Homefront trailer

in the trailer we see a clash of masculinity between the men. also it appears that the american male is represented as being small minded and violent, for instance we see the young boy in the park bully the girl by taking her hat and pushing her; all his friends think its funny but then she stands up and beats him up. stat ham being british is shown in a different light; he works for the government but is not working a case, we get the impression that he has lost his wife and now looks after his daughter. this shows his character to be caring and morally just. franco on the other hand plays a meth cooking killer as he pursues after stat ham to avenge his son being beaten up. his character is clearly trying to prove his masculinity by threatening to beat statham up. he is the complete opposite to stathams character in the sense that he is against the law but is fought back with violence.

Cagney and Lacey

Here we see women being represented in a positive way. the two main protagonists, Cagney and Lacey appear to be two plain clothed cops in new york. this instantly give them power and is backed by images of them arresting men and outsmarting them. there one point where there is a long shot of them walking out of the subway and they are flashed by a man, none of them take any notice and carry on walking; this tells us that they have a very strong attitude towards their work and are not shock by men acting like fools. in the intro we also see that one of them has a husband as there is a mid shot of him leaning in the car to kiss her and give her lunch to take to work. right at the start we see in the visual codes given in the still images that they carry guns and have police badges; both connote power. in the tracking long shot of them walking we see them wearing plain colours and sensible clothes, and not giving the sex appeal by showing their bodies.