Evaluation - how does your media product represent gender?

The film starts with a cross dissolve into a boy and a girl standing on a bridge talking. This long shot has high level lighting which supports the romantic genre and is a romantic location which is feminine. This is a traditional representation of women because it is a feminine shot and location making women come across as girly which is how they are usually represented especially in the romantic genre.

Throughout this film there are pictures in a scrap book which come to life as individual clips and in all of them the costume supports the traditional representation of women. In all the clips the girl is wearing a dress and heels which creates a traditional representation of women being girly and the heels make her look dressed up which also supports the traditional idea that women should be glamorous and looked at as sex objects. The shot types also support this in that they are mainly mid shots and long shots with only a few close ups suggesting that the audience should be looking at girls bodies rather than faces. 

In the clips there are sound affects used which bring the moving pictures to life and make it more realistic to the audience. The sound affects are calming and support the romantic atmosphere supporting the traditional representation of women being placid and not having much personality or strength. Also throughout the whole film there is non-diegetic parallel music which is just a piano and is very romantic and feminine supporting the traditional idea that women are girly and never masculine. 

Part way into the film there is a cross-dissolve to the boy and girl running towards ducks and the ducks are running away from them. Whilst the girl and boy are running the boy is in front of the girl holding her hand in the lead. This gives the effect that the man is dominant and leading the way of the woman and that she is following. This creates a traditional representation of men as he is shown to be in control and to always be in charge. 

Towards the end of the clip there is a cut to an extreme long shot of the boy picking up the girl and spinning her round. This creates a traditional representation of men as he is shown to be stronger than the woman and able to lift her and be dominant and in control. There is then a non-diegetic voice over which says "when you used to spin me around and hug me, i never wanted you to let go." this creates a traditional representation of women as it shows her to be more affectionate and to be dependent on the mans attention and to not want to be left alone.