Analyse the connotations of the mise en scene elements for each image.

WORKING CLASS:Here the framing represents a lot about the working class. They are all positioned in a sense that they are not together. They are standing in different directions and don’t show a sense of family unity and a good bond. The shot type suggests that they are together as a family. Their costumes/clothes appear to be cheap and too big for them. The mum and daughter have similar coats which could show that the working class family is like a cycle and that the young girl will grow up to be just like her mum. The setting seems to be very untidy with bins in the background and dying trees showing that this is the typical place a working class family would be. Working class families are represented as the parents being quite young and this photo reinforces this as the mum doesn’t look old and the oldest daughter is almost acting as a make shift dad holding the other child. This shows that the mum gave birth at a young age representing the working class as reckless and promiscuous. There is no dad around showing that the family is unstable. On the subject of dads, this picture clearly shows that the mum has had children with more than one man because she is carrying a mix raced child while her other white children stand by her.

GENDER:In this mid shot, the women is positioned in a very sexually submissive way reinforcing the stereotype that women are sexual objects. It shows her almost offering herself to the man. This is typical to the stereotype that women are lesser than men because she is offering herself to try and impress the man. The women is showing a lot of skin and body which shows that she is a typical women who is obsessed with how they look and how they want people to lust for them and like them. The setting appears to be an office and an office is typically a man’s workplace so the fact that she’s in a man’s office shows that the man is the one in charge.  This is reinforcing the fact that women are stereotyped to be sexual objects that are available for men to take as she is offering herself to him on a table like a product on a table.











ETHNICITY:
Here is a mid-shot; it is capturing the attire and costume of the people. The position of the black man is subverting the stereotype that ethnic minorities are lower than white British people. He is positioned at the front looking as if he is leading the movement and the other white British people are at the back out of focus. As a police officer wearing your own clothes is considered a mark of your ability in the job. So the fact that the black man is in his own clothes and white British men are not goes against the stereotype that ethnic minority are lesser.