Representations in Supernatural

Age



The costume of the actor above, is a clear representation of the character's age. Which assumed by the audience that it is younger than the age of 16. This is represented through the camera work as a long shot is used to present the costume of the boy to the audience which shows his age. The Pajamas itself are seen childish and stereotypical of how boy under the age of 16 would wear for bed. Supporting that, is the long shot that shows his height telling us that he is at a young age along with his costume. The character's dialect also represents his age as he uses phrases like "daddy" in his speech, suggesting he is at a young age.
Shot reverse shot is used to show his innocence when he discovers his dad dead on the floor and doesn't know what to do. The shots go from him to the body.

 

Sexuality 


 The pole shows sexuality in it as well as the girl using it; this is a clear representation during this scene. The male gaze is represented through the costume of the girl as she is not wearing much. She is dressed in just a bra, short shorts and red boots. The red boots being worn to represent her sexiness, following that it represents danger coming towards her way.  The camera angle is at a high angle looking down at her, this emphasizing the sexual scene and atmosphere starting to be created.

Straight after, there is a low angle being shown as the man looking up at her and the women looking straight into his eyes in a sexually tense atmosphere. The edits used to make it as sexually intense as it is are cut in and cutaway. As it starts with cutaway when its being shot at a high angle then at a low angle and close up is a cut in, this is to make it increase tension.
Gender


Male:

The close up focus' on his facial features e.g beard. This is most common for  males to have them, therefore males are being represented. Furthermore,  it shows the man wearing a shirt and tie- stereo typically suited for males to wear.

In the Images below, it shows both genders smartly dressed, in both jeans and blazer. This is shown through a mid shot and a two shot. It implies that both genders are equal to each other within their roles because it does not stereotypical show a women in a dress and the man all suited up in trousers, a shirt and blazer. They are shown here to be both wearing similar clothing. This is the opposite of how TV Dramas would normally present both of the genders.

Match on action is used while the female is working towards the man to stop and turn around to see him on the sofa, this is made then goes to the normal representation of women of being the more caring gender, as it goes from the shot of showing them being equal to each other and dramatically back into the female gender being the one that tends to look after other people around them that they care about.

The episode is consumed mostly one gender which is the males. They are seen to be playing every position in TV dramas. For an example if it was to go by the PROPP theory, the male would be most of the roles. Therefore the are shown to be dominant against each other and aren't seen as weak as women would be presented as.

Because of the lack of women in this episode,  when they are shown on screen, they are presented in dominant manor, the way the men are within the episode. The men's weak characteristics are shown very few times like when they are dying. Which this is the opposite of how they should be represented as they should be especially if going by PROPP's theory, they would be expected to be the hero or villain and not the one that needs saving.