Hustle
In the short scene from the film Hustle we
watched, the beginning showed a clear sign of class ratings, in that the wealthier
woman got showed more attention and was more respected. The lighting made the
place look more expensive, for example everything looked more clean pure and
very “don’t touch this its expensive”, but then again the could have been due
to the acting and the accent of the man working in the shop, he had a very
upper class character. The room the scene was in was reasonably open, this does
not show a cramped mood, however the less wealthy lady; the camera shot was
always a close up this could have been trying to show that her whole body shouldn’t
be seen down whereas the woman with money had lost of wide shots where her whole
outfit was on show, this shows dominance in the woman with money.
The man who worked in the shop started off
the dominant character when he was talking to the poorer lady, this was
probably because he felt he had superiority over her as he had more money than
her and he could afford the clothing in the shop, however as soon as her was
talking to the other lady his footing almost immediately changed in that he was
more smiley and approachable. The eye to eye shots could have been an attempt
to show some sort of equality in class between the two characters however the way
the two were composing themselves proved who was the more sophisticated and
mature between the two.
The next scene had a very different atmosphere,
the two were very panicked as the woman had ‘lost her ring’ this is where there
was lots of point of view shots and the camera was very shaky this did show fear
and both the characters are made to look quite vulnerable, however as the audience
we understand that it is a hustle and in fact the vulnerable character is the
man, this goes against the stereotype of a typical man as he was the one in the
dark and unaware of the situation where as society normally put females in that
position.
The last scene is quite different as the
woman has now left and a man walks in, with a very confident persona, this character
had a cockney accent one that society would place in a lower class, however in
the clip he came across as wealthy as he was suited up and had his hair done. He
found the ring and teased the shop keeper about giving it to hi, this made the
shop keeper beg for it back and again made him look weak and vulnerable, and
considering he is supposed to be the dominant character as he owned the shop he
in fact shows a lot of submissive qualities in that he needs to impress and
kiss up to his customers.
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