Merlin

'What representations of gender are constructed by the extract through the use of; Mise en scene/editing/use of camera/sound?'

At the beginning of the clip we see a young man and from this point we know that it is going to be about him as we hear a narrator as a voice over talking about this 'young man' and how he can form his destiny. As he is a male we can see that this programme is going to focus mainly on men as it is about men. About 30 seconds into the clip we see a king on his throne and he says 'my kingdom' which shows that he is in power and men are rulers over women and the fact that he is king he is ruler of everyone. About 50 seconds into the clip we see an old woman turn into snakes which shows she is a witch and in those days women were very often the only ones to be accused of being a witch showing that they are less superior to men as little men would have been accused of sorcery. Towards the end of the clip when the title 'Merlin' comes up we hear a woman whisper 'Merlin' which makes it seem very mysterious and that maybe in the programme Merlin has to be mysterious and keep his magic a secret as we know if e king found out he would be killed and this is backed up afterwards by him saying 'shhh, keep the magic secret'.