Reflection on Coronation Street on 15th Dec

- There was a woman in the kitchen drinking a hot drink > This is very stereotypical place for a woman to be
- Two men having conversation and equal shots are used on them > shows equal power
- Woman serving in cafe, she's doing all the work, she's a really gentle person and is kind to all the customers
- Woman working, she's sitting in front with one of her staff standing behind her in the background
- Close up's of women's faces
- Woman and man sharing business, woman has her feet up and makes man go out to do work > shows that she is important and the more powerful one
- Argument between woman and man - fast cutting edits - use of shot reverse shot
- Close up's of a woman's face during emotional scenes to show the feminist act
- Woman's costume = silk dressing gown > this could be shown as that she's a sex object
- When driving off, there is sounds of beeping cars, car fumes, music and talking

Today's Lesson

In today's lesson we started with looking at stereotypical traits and we had to act these out and think how these things would be shown.

Sounds we need to record for Falling Down

- Radio knob being twisted
- Radio noise - crackling
- Fly buzzing/flying
- Sighs
- Car traffic
- Rubbing head
- Swatting fly with newspapers
- Twisting car window up
- Girl shouting out window
- dramatic music for close ups
- Yawning
- Lipstick being put on
- Car exhaust pipes

Sound Analysis - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The sound can tell you a lot about the location and the environment as noises in the background represent a particular place. For example, when listening to just the piece of music from the clip, they have carefully chosen a piece of music in which sounds like they are in the desert. The bird noises also show the environment as the type of bird noises in which we hear. The scraping of the sand sound also shows the audience that the scene is set in a desert as this is where you would most likely expect to hear the sound of sand. The whistling of the wind also helps to set the scene. 

When watching the clip, the fact that one man was on the floor and high angle shots were used on him whilst the other two characters are standing up high which show's their power - a lot more than the other man. This clip's sound, link's to masculinity as there are harsh noises and the audience would automatically represent masculinity.  

Another important aspect of the sound is that both cowboys have the same piece of music used for them but they are played with different instruments and different pitch and tone which would show the difference between the two characters. 

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