The document discusses how the filmmaker has represented gender through various elements of filmmaking. Lighting was used to portray realism and suggest that issues like cheating apply to women as much as men. Makeup was used to portray the female character Veronica as powerful and intimidating, challenging stereotypes. Costumes were chosen to represent ideas around power, class and status, with the men wearing suits and Veronica wearing a tight white dress to attract attention. Gender was also represented through maintaining a heterosexual relationship, as is traditional in crime films.