The clip starts off with a fairly old woman looking at some
dress in the shop. David Walliams approaches her and asks her what she is
looking for. When talking, Williams is seen as having a higher
status compared to her and they have used a high angle shot so we look down on
the older women. The use of the high angle shot forces the audience to look
down on her, even though we do not as we feel sympathy for her. Also, this
builds the initial sense that she is inferior and the shop if too expensive and
upmarket for her. Already the clip has proved how men are above women, as we
see the older lady being inferior to Walliams. Furthermore, when Walliams
mentioned the price of the dress to the older women, another woman who entered
the shop at the starts looks up. This implies that she is intrigued by the cost
of the dress (£700), which could imply that she is only interested in money and
that she is a gold digger. In contrast to this first scene, the next scene
shows two men sitting at a bar. Here we can see that they are at equal height
to each other which suggests how all men are at an equal status no matter what.
Also in terms of editing it lacks a shot reverse shot which is generally used
when two people have different opinions on something, but they have not used
this because they have similar opinions as they are both men. As well as this
they are both smoking and drinking which is generally shown as a manly thing in
TV dramas.
Following the scene with the older lady, once Walliams
finished speaking to her he noticed another lady in the shop. She is wearing
very smart clothes and what looks like expensive jewellery. We can instantly
see that he came over to her due to her expensive taste. This implies that he
is only interested with people who can spend money in his store. The next shot
is a two shot of Walliams and the lady trying on the dress. She asks how
expensive it is and she says its £3000. The use of dialogue between them makes
her seem like she is teasing with him and is trying to be sexual. During this scene,
we can hear upbeat classy non-diegetic music playing in the background, which
implies an upper-class atmosphere.
We are then brought to the next scene which I talked about
in the first paragraph. Two men are sitting at a bar smoking and drinking
alcohol. They both have an equal status as they are both shown at an equal
height. Also between this scene and other various scenes the director has used
non-diegetic sound to introduce different scenes. A swoosh sound has been used
which gives the TV drama a comedic feel. Moreover, the next scene has brought
us back to the shop again, but this time it has a completely different feel.
Instead of upbeat classy music, we have upbeat manic jazz music, (both are
non-diegetic). The style of music has changed because the lady has lost her
ring, and she frantically runs around the room trying to find it. The director
has purposely used a handheld camera for this section as it makes the scene
seem more frantic and crazy. The music suddenly stops when Walliams suggests an
idea, and as soon as that happens the music stopped with the sound of a deck
spin at the end of it. All you can hear is both characters talking for a few
seconds and then the manic music starts of again. We then get a mdi shot of
Walliams and at this point he finds out that if he finds the ring he will be
given £5000, and as soon as money is involved his mood instantly changes and he
is suddenly trying hard to find the ring. This tells us like before that he is
only interested in money. The younger lady talks to Walliams and as she does
the camera zooms into her face. The camera stops zooming in and she talks
directly to the camera, by saying ‘’I’m sure I can’’ (trust him). She says this
in quite a sarcastic way which tells us that she is up to something, and that
she knows something that Walliams and the audience do not. This implies that
the TV drama is saying the women are sneaky and secretive. As well as that it implies how a women uses her dependency on a man to get what she wants. She seems to play this damsel in distress character which is counter typical as she is subconsciously more powerful and dominant than Walliams.
The next scene starts off with a non-diegetic swoosh sound.
As I mentioned before they put this sound at the starts of certain scenes. We
then see a man trying to turn off an alarm by fiddling with the wires. He sets
the alarm off and straight away the camera zooms into his face which expresses
his frustration for setting of the alarm. This scene could imply that men get easily
frustrated and annoyed. Non-diegetic sound is used again as we hear the swoosh
as the scene changes. We are now back at the shop and Walliams is trying to
find the ring. The camera pans to him searching on the floor and looking under
dresses. A man then approaches Walliams and the camera follow him up from his feet
to his face. Instantly we can see that this man will be have a higher status
compared to Walliams because he is above him. As well as that is can imply that
for women to complete their plan, they need a man to help which emphasises a woman’s
dependency on a man. In addition, as soon as we see this man’s face we notice
that he has his top button unbuttoned and he is also chewing gum. This connotes
that he is at a higher status than Walliams because he seems more calm and cool
about the situation. Also, this scene contrasts with the other scene with two
men, as in this scene one is above the other (status wise), and in the other
scene they both have an equal status.
The scene changes again back to the men sitting at the bar,
but this time it shows an establishing shot. The scene tells us that men are represented
as smoking and drinking alcohol while having important conversations. At the
same time the upbeat jazz music is playing in the background as non-diegetic music.
This only lasts for a few seconds until it changes back to the shop scene. Back
in the shop we noticed that this whole losing the ring problem is just a scam
to get money. I knew this, because the man had the ring and he pretended to
find it. This shows how men can be deceiving just as well as women. Further on
in the scene the dialogue is used effectively, because the man already knew
what Walliams was going to say. What I mean is that the man gave Walliams a decision
and he then walked away. As he walked away he started to countdown and when he
got to one Walliams changed his mind. At the same time as him counting down the
director zoomed the camera into his face, and when Walliams spoke he looked
into the camera and smiled, which implies how he was not surprised Walliams
changed his mind.
The last scene started off with a pan of the man walking
into a café. We see the lady notice that she has different coloured hair, (as
she wore a wig). We now defiantly know that it was all a scam. We then have a shot
reverse shot of the two characters where they discuss how much money they got.
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