Our Girl:
Representation of Gender
In the series Our Girl, Georgie Lane is presented as a
strong, passionate military medic. She works extremely hard in the army,
helping injured soldiers out on the front line. But in attempt to get an
injured solider to safety, the ambulance she was in got shot down and she got
taken captive by a group off terrorists, Georgie has no choice but to find her and
another British woman’s, who is also part of the military and being kept
captive, escape.
In the scene we were shown, where Georgie gets captured by
the Taliban, cross cutting is used to show everything that is happening, both
in and outside of the vehicle. Fast paced editing is used to demonstrate that the
ambulance is in a rush and trying to get somewhere urgently. The editing is
used to imply chaos in the scene while the non-diegetic sound of music progressively
gets louder to create more tension and make the audience feel as though
something bad is about to happen. When it comes to angles, several shots were
taken from a low height, looking up to portray how Georgie is the vulnerable
and the victim in this situation. Also, we get a few over-the-shoulder shots to
make us feel like we next to her, watching it all happen and we’re on her side,
and we are presented with a couple point-of-view shots from the terrorist’s
eyes showing her looking up at him, which shows the power he has over her.
Throughout this scene, Georgie is presented as a victim by
her being thrown around by the terrorists, screaming constantly and of course
by how scared she is of them as they completely intimidate her by shouting at
her and hitting her. The terrorists also move Georgie by pulling her by her
hair and kicking her on the floor after she gets thrown into the truck. The
audience are shown the injury, she got from that, on her cheek. This demonstrates
the dominance the male terrorists have over Georgie and how weak and vulnerable
she is, as a woman, in that particular situation.
The sound of guns being shot is used during a cross cut to
show how/if the shots are effecting the soldiers. We're then shown a
point-of-view shot from one of the terrorist’s point of view during a sound
bridge and whilst the gunshots continue. At this point, the music has got much
louder and is actually quite over powering which represents how much the
terrorists are taking over and how much power they have over Georgie at that
moment in time.
Costume is used to portray the two different sides and to
help the audience recognise the good and the bad people. The terrorists were
wearing head scarfs, which hid their identity and shows us that they know they’re
doing wrong and so they don’t want to be recognisable. Georgie was with a group
of male army soldiers all dressed in traditional army uniform however, she didn’t
wear the uniform as she is part of the medical team. Her uniform was simple
scrubs as they are practical, but they were quite a brightly coloured which made
her stand out against all the men.
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