Iron Man opening Sequence

(First 2 mins)

EditingThe clips for the men last longer than the clips that include the woman showing the weakness of females.

SoundRock music is played as background music which is typically mainly for males to listen to… The music also suggests the age of the characters which would be over 20’s as people these days don’t listen to rock but pop/mainstream music now… The dialogue of the scene tells us a lot about the characters. The man that replies to the main character ends his sentence with ‘sir’ whilst the woman just casually says her line which may suggest the woman has power…

Mise-en-sceneThe characters in the scene are all wearing army outfits (apart from one) which obviously suggests the age group they are which is over 20’s… The scene also shows a woman in an army outfit which is not a stereotype which we expected. The man in the suit is wearing a glasses and holding a glass which connotes that he’s the important character of the scene and almost like a celebrity that needs to be protected by soliders…There are more men than woman in the scene which maybe suggests that woman are too weak the join the army. .

Mise-en-sceneThe woman is shown driving the car rather than the men, which can connote two reasons why she's driving. One would be that she is more powerful than the men and she’s a very masculine woman. Two would be that she can easily get dominated, that the men got her to drive instead…

Camera AnglesThe camera mainly focuses on the men than the woman suggesting that the woman isn’t important at all. The scene only shows three camera shots of the woman. Two of which are only the shot of the woman's side showing no importance as you can’t see her full face. The third which actually shows the woman’s face but two of the men are in the shot meaning that men can easily dominate over the woman… The shot also ends really quickly which suggest the same.