Primeval Analysis

Media: MCH

Notes for Primeval clip:

Section One: Talking, Sabre-toothed tiger attack.

Section Two: sabre-tooth running away. Gun shot.

Section Three: Back at the base having a discussion.

Section Four: Barn scene.

-Review the scene – reflect statements on gender

-Discuss what notes you have, technology, gender, evidence.

Men and women are not equal in this scene. Men have the power in terms of what is to be done, whereas the women are the one doing all of the work i.e. saving the main male charicter from the sabre-tooth.

The men are introduced before the women are.

In the conversation the male are most dominant, but the women are still part of the discussion.

Importance- burley man in the middle.

Female is being marginalised.

In this scene from the TV show Primeval, we see an that the males are introduced first and then the women. During the conversation that takes place the men dominate and the female (female one) is included in the discussion however her thoughts are not hear and she is marginalised. When we see this we assume that the men are the ones with the all of the power. The next part of the scene is when the leading male is attacked by the sabre-toothed tiger. At this point the female has to protect the man, this is opposite to the way that the female – male role is perceived. The man I seen to be the one who is meant to protect the female, however in the scene it is the woman who saves the man. Although the male (male one) realises that it is more or less his duty as a male to protect the woman from being attacked.