media homework essay - sexuality

The first shot used within the clip is a two shot of two women and with it there is a voice over of tone of the women. She is talking about her feelings towards the other woman therefor it is showing homosexuality within the clip. By doing this it helps the audience sympathise with her. By the clothing they are wearing we can see that the clip is set within the Victorian times and homosexuality was seen as wrong, even illegal, so again this fact also helps the audience to sympathise with her. When we first see the two women together one is holding a dress up to the other immediately showing that they are very close and have a lot of trust within each other.  Whilst the voiceover is still going on we then see one of he women reading and then looking up deep in thought. The fact that the voice over is still going on gives the impression to the audience that the woman constantly thinks about the other. The other woman has clearly one a lot her as she tells the audience during the voiceover, she even tells us that the other woman has brought her fathers books alive for her. 

The following scene happens whilst the voiceover is still going on. The woman is nearly stroking the other whilst laying in bed which again shows homosexuality within the clip. The fact that she doesn’t could be representative of the fact that she knows homosexuality during that time period is seen as wrong. Whilst the voiceover is speaking there is a slow and romantic piece of music playing in the background. Again this could be showing the time period as it is played with the violin which was very popular during the time period of which his clip is set. Also, it could be showing the romance and love which is felt between the two women.

The next scene is of the woman painting the other whilst she is sleeping with a man is watching them. The setting is in a field with the sun shining which in itself is seen as romantic but due to the man being there this view is broken. The woman painting tells the man to wake her in case she burns in the sun showing that she is worried for her wealth fair showing her compassion for her. The man replies with no showing that he does not feel the same way about her. We then see the woman stop painting and she starts to stare at the woman, paint then drops down from her paintbrush showing how distracted she is. The music picks up speed during this scene, sounds mysterious as when the paint is dripping down the man in the scene is starting to guess the relationship between the two women. The music also builds suspense as the audience knows that her being in a same sex relationship during that time period is wrong and the consequences for both the women can be very harsh. The man in the scene also speaks to the woman painting, who the audience now knows is called Mord, it becomes clear that she is painting to as time therefore she will have to spend less time with him before he leaves. Even though he says this to her she carries on painting showing how much she does not want to spend time with him instead she wants to spend it with the woman sleeping. When she realises that he has guessed that they are in a relationship together she gets up as if she is ready to run when he grabs her and puts his hand in front of her mouth.

We then see the mad drag her behind a tree and talks to her in a very aggressive manner. Whilst in conversation he says to her that the woman will laugh at her if she knew her true feelings towards her. She tells him he cant, the audience can see she is panicking because she knows that homosexuality is deemed as wrong.

He then tells her that if she wants to stay where she is then she has to pretend that she loves him by marrying him. The woman who was asleep then calls her name, due to her feelings for her Mord agrees to marry him as insurance that he will not ell anyone about their relationship, this again is another example of how people used to hide their sexuality in order to live their everyday lives.

The last scene of the clip starts of with seeing the woman getting undressed and getting into bed. Mord is then seen in the same bed looking worried as she knows that this can no longer happen due to her getting married and she has to get married otherwise the man will tell people that she is in a homosexual relationship which will be deemed as wrong within her society.