Representation of gender

I think mine and Ellen's film is a great way to look at the representation of gender and how men seem to still have authority and power. Firstly we show the feminist theory when one of our characters claims that Lucy can't go into the army as she is a woman. This sentence is a key point in our film to show the division between female and male as going into the army is seen as male based and not female. Close up shots of lucy (Emily) we use a lot to show her emotion and feeling of how she feels against this as women are seen to be more emotional and show feelings more than men. A scene is also used with Lucy and her mother which is a stereotypical way of women as she is in the kitchen cleaning/washing up. This was and used to be the role of women as they were housewives and men were the workers who would bring in the money.