FT AUDITION SEQUENCE

Mia is positioned as a WHAT in the scene?

An outsider

What is the staging like with Mia?

She is staged away from the other dancers to signify how different she is

How do the types of dancing juxtapose eachother?

The rhythmic sexual dancing juxtaposes the street dancing that Mia favours

What is the setting like, what does it serve as a reminder of?

Setting of the strip club is a reminder that it is built on the scopophilic male gaze and exploitation of disenfranchised women

Ideologically, what is the strip club a reminder of?

The intersectionality between social class and gender, not all women receive the same level of oppression

Contextually, how could this sequence be explored?

Through the lens of Broken Britain and the corrosion of opportunities for people at the bottom of society

What lighting is used on Mia’s face and what does it signify?

Pink side lighting, she is forced to perform a hyper-feminine role. Connotes inner conflict of her choice to conform to or reject traditional femininity

How does Arnold align the spectator?

Physically suturing us through eye line match cuts and POV shot of Mia observing other girls

Why is Mia different to the opening sequence here?

Mia doesn’t mock the girls dancing in the car park, reaction shots of Mia see her downbeat

What could the song ‘California Dreamin’ symbolise to Mia?

Hope to escape her life in the council estate

What ideology does the judges questions depict?

The dominant ideology of femininity and gender norms placed on women

What could the judges scene be a microcosm for?

How society and women appear to have more value if they are willing to objectify themselves

Mia walking off the stage is a symbol of what?

Her refusal to be manipulated to perform for the judges in the same way Connor did