Representation in Our Girl

we have watch some of the TV dram Our Girl in class, it is all about a woman (Georgie) that is a soldier and gets taken by terrorists she says that she is a medic so they do not kill her as if they found out she was a soldier they would kill her. Georgie always looks respectable and clean even tho she is in a war zone.

Georgie Lane is a very strong woman and is represented that way in the episode she meets Kicki who has also been taken prisoner and she lives up to the stereotype and is giving up on hope but Georgie is showing strength and determination and is not being the typical stereotype she is showing that women can be strong. George is determined to find a way to survive and get free. Georgie also talks Kicki in to escaping even tho she has no motivation to try but in the end she helps when she is out and they are trying to escape out of the camp she still shows weakness and wants to get out quick "we need to go" as Georgie is looking through pics and stuff in the room instead of rushing away, this is showing courage and that she is not worried and wants to find out information whilst she is in the camp instead of running away. this shows that she has a lot of confidence and is showing again that she is not the stereo typical image of women in war, also other media shows and films make the women get stereo type worse as most war films they do not use women as solders so our girl goes against the typical stereo type and shows that women can be soldiers as well.
As the ambulance goes round the bend before they get attacked it shows a established shot of the ambulance and the sound of the ambulance sirens which shows its going fast. After that there is a over shoulder shot just before the shooting happens this gives you the view of the drivers and makes you feel like you are there and makes you see that it is going to go wrong after this all of the editing is cut together very fast this adds tension as the drivers are shot. there is diegetic sound used for the guns which gets across the message that they are being shot and also three use a low angle shot on one of the shooters ton show he is in power. After the drivers have been shot the editing slows down as the antagonist gets out of the car this shows power. Georgie hides her tags and then screams which is showing weakness as they take her out of the car, music is used to build up the tension as they throw her in the back of the pick up. we then get a view of one of the attckers from her eyes seeing what she will see. As they drive away the music gets louder and takes over her screaming.