Frame One
The man in this scene simply says "Let her go" when the woman leaves. This shows he doesn't think much of her 'tantrum' and that the other man shouldn't run after her, showing the typical stereotype of a man who has power.
Frame Two
This completely challenges the idea of men doing the hard, labouring work as the character Abbie works the digger machinery. She also subverses the typical idea of a woman by wearing dark, boyish clothes and short choppy hair. She also shows hardly any facial expressions throughout the piece, which shows a brave brutality to her character which isn't really the norm or generally expected of stereotypical female character.
Frame Three
This shot subverses the stereotype of a man as the camera is angled down on him to show his vunerability in the situation and that weakness that he's trouble.
Frame Four
This shot tracks the character and gives the audience a part in the action as they follow him. The music in this scene is also important to help support the situation. It's fast, jumpy, edgy all to create suspense so the audience will be on the edge of their seat, waiting to see what happens.
Frame Five
This also subverses the stereotype of the woman as Abbie the character comes running into shot aiming a huge rifle, which is pretty unexpected of female characters.
Frame Six
In a short panning shot, the camera is held for a longer time on the three men as they stride toward their mission before briefly keeping the camera on the blonde female (this shows how the male characters are portrayed as being if not superior, slightly more dominant than the female character).
Frame Seven
In this frame, the camera pans around the back of all the characters as we see them standing in a loose circle. This could symbolize the idea that all the characters are equal.
Frame Eight/ Frame Nine
In this frame, the brunette woman is really shown as being less than others - particularly men. When the man pulls out the gun, her expression is quite typical of a 'damsel in distress' sort of thing.
Frame Ten
When she is thrown down onto the floor, her posture is slightly over dramatic - her arms are up, and her legs are bent, showing alot of her legs and dress. When she finally manages to get up, she says annoyed 'my best coat' referreing to the state the man put her in. She's exaggerated and portrayed as though "all women care about is clothes, shoes, money and appearance". 
Frame Eleven
Interestingly when the other characters find the woman and rescue her. The blonde female is the one to ask if she's all right, showing a caring and motherly side to the character which is typically associated quite obviously with females.
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