Male dominance

In the film momentum the male character is represented very defiantly to most crime/gangster films. The main character instantly seems less dominant than typical men in crime gangster films. The trailer opens with a non-diegetic voice over. The voice over is of the characters thoughts. The first line said is “where am I” this line of confusion signifies that he is not in control of himself, it also shows weakness and subverts a typical male character in this genre of film as men do not usually show weakness only dominance and masculinity, This is also shown in the next scene of the trailer when the male character is having a diegetic conversation with a women, a conversation in which he is confessing weaknesses he has. This completely subverts a mans stereotype of being tough and strong as he is asking a women for advice, women are stereotypically weaker than men so it was a surprise to see a man seeking a women’s philological advice. The trailer overall does show that men play an active role in films even when the film is about a emotionally wrecked character connoting a male dominance in the film industry.

A double pan is used in which causes the screen to go blurry for a few seconds. This has been specifically used in order to show the disorientation and confusion of the male character that clearly is struggling with his mental health. A male showing such weakness is unheard off in this genre of film therefore connoting that the men in this film are intentionally going against the typical stereotype of men

The rest of the trailer shows the character stampeding through the city committing numerous murders and assaults(even on women) The ideology of this connotes that men will always be  the violent , tough villain even when they are mentally insane , this conforms with the stenotype of men being the stronger gender, he is seen punching the women who he previously asked for advice from, connoting he was always more dominant and was just going through a rough patch.

The first two minutes of the film are full of many different enigmas. The film starts with an Anachronic narrative in which does not follow the same style of a typical film. The film begins with no equilibrium and uses a forking path to give the audience clues on the main plot. Low-key lighting is also used throughout the first two minutes of the trailer to give that dark gloomy effect. The male characters hands are covered in blood connoting his a committed some sort of murder or assault or has possibly been assaulted himself. This leaves the audiences asking questions of how the male character, used in this film is being represented.

Male dominance is also showed in the first few minutes in the film. The opening scene connotes that this film is very patrichal film as not one female character is included. Lauren Mulveys theory in which was influenced by an idea from fraud and Lucan as the ration of female to male characters is 0:2.