Jane Eyre horse scene

Jayne Eyre- Horse scene editing and sound

In this scene the theme of gender was represented in many ways. In particular the concepts of editing and sound were used. To start off with non diegetic sound was used when Jayne Eyre was entering the scene. The non diegetic sound that was used, was a soft piano ensemble. This type of sound represented gender in a stereotypical way. It connoted the ideology that the female gender is feminine, gentle soft and almost weak. As a complete contrast to this the male gender was represented under the ideology that they are strong, powerful and dominating. This was also shown through with the use of sound. The scene used foley sound when the horse made an entrance. In the real world when a horse is galloping around, it would make a slight sound, however during the post production process the producer may have felt an exaggeration was needed to add emphasis on the fact that men are dominating.

So overall the use of sound in this scene led the audience to the conclusion that the male gender is the more dominating and stronger person, because of the musical backing each of the characters had. To further back up this conclusion the use of editing also had an impact.

Crosscutting was used when the man on a horse was making an entrance and when Jane Eyre was making an entrance.  Though they were two separate scenes to connote that two were going to meet crosscutting was used. However to emphasise that the female was less dominating the male had more screen time.