Representation Of Gender In Luther Part 1

Camera Shots/Movements:

First shot in this clip there is an establishing shot this is so the audience can familiarise themselves with where the scene is set. When the two are on the bridge there is a close up of her bag to let the audience know what is in there as it has an important reference. Soon after there is close ups of the characters Luther and Alice this is so the audience can gage the emotions the characters are showing and find out what the relationship between the two characters are. Just before the conversation starts there is a long shot of the whole room so the audience becomes familiar with the location. Next when they are in her apartment there is a mid shot of both the characters to show that they are having a conversation. After there is a close up of her painting but not only this the camera zooms in to the painting to show that Alice is drawing Luther in and it works because he ends up stood extremely close to her, but not only that she is using the painting to describe herself. Throughout this scene there are multiple over the shoulder shots to allow the audience to think that they are in the room and listening to the conversation. The conversation starts off general then after this there are multiple quick close ups of each character to show that they are fighting each other for power and it also shows that it is switching from person to person. Then after these there are extreme close ups of each character to show that Alice's plan is working as it is drawing Luther in. Just after there is a cut shot this is where it cuts quickly to a different shot and this shows the audience that Alice has lost all the power and its gone back to Luther. When a bit of the conversation has gone by there is a crab shot which arcs round Alice to show that Luther is trying to figure her out and watching her closely to see if she shows any emotion which he can go on to try and make her confess to the crime. Finally there are two mid shots one of each character to see their emotions at the end of the scene.

Sound:

Apart from the characters dialogue the first bit of sound is diegetic as we can hear the cars in the background going past the characters and this makes the scene seem more realistic to the audience. When the are in the apartment and Alice goes "this is a black hole" straight the way tense music comes in as this sounds a bit like space would sound. The sound is to reinforce that Alice is a dangerous character and what she is doing is just describing herself. This is a non diegetic sound as it isn't anything to do with the narrative. Once the two characters get close to each other there is background music that sounds like something struggling to breathe and implies that Alice is suffocating Luther by playing with his emotions. Finally throughout the rest of the scene there is tense music to link Alice to being evil and sinister.

Editing:

Throughout the scene where they are in the in the apartment there are things like zoom to close ups to show there is a sexual tension between the two and shows the woman's power over the male character as she mentions sex to him and that can be seen as a mans weakness. Also when Luther takes away her power it quickly cuts to a long shot to imply that Alice has lost all her power and Luther has regained it.

Mise En scene:

At the start of the clip there are a lot of large buildings and flats which shows the setting is in the central of London as there they do not have a lot of space to build only up. Luther is investigating a murder and Alice is his prime suspect. We see that Luther is wearing a suit and tie and shows the audience that he is high up in the society. We see the female characters wearing dark clothing and red lipstick showing that Alice is dangerous and a threat to Luther. Also she wears these things to allow her to draw Luther into her trap.

Representation Of Gender

In this clip we always see that Luther is a step ahead of Alice and this shows us that he is clever and knows how to manipulate the situation  to always come out on top. Although they are fighting for power Luther always has a back up plan like when he mentions her keeping the gun as a sort of trophy of what she has done to try and make her get angry and say something that will allow Luther to arrest her or have a line of inquiry. But Alice does have her strengths too, she knows a lot about Luther and this shows when they have previously met she has studied him carefully as she says that his wife is having an affair and they are on the rocks as she sees that he isn't wearing his ring anymore and is trying to get under his skin. But Alice's main power is sexually she draws him in by talking about these sorts of things to try make him say or do something he would regret. This whole scene is against the male gaze as the woman should never have power the man should always have it as he is meant to be seen as strong and powerful, but in this scene we see that they are fighting for power and overall we see that Luther has been overpowered by the woman and leaves the room.