Common stereotypes - Luther:

Camerawork

The two characters within this clip from Luther are male and female. There are various stereotypes which are used daily on each of these types of gender, many of these are shown within this clip through the camera, sound, mise en scene and editing. The camera work used within the clip indicates straight away where the two characters stand within the hierarchy. This is portrayed by the low angle shots consistently used on the male, and high angle shots used on the woman. The reason for this is because a low angle shot represents a character as being in power, and near the top of the hierarchy, whereas a high angle shot indicates that the character has some sort of weakness in comparison to other characters, this is typical of a common stereotype as men will usually have more power over women. However the establishing shot of the woman may indicate that she has more to offer, and that she is more important than you think.

Soundtrack

Throughout the majority of the scene a soundtrack is used in the background, this slowly builds up and develops more and more tension between the two characters, this shows that the genders are clashing together in a negative way and creates a very tense atmosphere. This is a non diegetic sound as it is not a genuine sound, and builds up tension between the two characters, which in my opinion makes me think throughout the majority of the clip there is a big argument waiting to happen. This is a very common occurrence in TV programmes where male and females clash personalities and I believe it could happen very soon.

Mise en scene

The lipstick the woman wears within the clip is red, this colour may indicate love as she is trying trying to impress the man which is also shown by the way she dresses up nicely for the man in order to set a good impression. She also asks him many personal questions such as about his marriage which may indicate she is intrigued to find out whether she has a chance, also the fact she asks if he has came to her apartment for sex which may indicate that she would like him to yes. Therefore this may be trying to show that there is a strong bond between the two characters, and perhaps later on in the series we could expect to see them, or one of them to fall in love.

The woman's apartment is very neat, and looks the part. The objects around the rooms are very odd for a woman of her age in my opinion. Such as telescopes, books, unordinary computers and scientific ornaments. To me, this makes me think that she's a very strange and mysterious character, which makes it hard to interpret her expressions. Some people say that this is typical of a woman to be very hard to understand, therefore this is also a common stereotype.

Editing

Throughout the majority of the clip, non continuity editing is most present. This helps to make the scenes look more constructed and professional rather than continuously the same, and helps to draw the audiences attention to certain scenes, by doing this it creates a strong will to understand what's going on between the two characters. Shot reverse shots are used very regularly within this clip, from the start where they are on the top of the roof, all throughout the end until the male leaves the apartment, this is due to a constant conversation going on between the two characters. This editing technique helps to understand the feelings of each character after each word they speak, and particularly in this clip it could be a feeling of love from the woman towards the man, whereas a neutral, emotionless feeling from the man towards the woman.