Representation On Social Class and Status

This is a clip from Downton Abbey called 'Angel of the Morning',the name of the clip immediately creates a stereotype about the featured character, classing her as an 'Angel' dipicts the image of her being angelic, innocent, perfect etc. The clip is a montage about a woman called Lady Mary Crawley, you can tell straight away from the establishing shot that she is upper class as she is being dressed, most likely by her personal maid, she is having her corset tied up. When she is being dressed there is a focus on someone who i'm assuming is her mother, before it fades into a long shot of her being dressed. At 34 seconds, there is a close up, and there is a distinct social barrier made, when Lady Crawley is standing infront of the mirror finalising her outfit, there is a girl who could possibly be her sister, standing behind her, focusing on her importance and complimenting her on the way she looks. The name of the programme Downton Abbey, suggests the social class of the people who live in it, and the rooms in which we see Lady Crawley being dressed in are expensively decorated and the furniture we see looks somewhat luxury. In every shot we see of Lady Crawley, she is always nicely dressed, her hair is always perfect and she nearly always looks happy, although, in one particular clip when she is out roaming the Abbey's grounds, we see her look at her surroundings,alsmot doubting and questioning them, which gave me the impression that she isn't happy with her life there, but we also see cips of her laughing, smiling and looking like she is thoroughly enjoying her life of luxury, the last clip we see of her is smiling and sipping champagne, her facial expression connotes happiness and she holds up her champagne glass, saying 'cheers' or acknowledging someone, and clearly thinking 'this is the life!'