Miss-en-Scene and Sound: Primeval

The Miss-en-Scene and sound in primeval can be linked to peoples view on gender.

The character Abi (white blonde hair) is perceived as quite a butch female. I gather this from the fact she is wearing a black leather outfit which looks like a combat suit and her short hair as these are mainly linked with a male persona. The fact that she is also using a digger gives her a lot of power in the scene and a digger also gives off a male persona as it is normally operated with a male person. People will build up the image that Abi is able to hold her own as she is portrayed as a tough character. This is reinforced by the fact she is the first to protect the male in the seen from the saber tooth tiger. Which she does calmly without hesitation which lets us know she has control of the situation. The dialogue in this scene is labelled as quite boisterous they way Abi shouts “Oi” comes across as quite aggressive like she is trying to provoke the tiger.

The Male in the scene Abi protects is called Nick. Nick is wearing casual clothes which are dirty which some may perceive as a male image as he is getting stuck in to the situation. However this doesn't look very professional which would lead some to think that he hasn't got much control of the situation. When the saber tooth tiger come after him he straight away ducks for cover but jumps in the hole. This is seen as clumsy also leading us to believe that he hasn't got control of the situation. Nick then regains the controlling role by distracting the tiger from Abi. However Nick is perceived as clumsy and not in control of the situation for the most part. Which is shown by the fact that Abi has to save him again in the end.

In the last scene of the extract of primeval: There is a women who is making a deal with a man. The women is wearing a cream coat and has here hair tied up at the back. This gives us the image that she is professional and potentially clever. She is in control for most of the scene which is reinforced in the way she stands in the scene and in the dialogue as she knows a lot about the man she is talking to which shows she knows what she doing. She sounds posh which can make her seem important. Halfway through the scene the man pulls a gun on her. This flips who is in control to the man. This is made more dramatic by the dogs barking and banging sound. However the fact the man had to pull a gun may make people still see the women as threat to the man as he has had to use something other than himself to defuse the situation.

The Man in scene is perceived as strong but not clever individual. This is shown in his clothes as they look like farmers clothes which will let people think that he has the characteristics of a typical farmer (strong but thick); Most people consider the farmer as a male role. The man can only gain back control of the situation by threatening the women with a gun which keeps him to the characteristics of the typical farmer. The man's dialogue tells us that he is in trouble and that he is a butch character as he sounds a little tough.