The Hustle - Homework.

The Hustle - Homework

During the Hustle clip, gender is represented in a stereotypical way. This is all shown through mise-en-scène, camera shots, editing and sound.


One of the beginning shots taken, was the medium close up shot. In this medium close up shot, we are able to see the close appearance of the first female character revealed. This shot follows the stereotypical outlook towards women. This shot also links back to the comment, Kilbourne (195) made, that the media representation of women were that the women are always shown with perfect hair and teeth but also skin with out a blemish. The mise-en-scène, also reveals the female character to have an independence in society as she is shown to wear a suit. This all changes, when the front of the suit is shown to be revealing which keeps the idea of females being a  sex object continuous.

The next shot which stands out with the representation of genders, is the high angle shot, which is over the shoulder. That shot alone shows the dominance and power the male figure has as the camera stays at his shoulder and looks down upon the working class female. The media decides to keep the stereotypical view of the working class women by showing it through mise-en-scène, by creating the older women to look unattractive, unfilled and unstable money wise. 

The close-up shot of the marriage ring during this clip resembled the women to be a consumer but also defined through marital status as if the women was an object. The mise-en-scène for the actual costume in this clip was carefully chosen through, so the ring was the biggest and most eye-catching diamond ring going. This hide the code within that she is also higher class and a  lot different compared to the working class women, shown earlier. The watch upon the females wrist also screams out to the audience, 'money.'

The tilt movement that took place in this clip, only verified Wolf's (1995) comment that women are viewed as sex objects. This tilt was specifically used to not only show Wolf's idea but also Kilbourne's (1995.) idea that women in the media are shown as mannequins by being tall and thin, but also containing very long legs and skinny. This shot also shown the money as a huge subject, as the dress was revealing, full of diamonds and kept her figure tight and revealing. 

Contrasting against the constant women sexual appeal in this clip, the men's club was briefly shown on odd occassions. The action shot was used to reveal the men in this personal gender based club, smoking and drinking like the stereotypical view. This would be the retributive masculinity, as the men keep to the traditional masculine authority by celebrating the traditional concerns in their content. 

The next action shot was used quickly after, which really shown how the stereotypical women can be stressful, on-edge and uncontrollable in public areas. This would suddenly become the tracking shot, as the female is shown to become worse as she starts to tear away the clothing from their specific placing, to look for this ring in an indirect way. This shot also showed that even though the male figure that worked in the dressing shop was calm, the media really shown him as being the metro-sexual man as he becomes more fearful and worried for the clothes as they get thrown to the floor, than the actual women's missing ring.