Representation of sexuality

The first scene of this clip shows a medium long shot, and the mis en-scene depicts a woman helping another woman choose an outfit. The lighting is quite soft, there is no music and the editing is quite slow which makes the scene all together quite slow paced and relaxed. A two shot close up shows that one of the women begin to stare quite longingly and mesmerised at the other, and then we hear the words "she looked so beautiful" in a voice over. We can assume that this is the voice of the woman staring, and by this sentence and the way she looks at the other woman, it is implied that she may be attracted to this woman and be homosexual. The other woman appears quite innocent and does not return these stares. She focuses a lot on the dress picked out for her rather than the other woman, so we can assume she may not be interested in the same way. The scenes slowly fade into one another which works with the slow music and slow editing to reinforce the relaxed atmosphere and slow pace of the clip. A long take shows the homosexual woman hovering her hand above the other woman's body, and the camera pans to show this in full. These actions imply that this woman may be in love with or very attracted to this lady. She seems slow and hesitant, from her hesitant actions we can assume that she knows what the consequences will be if she was to really touch the other woman. We can see from her expression that she is afraid and nervous, as if she is worried about being caught. Here homosexuality is being represented as taboo or frowned upon, as we can clearly see this woman is aware of the consequences of her actions, and does not want the lady to find out about her feelings for her because of this.

The next scene slowly fades in as the previous scene is fading out so that they overlap. The homosexual woman is shown in a close up reaction shot staring longingly at the other lady. The non-diegetic music is slow paced, which along with the slow editing creates a rather slow paced and relaxed sequence all together. The slow music includes string instruments to emphasise the desire this woman has for her. The mis-en-scene in the next shot depicts a medium long shot of the woman which we assume the homosexual woman is in love with. She is shown as being quite feminine and angelic, as her long pink dress is spread out around her and she gently rests her head on the boat. At this point the femininity and beauty of the heterosexual and  woman is emphasised, and she is being represented as girly, gentle and pretty.

The music suddenly changes as a male character approaches the homosexual woman to something which sounds more uncomfortable and mysterious.  The man whispers to her "she must think we love each other." From this homosexuality is being represented as taboo and I know from my own knowledge that in the era this clip is set, which Is hinted by the costume, homosexuality was not accepted the way it is today but in face frowned upon. Later on in the clip the man also says "she'd laugh in your face if she knew" which again reinforces the idea of homosexuality being viewed as wrong, and also implies what peoples reactions are to it. A long shot of both of them show the man looking around cautiously and simultaneously there is a high pitched burst of music playing to create suspense. This along with the whispering creates a sense of secrecy, as if something bad or wrong is being done. While the man is talking to the woman he is positioned above her. This represents their positions of power. The heterosexual man has more power as he is what is sometimes seen as 'normal' however the homosexual woman is more vulnerable as there may be consequences if people find out her secret.

There is a relatively long shot reverse shot sequence including close up reaction shots of the homosexual woman, and close ups of different areas of the sleeping woman which emphasises the admiration she has for her. The editing is a lot faster compared to at the beginning of the sequence, and the music becomes louder. We see towards the end of this scene a medium close up of the homosexual woman hesitantly agreeing to pretend to be in love with the male character, but from her expression we can see that she is very uncomfortable with this. Here homosexuality is represented as wrong or frowned upon, as the girl tries her hardest to hide the fact she is homosexual because she knows what the consequences may be and what people will think of it. The music becomes very eerie to emphasise the girls fear. The next scene slowly fades in and the music becomes a lot more gentle and slow paced like at the beginning of this scene.