Discuss the ways in
which the extract of ‘the missing’ constructs representations of gender using
the following:
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Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
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Editing
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Sound
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Mise-en-scene
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Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
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Close up of boys drawing on the wall
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Over the shoulder shots as tony, Julian and
female copper have conversation outside the house.
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Curly haired man à
known paedophile is looked down on by a high angle shot making him look
powerless and has a point of view shot from police looking for him and down the
ladder at him.
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Zoomed in on paedophile in interrogation as if it’s
wanting to see in his mind.
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Point of view shot as tony keeps looking through
gap in door at police station as door is mostly shut as if it’s hiding something.
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Lots of mediums shots shown when looking at main
characters in conversations.
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Editing
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Cuts through important clips from previous
episodes and has a direct cut between the different ones.
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Disjointed editing of opening credits
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Sound
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Slow haunting music in opening scene as goes
through previous clips suggesting the haunted scenario.
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As tony and his wife leave anywhere public we hear
the sound of cameras and flashes of paparazzi
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Mise-en-scene
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All builders are male
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Female policewoman represented as a strong willed
woman and is just as important as male officers
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Tony holds onto the picture all the time as a
memory, but he gets angrier as other detective talks more calm.
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Tony has a lot of alcohol suggests drink problem
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Tony looks older in present day compared to 2006
due to grey hair and change in clothing.
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Wife/mum acts weak in 2006 and struggles with
everything due to the event and doesn’t see angry at tony for losing the child.
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Wears very female clothing
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Nobody ever has a strong enough story for where
they are keeping everybody a suspect and allowing the plot to thicken and
tension to build with certain characters.
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Julian limps in present day but not in 2006
