Representation of gender within this clip in Harley Street

The clip in the popular TV Drama ‘Harley Street’ portrays a representation of the gender dominance that goes on within the world of business, as we watch a male doctor working his way up in the world of business.

As the episode begins we immediately see a medium shot of a group of young beautiful girls sat on a very classy sofa situated in what looks to be a very grand house. The girls are sat very poised, dressed in classy but flirty outfits. This links very well within the way they act towards the males in this episode. The camera then turns to a young man entering the room dressed in smart dark clothing, looking very dominant in the way he carries himself. Carrying what looks to be a brief case showing how the man looks professional however as the camera zooms in on the brief case he opens it up and we see a close up of a set of needles, this has been shown to indicate to the audience what this man is doing. This links to gender as it represents how the male is in charge. One of the girls relates to him as ‘Doctor’ as she sits down in front of him portraying the gender dominance of the male as he stands above her using a high angle shot as he injects her face with the botox showing his power towards the female, he is in charge of the situation and what is happening to her. Diegetic sound of background music has been used within this particular part to represent the reality of the situation.

The camera then moves to another young man shown on the phone representing his importance that he is a part of a business, with a young quiet girl sat next to him very poised, dressed in classy casual clothing. Representing how she is ‘his girl’ out of the many girls revolved around the room. The man shows his dominance towards the young girl as he tries to force her to get the botox not giving her a say in any of it as we see throughout the scene she does not say a word; the camera zooms into a close up of the young girls face presenting her flawless skin to show how she doesn’t need the botox. However, also to show her shaking her head hinting to the doctor secretly that she really doesn’t want to have the botox done. This makes the audience aware of what is happening, allowing them to understand the dominance this man has over this young girl and she is being manipulated into this situation.

Representation of 90210

90210 is based in California America around a group of teenagers in their senior year in high school, we get to see the variety of lifestyles they live and the drama that goes on within their dream lives.
90210 is based around drama, therefore many different camera angles are used to portray the different emotions each character is giving off. For example Naomi is recovering from a rape incident, leaving her scared and mortified, however after dealing with it for so long on her own she puts up a front although you can see in the way she acts, the pain beneath her eyes and that fake smile. Naomi's emotions are shown a lot through close ups so we as an audience are able to see the emotion she is feeling even if her friends can't. As she is one of the main characters a lot of the drama does revolve around her. Naomi is a feisty, confident character and is shown mainly in a tilt shot to show she has the power over other people as she is the one with all the money, this is portrayed in the way she carries herself and walks around as if she owns the place allowing her beauty and popularity to shine through, but we as an audience can still see that pain as the camera draws in on her. The lives of the Beverly Hill High students is set mainly around school  grounds and the beach, this straight away gives us an idea of the lifestyles the characters carry, being very wealthy a life most teenagers dream of. Many of the characters are shown in bright light, portraying their kindness and happy life, as the sun shines through California. However as drama begins to happen and the camera comes from a long shot into a close up you see the shadow come over the characters bringing darkness and tension to the situation. Music is also used withing 90210 such as non-diagetic sounds when they are on the beach happy music is being played to show the greatness of their life. Diagetic sounds are used to portray the reality such as the waves in the ocean as they crash against the surf boards and the engine of their cars as they drive around in their open top sports cars. Crab shots are used a lot within 90210 to show the characters surfing as they follow their movement throughout the ocean.

Analyses of 'The Shield'

The Shield is an American police drama starring:
Michael Chiklis
Glenn Close
Catherine Dent
Reed Diamond
Paula Garces
Walton Goggins
Michael Jace
Kenneth Johnson
Jay Karnes
David Marciano
Benito Martinez
Cathy Cahlin Ryan
David Rees Snell
CCH Pounder

'The Shield' uses many shot reverse shots within the tv drama used to show the conversation between the two people the camera is focusing on, whether it is with the police interviewing the victims or just a general conversation between two police officers. However there may be close up shots to show the emotion on the characters face, to create tension, also created with sound mixing used to heighten the dramatics, showing the audience a clearer view of the situation. Shot reverse shots are mainly used within medium shots to allow the viewers to see the setting around the characters.
'The Shield' uses many different sounds throughout such as ambient sound representing the illusion of reality as when you are watching a tv drama it is very effective to have every day details involved to allow us to feel the reality making it easier for us as the viewers to get into the program we are watching. It also uses diagetic sound similar to other sounds used creating the effect of reality as normal day noises are made such as the sound of the car door slamming, also the sound of the characters sneaking around as it is a police drama you expect to hear sudden sounds creating tension for the viewers. Synchronous sound is represented using the sound of a fire engine as it goes by, and also the trigger of the gun symbolising the crime, police aspect of the program. Similarly zooming in on the gun to represent the danger of it.
The police officer is shown to be dominant and important as we see her throw a criminal into the police car then the camera gradually moved up showing the police officers face. 'The Shield' also uses an edit called 'cut to black' used to represent time passing, e.g in this particular tv drama it would go from being at a crime scene to cutting straight to the police station to carry on with further investigation.