Gender is represented through the mise-en-scene when we see a girl with short hair wearing a leather jacket. These are features typically associated with masculinity rather than femininity so it could be representing her to be quite androgynous or as a tomboy. In part of the extract, the girl mans a digger and goes on to fight off a sabretooth tiger with the digger. This goes against the typical stereotype of women being vulnerable and fearful. She goes on to frighten the sabretooth away from a man by shooting a gun in it's direction. This scene could be reversing the 'damsel in distress' scenario because the girl is fighting the sabretooth away from the vulnerable man. Later in the extract, we see a woman who is the complete opposite of the aforementioned girl . She is wearing a cream coloured coat with ruffles, make-up and has her hair neatly tied back. She is represented as being much more feminine in contrast to the other girl. The woman gets threatened by a farmer with a shotgun (a shotgun maybe reinforcing the man's masculinity) and seems very much the damsel in distress. There is also a man in the extract who could be seen as quite feminine. He is wearing a bright pink shirt with a waistcoat and a pink scarf (pink obviously being stereotypically a feminine colour). In a scene where the tomboyish girl and the man both hold there guns up at the farmer, the more feminine man picks up a shovel representing him as less threatening.
The soundtrack of the extract features a lot non-diegetic of violin music. This makes the atmosphere quite tense and builds excitement. Also there is quite a few loud, booming percussion sounds and symbols crashing when the sabretooth begins chasing the man. This further makes the atmosphere quite tense and gives a sense of looming danger. Later in the extract, the more feminine woman, who speaks in received pronunciation (which may give connotations of snobbery), gets threatened by a farmer with a shotgun. After being thrown down on the hay by the farmer, we hear non-diegetic sounds of several gunshots which have been used to build suspense. The woman's snobbery is reinforced when, after being saved, all she seems concerned about is her coat saying that it is her 'best coat'. This leads the audience to dislike the woman again even after she was just in peril
The editing for most of the extract is continuity editing which is done at a normal pace. This changes to very quick continuity editing during the the sabretooth's attack and chase to make this scene more exciting than the other scenes. Fast paced editing is often done is action scenes as it makes the scene more tense and exciting. When about to do the zip wire, jump cuts are used to make the scene more fast paced. When the woman gets threatened at gunpoint by the farmer, a slow motion effect is used. This is possibly to emphasise her vulnerability and to drag out the intensity of the scene for as long as possible to keep the audience in suspense. It is also important to note that the man is privileged in the editing of the extract. The reason for this is possibly to show that he is the main character and the one in charge, despite the crucial role the tomboyish girl plays.
During the action sequence, a few whip pans are used. This could represent the panic of the male character as the whip pans give off a frantic, urgent feeling. There is also a point-of-view shot from the perspective of the male looking up at the sabretooth. This puts the audience in the mans position of vulnerability but also, with it being a low angle shot, it shows the sabretooth to be large and imposing. There is a very high angle shot when the man is running away, which makes him look smaller and therefore more vulnerable. Another high angle shot is used when the woman is thrown onto the hay by the farmer which again shows vulnerability.
