Zell is subverting to the stereotype of a criminal mainly because she is a woman working in a dominant male profession. She is also very young which is unusual because criminals tend to have experience. She knows of her inferiority and so uses aggression and power to fight her way up the ranks. This is illustrated by the intelligent Mise-en-Scene in our product. In terms of her costume, it was the same as the rest of the group because we were portraying that they are a team. Although this was the reason for Zell to wear this costume, a boiler suit and trainers with her hair in a platt made her more manly, further showing that she is aware of her subversion from the stereotype of a criminal and so she tries to fit in.
I would also add that because of this she would then be considered to be conforming to a "tom-boy" stereotype. The idea of proving her status again comes across when she attempts to shoot James, however she is stopped by the leader and put back in her place.
Through camera angles and positioning, we see that she attempting dominance over the leader and trying to challenge him.
Throughout their argument she is always standing over him, blaming him and taking down to him. We showed this by shooting her from a low angle so that she towered over the others. Close-ups were used in order to show her aggression however we didn't want to use an extreme close-up because we would have lost the effect of her standing over Adam.
It was important for us while editing to have a fast-paced scene in order to create chaos and show the hectic atmosphere that comes about when carrying out a robbery however in terms of camera time, we gave Zell the most because she is subverting to the female stereotype and seems to be in charge of the group.
During the argument we see that Zell is more powerful as she is brave enough to shout at the group leader and she doesn't see to back down when he responds. Therefore that gave us the incentive to allow her more camera time.
Adam is conforming to a stereotypical criminal because of his age and his regional identity. He has a northern accent, specifically from Liverpool and the stereotype linked with Scousers is that they steal a lot. It's also common for them to be quite aggressive in tense situation which is exactly what we intended to show during this sequence.
His age is also conforming to the stereotype of a criminal because he looks around mid-thirties which shows that he is not only strong but has experience.
His position in the van is at the back and so that he seems to be keeping an eye on the whole group, however as Zell is challenging him, the camera shows her towering over him which takes some of the power from Adam.
Even though he retaliates back the low angle makes him less powerful.
As he is the leader, an audience would expect him to be in control but he is far from that and this can be depicted from the fact that Zell has more camera time than him. We still get a sense of his leadership when he helps Dave who is bleeding out as we used a high angle shot to show that Adam had a way higher status than Dave.
Moreover this highlights that Zell is actually very subversive as she is the only character that gets a complementing camera angle.
Despite the fact the Zell is constantly attacking Adam, Adam is holding his ground which helps to show how he is trying to hold on to his rank within the group.
Mike is subverting from the stereotype of a male criminal because of how quiet he is. Although he is making sure Dave doesn't die he is still very quiet up until towards the end when he tries to calm down Zell and Adam. He is however conforming to the stereotype of being the "nice" member of the group. Adam and Zell are too busy arguing to notice the severity of Dave's injury and Mike is the only one really to attend to his medical needs.
Mike is sat down towards the front of the van with Dave and because of the high angles used during the close-ups of Adam and Zell he appears very small and weak which again supports that he is subverting from normal criminals. His speech is very limited which shows signs of lacking confidence however he does settle down the group for Daves benefit.
Dave is conforming to the stereotype of being the clever member of the group. We hear at the start that he is downloading something which shows that he is intelligent. We see he also gets shot and although that doesn't show much about his stereotype, it is conforming to the concept that its always the weakest that die first. His ethnicity is Asian and so this also conforms to his clever stereotype as Asians are considered as the cleverest race in the world. He also seems to have medical knowledge when directing Mike to put pressure on the wound.
We used his pain and suffering as quick fire-shots during the argument to fill in any empty gaps as t would hold the intensity of the situation.
James is conforming to the stereotype of a "mafia" criminal because of the way he dealt with the situation. He lets the "amateurs" do the dirty work and then strolls over to pick up the briefcase and leave. His relaxed and clam nature conforms him tot hat stereotype.
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