Social Class and Region Notes

Mad Men 

• Woman are seen as sexual objects
• Feminism- how men think women should be 
• Men are more powerful than women 
• Men are smartly dressed- suits
• Sexist
• Have to impress men by wearing tight dresses, short skirts, being skinny, eating salads, flirting with the boss
• Men are of the same opinion, all gang together because they have the same view
• No one challenges the stereotype 
• Male voice over is posh, and is shown as powerful (god like)
• Social class, men are higher than the women 
• Posh
• Upper class
• Want women to work in the work place, but also want women to stay at home and become the stereotypical housewife 
• Doing what they're told 

Monarch of the Glen

• Nice clothing 
• Big house, Castle, Big mansion
• Antique car
• Drive way
• Old home, not homely
• Worked hard for it 
• Lonely?
• Powerful
• Money
• Speak rather posh
• Looking up at the character from the interior of the boot of the car, point of view from the object in the car (Low angle)
• Barrel of whisky 
• Sound suggests comedy and humour 
• Stereotypical men, like whisky and worry when the whisky could be in danger
• Younger person has burst into the older people drinking whisky, more powerful character even though he hasn't been seen before
• Reverse on stereotype, normally the older person bursting in on the younger one
• Centre of the shot, close up, light is behind him
• Cellar, whisky cellar
• Dark, gloomy, possibly raining 
• Scotland
• Younger one could possibly be a grandson or nephew. He's a younger generation - have their best interests at heart
• Using the whisky to make money - left it to mature for 30 years to increase its value 
• Secretive 
• Younger man is the lord of the estate
• Man with grey hair and checked shirt thinks he has power when he doesn't
• His power might have been taken away from him
• Live in a bungalow - might be working for the people who live in the castle
• 'You won't get any help from Albert Einstein'. being sarcastic because he's not very bright
• Part of their lifestyle, hunting, eating animals that they have killed 
• Vacancy for a head ranger- future is under threat
• Woman with blonde curly hair - teacher 
• Friendly 
• Village 
• In a possible relationship with the lord
• Two different social classes
• Set in the hills and mountains of Scotland
• Peaceful
• Man who isn't as bright wants to make something of his life