Fingersmith

Fingersmith

• 1.
  The use ofclose up shot translates the intimacy and the tenderness of their relationship which is complimented by the use of slow, soft, dramatized music. The camera shot is angled as mirrored reflection, reflecting the inner thoughts of their forbidden love. The voiceover of the woman (on the right) works with the idea of the mirror angle as they’re her reflective thoughts that only the audience can hear.
• 2.
  The use ofslow cross cutting transitions reflects the gentle thoughts in which the one woman is feeling about the other. The cross cutting slowly fades into a scene in which both women are in the bed and one has a sexual desire for the other. The slow gentle pace of music compliments the sensitivity and secrecy of the relationship. The voice over also intensifies the sexual desire the wealth woman has for finger smith.
• 3.
  The camera shotin this scene is focused on the gloved hand outlining the body shape of the woman lying on the bed, the woman outlining her body isn’t being on focused as much. This could represent the intensity of her desire for the finger smith yet could also suggest the restrictions and in normality of her sexual desire when put into the context of the era they’re living in and unconventionality of a same sex relationship despite it being normal for two women to share a bed due to lack of space, heat etc..
• 4.
  This wide shotshows that the two women are being parted by the man standing in-between them, in context, this could represent the man interfering with their forbidden relationship. At this point, the music begins to intensify, ranging in tones creating ambiguous thoughts in the audiences’ mind to what this will proceed too. This close up, eye line shot shows the man, standing above, whispering in the ear of the woman who is below him. The use of levels in this shot, the man being above the Woman, converses with norms of society then- Men being dominant and more in control. However, the shot is more focused on the face of the woman who seems unfazed inferring he’s come down to her level, subverting the norms of male dominance.
• 5.
  The drop ofred paint on her skirt could symbolise blood, furthermore representing the pain felt by living in constant fear and secrecy that their same sex, loving relationship will be uncovered.
• 6.
  This close upshot represents the intensity of what’s happening, recognised by the man having a tight grip on her arm. The levels converse with norms as the man is looking down on the woman showing he has the power and dominance within their relationship. This second shot then shows the man is now shadowed by the woman who he has sexual desires showing she has the control emotionally and sexually. The camera also pans down as the man lowers and stops at her hand, in which he is caressing- conversing with the norms of sexual desire in the context of that era.