Sarah Gavron, director of, ‘Suffragette’, uses a range of production features to display to viewers the role of women in early twentieth century Britain and the resultant appeal of the Suffrage Movement. The movie follows a group of women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality.
‘Suffragette’ highlights women’s political movements in the United Kingdom between 1911 and 1913. The Suffrage Movement was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and was part of the overall woman’s rights movements. “For decades’ women had peacefully campaigned for equality and the right to vote. Their arguments were ignored.” In the early twentieth century women had limited rights, they had their personal values, but …show more content…
The costumes that the women wore were old and run down, outlining that they were poor and couldn’t afford new clothing. She also uses dark lighting and loud sounds when in scenes of when women were protesting, this intensifies the viewer’s perspective of what life was like for the women in the twentieth century, dull and daunting. The director’s use of these production elements is highlighted in a scene where Emily Pankhurst delivers a powerful and moving speech to the Suffragettes and encourages them to continue fighting for women’s rights. “Never underestimate the power we women have to define our own destinies…. Be militant…If we must go to prison to obtain the vote, let it be the windows of government, not the bodies of women which shall be broken.” The camera angles in the following scene shows women being bashed and thrown around by police officers and men as they struggle to have a say in the protest. These elements allow the viewers to see what the protests and campaigns for women’s rights were really like and how much violence was involved and created a powerful and moving scene, which showed how determined the British women of the early twentieth century were to find a voice and demand the right to
‘Suffragette’ highlights women’s political movements in the United Kingdom between 1911 and 1913. The Suffrage Movement was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and was part of the overall woman’s rights movements. “For decades’ women had peacefully campaigned for equality and the right to vote. Their arguments were ignored.” In the early twentieth century women had limited rights, they had their personal values, but …show more content…
The costumes that the women wore were old and run down, outlining that they were poor and couldn’t afford new clothing. She also uses dark lighting and loud sounds when in scenes of when women were protesting, this intensifies the viewer’s perspective of what life was like for the women in the twentieth century, dull and daunting. The director’s use of these production elements is highlighted in a scene where Emily Pankhurst delivers a powerful and moving speech to the Suffragettes and encourages them to continue fighting for women’s rights. “Never underestimate the power we women have to define our own destinies…. Be militant…If we must go to prison to obtain the vote, let it be the windows of government, not the bodies of women which shall be broken.” The camera angles in the following scene shows women being bashed and thrown around by police officers and men as they struggle to have a say in the protest. These elements allow the viewers to see what the protests and campaigns for women’s rights were really like and how much violence was involved and created a powerful and moving scene, which showed how determined the British women of the early twentieth century were to find a voice and demand the right to