DOCTOR WHO 2009

GENDER ANALYSIS

CAMERA SHOTS• CLOSE UP SHOT OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE ROOM CHANTING ‘DOCTOR’ HIGHLIGHTS THEIR

INDIVIDUAL FAITH IN THE DOCTOR – HE’S OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WHO CARRIES A LOT OF POWER AND INFLUENCE OVER THE GROUP

• A MID SHOT IS USED AS MARTHA STANDS UP FROM KNEELING WHICH SUGGESTS TO THE AUDIENCE SHE IS REGAINING HER POWER. THE USE OF THE MID SHOT ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO HIGHLIGHT FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND ALSO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND

• A WIDE SHOT IS USED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIP ESTABLISHING THE SCENE IN WHICH THIS CLIP IS SET BUT ALSO THE TENSE ATMOSPHERE THAT IS PORTRAYED THROUGH THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF MARTHA AND THE OTHER HOSTAGES.

• AS THE DOCTOR REGAINS CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION, AN OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT IS USED TO PORTRAY THE SITUATION FROM THE VIEW THAT THE VILLAIN HOLDS

CAMERA ANGLES• HIGH ANGLE SHOTS ARE USED TO HIGHLIGHT MARTHA’S LACK OF POWER AT THE START

OF THE CLIP AS SHE IS KNEELING DOWN IN FRONT OF THE VILLAIN

• LOW ANGLE SHOTS ARE USED WHEN THE VILLAIN IS STOOD AT THE TOP OF THE PLATFORM TO HIGHLIGHT HIS SUPERIORITY OVER THE REST OF THE CHARACTERS AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME

• THE HIGH ANGLE SHOT IS USED WHEN WE SEE THE DOCTOR TRAPPED IN THE CAGE ILLUSTRATING THE FACT THAT HE IS HELPLESS AT THIS POINT

• AS THE DOCTOR REGAINS HIS ‘POWER’ OVER THE VILLAIN, A HIGH ANGLE SHOT IS USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE LACK OF CONTROL HE NOW POSSESSES

CAMERA COMPOSITION• SHALLOW FOCUS IS THE FIRST THING THAT IS USED AS WE ARE INTRODUCED

TO THE VILLAIN OF THE CLIP – THE FIRST CHARACTER THAT THE AUDIENCE GETS TO SEE

• SHALLOW FOCUS IS USED TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHARACTER MARTHA

• DEEP FOCUS IS USED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCENE AS A WAY TO INTRODUCE THE CHARACTERS THAT ARE IN THE SHOT AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME

CAMERA MOVEMENT• NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIP, THE CAMERA GENTLY PANS ACROSS THE SIDE OF

THE ROOM WHERE THE HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD

• A TRACKING SHOT IS USED TO TRACK THE MOVEMENT OF MARTHA ACROSS THE ROOM AS SHE REACHES THE POINT WHERE SHE HAS TO STOP IN FRONT OF THE VILLAIN AND AWAIT HER FATE

• TOWARDS THE END OF THE CLIP, THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON THE TICKING CLOCK REVEALING HOW LITTLE TIME THEY HAVE LEFT

• THERE IS A SLIGHT ZOOM USED IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS OF THE CLIP TO HIGHLIGHT THE DISTRESSED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS OF THE VILLAINOUS CHARACTER IN THIS CLIP

MISE-EN-SCENE• THE WOMAN IN THE RED DRESS IS SEEN MORE AS AN OBJECT DUE TO THE STEREOTYPICAL

IMAGE THAT COMES TO MIND SEEING A BLONDE IN A RED DRESS ALL MADE UP BECAUSE WOMEN WHO ARE SEEN MORE AS OBJECTS TEND TO BE SEEN WEARING THIS COLOUR

• THE FITTED BLACK SUIT WORN BY THE VILLAIN HIGHLIGHTS HIS IMPORTANCE IN THE CLIP

• THE OVERALL STYLE CLOTHING THAT MARTHA IS WEARING WHEN SHE IS BROUGHT IN SUGGESTS THAT SHE HAS BEEN CAPTURED AS HER CLOTHES RESEMBLE THOSE WORN IN PRISONS

• THE GUNS THAT ARE HELD BY THE GUARDS SUGGEST THAT THE WEAPONS ARE WHAT THEY USE TO GAIN AUTHORITY OVER THE HOSTAGES

EDITING• SHOT REVERSE SHOT BETWEEN MARTHA JONES AND THE VILLAIN MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE

AUDIENCE TO FOLLOW THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS

• CGI EFFECTS ARE USED WHEN THE DOCTOR IS FREED FROM THE CAGE TO HIGHLIGHT HIS IMPORTANCE AND ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF HIM BEING RELEASED AS HE IS NOW ABLE TO ‘SAVE THE WORLD’ – A ROLE HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR CARRYING OUT

• THE MONTAGE OF CLIPS OF CIVILIANS REBELLING AGAINST THE VILLAIN HIGHLIGHTS HIS LOSS OF POWER

• CROSSCUTTING IS USED BETWEEN THE MONTAGE OF CLIPS AND MARTHA EXPLAINING HER JOURNEY TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HER TO RELAY HER STORY TO THE AUDIENCE WATCHING THE PROGRAMME

SOUND• CRESCENDO IN NON DIEGETIC SOUND HIGHLIGHTS TO THE AUDIENCE THE BUILD UP IN

TENSION AND FOREBODES ACTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE OF THE CLIP

• THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE VILLAIN AND MARTHA RELAYS THE STORY TO THE AUDIENCE OF WHAT IS TAKING PLACE

• THE SYNCHRONOUS SOUND OF THE VILLAIN CATCHING THE TELEPORTATION DEVICE HIGHLIGHTS THAT HE HAS GAINED CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION

• THE SYNCHRONOUS SOUND OF THE TIMER TICKING DOWN RESEMBLES ONE OF A BOMB – SUGGESTING THAT THEY HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS