Cover work 12/11/08- Analysis of film clip

The dark atmosphere of the scene, reflects the party and club like atmosphere, therefore epitomizing the idea of youth which contrasts with the age of both Alison and her sister. Furthermore, the fact that there is a combining shot of both the security guard and Alisons sister allows us to witness the bouncers strength and muscularity in comparison to Alison's sister's petite figure and weakness. However, this is contradicted as her personality and strong character when she uses derogatory language to lower his esteem represents him as inferior in comparison to her female dominance and thus challenges stereotypes. This establishes the binary oppositions of power and dominance, respect and disrespect and the youth and the elderly. It can also be perceived that this point in the film is somewhat the realization of disruption in Todorov's equilibrium theory as Alison becomes aware of the consequences having a baby could bring.
Moreover, the fact that Alison is situated in the middle of this argument suggests that she is the cause of all this mayhem, the argument being an epitome of the chaos to subsequently transpire during her pregnancy. The fact that only diegetic sound of dialogue and club music is used allows the scene to appear more realistic due to the seriousness of issues despite the scenes comedic conventions. In turn ideologies such as matriarchy, youth, patriarchy and sexuality are all addressed and adhere to contemporary issues regarding the idea that women are still objectified in society as the bouncer only lets in the younger prettier girls which suggests that appearance is still exceedingly significant in obtaining benefits. However, Alison's sister's character can also be perceived as a symbol of female power and women fighting back, hence stereotypes within this scene are constantly fluctuated and her emotion and anger (illustrated by several close ups) reflect her passion regarding the issue and thus challenges the traditional role of women who should be acceptant of patriarchal society. Nevertheless, it can also be argued that her character is depicted extremely negatively die to her high tone of voice and derogatory language adhering to the stereotype of the "whiny", "argumentative" stereotype of married women. Her dominance is also put into question with the scene in the hospital with Ben which also embodies this stereotype.