A wide shot shows us a woman character driving a digger through the forest. This shot allows the audience to see the location and to appreciate the prop. The woman has short-ish hair and is wearing a leather jacket and camo trousers. The costume gives us the impression the character is rough and aggressive, a representation that is very different to typical female characters. During this long take, a man walks across carrying some wood. He is quite scruffy looking and dressed casually in soft colours. There is a short montage sequence of the woman operating the digger, showing she is capable of using the machine well. The digger is a very large piece of machinary that is assciated with a construction envirnment that strong, working men would normally work in. This shows the woman to be a very masculin character. When a tiger appears from the forest, the man is down in a trench and the woman still operating the digger. A high angle shot shows the man trapped and in danger from the attacking tiger. A low angle shot shows us the tiger from the mans perspective (eye line match), putting the audience in the man's position and making us feel his fear. A wide shot shows the woman fighting the tiger using the digger now as a weapon. This is the complete reverse of typical gender roles. The character fighting with tiger would typically be a male character. Controversially in this clip, the man is in the role of 'damsel in destress' and the woman assumes the role of the hero. A series of shots (wide shot, long shots) observing the 30 degree rule, show the tiger ferociously attacking the digger. A wide shot shows the man entering the woods, showing his vulnerability to attack. A reverse shot shows the tiger seeing him and taking the bait. This appears to be a foolish error by the man as the woman seemed to be in control. The man has now put himself in great danger once again, resuming his female-like role. A high angle shot looks down from the tree to show the tiger beneath, revealing the danger and putting the audience in the man's position again. A low angle shot shows the man escaping via a zip-wire with a tilt to show the tiger giving chase below. The camera pans across to follow the man's movement on the zipwire and then a cut-away shot shows the woman coming to his rescue with a rifle. This prop is a very long gun used for precision shooting and represents a strong, experienced character. There is a high angle wide shot to show the woman pointing the gun up and a reaction shot close up of the man looking shocked and relieved.
Later in this clip, a medium close up shows a different woman character with tidy hair, a stylish costume and a lot of attention on her make-up. She also later says she is wearing her "best coat". The reverse shot shows a male character that she is speaking to who's costume is very plain, dull and casual. A medium long shot shows the man angrily grabbing a gun and aiming it at the woman. The reverse shot shows her reaction; scared expression and defensive body posture. A match-on-action as he throws her down to a low angle medium close up of the man pointing a gun down at the woman puts the audience in the woman's position, so we feel threatened by him and sympathy for her. This is a representation of a typical female role. A long shot reveals 3 characters standing in the doorway, the man and woman from the previous scene aiming hand-guns and another man with a very feminine costume wielding a shovel. This shot allows us to see all three characters, including the woman, posing as the heroes.
There is a very complex non-diegetic sound track in this clip. The score music is composed using a variety of orchestral instruments to create an adventurous theme. The sound track is used as a sound bridge between all scene in this clip and runs quite consistently throughout. Sound effects are used to make the scene credible. The music picks up pace and becomes more 'percussiony' when the tiger bursts through the bushes and remains this way until it is killed. This is to build tension and add drama to the scene. Sound effects are added of the tiger growling and roaring when it moves and attacks which adds tension and builds fear in the audience. The sound track picks up pace again when the man in the final scene pulls a gun on the woman. Sound effects of dogs barking are also added, making the situation the woman character is in more threatening and tense.
The pace of the editing begins off relatively slow, with a particularly long take of the digger. The pace becomes quicker when the tiger is introduced and as the woman shoots it, we see a slow motion shot of the tiger jumping and being shot by the woman. There are a number of match-on-action shots during the fight scene. This continuity editing make the scene play smoothly with all editing going unnoticed. This is to bring the climax of the scene to an end and show how the man was saved by the woman at the very last second. The man in the first scene is privileged by the editing throughout this clip as even during dialogue scenes, the woman is marginalized. This tells us he is a key, significant character and the story will mostly follow his narrative. In the final scene there is another slow motion shot of the dogs barking and the man aiming the gun at the woman. This is done to build suspense for the audience and make the scene more dramatic.
