Analysing a film trailer

The place beyond the pines

The representation of gender is strong in the film. Males are represented as being masculine and slightly sexualised. We see this in a close up shot at the beginning of the film when Ryan Gosling takes his shirt off and has a muscular body, this is linked to the female gaze and the ideal body image that women think men should have.
Males are also take on more masculine roles, for example riding motorbikes and  robbing banks, these things are not usually associated with women. Men are also represented as being the ones who look after their families. We see the man in the trailer putting his arms around his wife and  child showing that he is protecting them and showing his masculinity.

Women are represented as having less power and being less dominant than men. We see a clip where the woman is being overpowered by a man who is arresting her this shows that women are less dominant than the men in the film.