Luther : Judge, Jury, Executioner

Gender stereotypes

Camera

During the clip 'Luther' is stabbed, after this moment they use a canted angle, this is to show uneasiness in the situation, however when alice arrives they use steadicam, this is showing us that she is in intro, of the situation, this is a counter stereotype as women are usually seen as emotional but in this case Alice is the calmest head in a  very explosive situation, as they go from a hand held camera in the uneasy situation to a steady camera in the calm. 

This is a counter stereotype as it is never the woman who saves the man, the stereotype s that the woman would be the damsel in distress and the man would save the day, this is also known as a binery opposition.

Sound

when the males are fighting they use Diegetic sound, you can hear the punches, and the flick of the switch blade, which you can all see on camera, whilst this is occurring they use synchronous sound which is where the music matches the moment, so in this moment they use very tense music. in contrast t when Alice turns up the music goes shuttle and calm before it reaches a crescendo, this is a stereotype as women are usually seen as calm and gentle.

Mise en scene

Also in this scene Alice shoots Ian even when she has been screamed at by john not to. This is a counter stereotype because Women are usually seen as impressionable and easy to persuade however she shoots Ian anyway. This also shows signifies  is independent which is another counter stereotype, we also see this in the other clip where we see that she lives alone. 

Also when Alice is describing to Ian she comes across very blunt, she explain 'Death is just, worse.' this is usually a trait that we stereotype with males and therefore she is a counter stereotype.

Editing

In this clip the editor using continuity editing, this is so that they can make the audience believe that the scene is as real as possible. This way of editing is a counter stereotype to the idea that males are blunt as the long, non-broken scene is continuous and not just blunt.