Wednesday 21 September 2016

Representation in Our Girl

In the scene cross cutting is used to show show what's happening inside and outside of the ambulance while using fast paced editing to demonstrate how fast the ambulance is moving. This builds tension while the non diegetic sound of music gradually gets louder to show how powerful and tense the situation is.  Low angles are used to portray how Georgie is the victim as we are shown a point of view shot of her looking up at the terrorist which shows how he has power over her.

Georgie is presented as the victim by her screaming and being obviously scared of the terrorists as they deliberately intimidate her by threatening her. This is also shown by the terrorists moving Georgie by pulling her by her hair and the audience are shown she gets an injury on her cheek. This stereotypically shows us the power and dominance the male terrorists have over Georgie.

The synchronous sound of gunshots is used while using a cross cut to show the effect the gunshots are having on the soldiers. This continues over a sound bridge while we're shown the point of view shot from the angle of the terrorists to show the injuries they're inflicting. As this is happening, the music gets very loud and over powering which represent how powerful the terrorists are in this situation.

Costume is used to show how the terrorists are hiding their identity which tell us how they understand they're committing a crime yet still continue anyway. Georgie isn't in the general army uniform instead she's in scrubs as she is the doctor on the ambulance which stereotypically shows how the female generally looks after the male. This isn't a very stereotypical outfit to be wearing as it's more practical than fashionable which suggests to the audience she doesn't care about how she looks.

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