Freak: Gender..

Gender

We see both female gendered characters as well as male gendered characters. Each character represents who they are through all four Mis-en-scene, editing, camerawork and sound.

We see the gender of the girl however it is not put across as a girl. We only make awareness of it being a girl after she says ‘..But I’m a girl!’ Through mis-en-scene the girl is put across as a boy. She has a short boy hairstyle which makes it difficult to tell whether she is a girl or not. She also wears baggy joggers and wears a sky blue baggy hooded jacket. Later through the episode, she puts on a cap showing us that she may not like her hair. Later she sits on a computer to play online PS3 games of some kind represented what she enjoys as a girl however she we do not get the idea that she is a girl because we never see her doing anything girly. She has not been given the stereotypical view of a girl who enjoys wearing pretty clothes, doing hair & make up and so forth. She is put across as a dull girl who would have rather been a boy because of the way she behaves and reacts to things.

We also see girls who are very girly. For example, her step brother’s girlfriend was wearing a red short dress which had white dots all over it making her look like a ladybird. Also, she had her done nicely in curls and set into place with hair grips and clips. She also was wearing a lot of make up. This tells us that she is a girly character who enjoyed dressing up and looking good.

Then we see a group of boys who were good friends. They enjoyed proper ‘boyish’ stuff such as play station and online games.