tv show scott and bailey revolves around two detectives, scott and bailey. In this extract a woman is talking to a man at a dinner table, the woman is wearing plain clothes like she has come straight from work and the man is wearing a suit with no tie, showing he dressed up quite smart but not overly so. She is slouched over and leaning on her hand. Her body language is relaxed and casual. His body language is tight and he seems nervous. He keeps up straight and talks very carefully. He breaks up with her and his voice stays calm although it stutters where as she is confused, she seems taken aback and upset. The background is all out of focus so we can see that the focus of this part is on the two people in the middle of the frame. The lighting is quite low key and keeps natural, it is at the side of the man, splitting his face into light and dark, perhaps showing that he has a dual personality and is possibly hiding something from her. Whereas the light on the woman is the same throughout her face. The next scene is the workplace, the overall lighting is quite light, natural. Most of the people in the scene are wearing normal black/grey work clothes except a couple of the girls are wearing quite vibrant colours like blue, to make them stand out. The men in the workplace are preoccupied, they're all listening to the boss but they're not giving their full attention. For instance one of the workers is throwing and catching a coin and you can see via editing that one of them is checking out another girls legs. The editing shows this by cutting from the man bending his head to the right to the girls legs and the camera is panning up the leg. There is also another man looking at the pictures she mentioned in this scene. The idea of this scene with gender isn't to segregate them, the stereotype being that the men are the powerful ones or the woman are all sexualised. The piece shows the variety quite well because even though the men aren't paying much attention and one of them is checking out a coworker the big boss is a woman and the only input comes from a woman. In the next scene the woman is wearing a leather jacket and jeans again all in black and the man is wearing a casual dressing gown. The woman is banging on the door then enters his apartment. The lighting is again across half of the mans face and the womans face is lighted evenly. She is big with motions and seems violent towards him. He takes it as he knows he deserves it.