Homework-11th March

Sexuality can be represented through miss-en-scene, camera work, editing and sound.

A medium shot at the beginning of the clip represents the sexuality of the women behind the women looking in the mirror. We can assume that the diegetic voice over is of the women behind due to her facial expression. When she says 'She looked so beautiful' it is said with a soft gentle tone. This is representing this character to be a lesbian due to her establishing her attraction towards the other female character by complimenting her. Also the fact that it is a voice over rather than her actually saying to the other female charcater shows that she may be embarrassed of her sexuality or that the other female characters is not interested in her.This characters sexuality is further shown in a ling shot which establishes the female charcaters moving her hand in thin in above the women's body as she sleeps. That fact that she does not touch her shows that she is scared to show her sexuality and also that the other female character may not feel the same way, in a way in which she is not of the same sexuality.

Following this there is the asyncrounous sound of birds tweeting which establishes the time of day and set a relaxed atmosphere for this scene. In this scene there are several close ups showing  the women, who is painting, starring at the women as if she is almost n a daze. This is showing her passion and love her this women therefore representing her sexuality as a lesbian. Lastly this is followed by a extreme close up of the women dropping the paint off of her paint brush, this is when the male character releases that she is a lesbian and become extremely angry. This could explain why she has been scared and shy about coming out about her sexuality.

We can tell that the male character is angry by a long shot of him holding the female character up against the tree. He then tries to kiss her which represents his sexuality to be heterosexual as he is showing his attraction towards the female character. However she moves away which again is representing her sexuality. Following this in the next scene you can see the lesbian women covering the quilt over her right up to her face. This is representing her emotion in a way in which she is scared to be who she is as no one around her seems to agree with it.Throughout the whole of the clip there is a piano playing, this helped set the scene as it linked to the fact that the women was hiding her sexuality as she was scared to show it. The piano sound seems to fragment when the heterosexuality character becomes angry which sets the tense atmosphere which was needed for this scene.

When looking at editing i noticed that dissolves were used to show the relationship between each of the shots. The fact that the female character is in all of the shots shot as they dissolve from one another could be representing that her feelings have not changed about her sexuality. I also noticed that there was serval eye line matches. One showing the women looking at the other women breast and another being the women looking at the other women getting undress. These are all representing her sexuality as she is obviously attracted to this women. Another eye line match can be seen when the women is looking up at the man. This is portraying him as the more dominant and powerful character out of the two of the time which may be due to her being insecure about her sexuality therefore she is shy and scared rather than dominant and powerful.

All of the female characters are wearing long covered up dresses which could be showing that they are not willing to let anyone fantasise about there body. The lighting in specific part sod the clip are very dark which gives the scenes a mysterious atmosphere which links to the fact that no one knows about the female characters sexuality which she is scared to show. Lastly the female characters body language and facial expressions shows that she does not like the male character touching her therefore representing her sexuality. The fact that he hold her up against the tree and she is unable to do anything to stop him portrays him as the more dominant character which may be due to him having nothing to hind unlike the women who is keeping her sexuality as a secret. This may be suggesting to be of this sexuality is unacceptable in this time period. The time period in which the clip is set can be seen through the costumes of the characters.

Overall the producer of this clip is representing the female characters sexuality to be a lesbian and that she is scared to come out about it as no one around seems to agree with it. Also it is representing the male characters to be heterosexual and he acts as the dominant sexuality as it seems to be accepts whereas to be a lesbian it is not accept in this specific family.