In the first scene in the clip shows a shop assistant played by David Walliams who is very posh and looks down on the elderly women who is very scruffy and looks very out of place in the shop as she cannot afford the dress. The camera shot is an over the shoulder shot and it is used so that it looks like the shop assistant is looking down on the elderly woman.
When we are introduced to Sarah the camera starts at her shoes and pans up to her watch, this is done as Sarah looks like she is of a higher class and that she should be able to afford clothes in the shop. Also the shop assistant is instantly drawn to Sarah as he thinks she is of a higher class. Sarah is also very well presented and also softly spoken. The next camera shot is of a sweep which is meant to show the pulling of the dressing room curtain as Sarah is going to try on a very expensive dress.
The clip showing the two men in the pub is very stereotypical of men as they are very masculine and drinking alcohol and smoking.
When Sarah pretends to lose her ring the shop assistant starts to worry a lot as she is making big mess in the shop and the shop is meant to be of a high class so this type of behaviour is frowned upon. The scene is shown at a very fast pace to show the the feel of panic and confusion. When Sarah says that she will pay £5000 to whoever finds the shop assistant is instantly drawn to it as he is a very greedy person and is motivated by money.
There is a push up camera shot when the shots change from the con artist with blonde hair to the two men in the bar. The men in the club are shown to be laughing and drinking which would be another stereotype of men at that age. The music is also very upbeat when the con is taking place as this shows that the con the pace of the show is starting to pick up as the main part of the show is taking place.
When the con artist hands the shop assistant his card he knows that he is going to shout him back and when he does the con artist stares down the camera this technique is used a lot in Hustle and also there is normally a narration describing what is taking place on the screen.
The key is to think what gender stereotypes do we see and do they remain the same or change in the clip? How is the audience positioned?
ReplyDeleteNot push up shot. It is a vertical wipe.
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