The extracts are from Made In Dagenham (dir. Nigel Cole 2010), a dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Characters in the extracts:
- Rita (young Ford machinist who becomes the machinists' spokesperson)
- Connie (older Ford machinist who is struggling with family problems)
- Albert (Union rep)
- Monty (the shop steward)
- Mr Hopkins (Ford management)
- Lisa Hopkins (his wife)
- Mr Clarke (school teacher)
The scenes:
- The Union meeting with management after lunch at a Berni Inn
- Rita confronts Mr Clarke for beating her son
- Lisa visits Rita to report that Mr Clarke has been dismissed
PREP: Discuss the ways in which the extracts construct representations of gender using the following:
• Mise-en-scene
• Editing
• Sound
• Camera shots, angles, movement and compositionIn the first scene, we see ....
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