It is essential when examining TV Drama to make sure you ask the following questions about character:
WHAT COSTUMES ARE THEY WEARING?
HOW IS IT REFLECTIVE OF SOCITETY/TIME PERIOD?
HAIR/MAKE UP?
DOES IT REFLECT CLASS?
THE ACTORS - ARE THEY ATTRACTIVE DO THEY CONFOM TO THE CHARACTER THEY
ARE PLAYING?
HOW DO THEY TALK - HIGH REGISTER OR LOW REGISTER (DO THEY USE COMPLEX
VOCABULARY) REGIONAL ACCENT?
FACIAL EXPRESSION - WHAT DOES THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSION TELL US?
BODY LANGUAGE? OPEN/CLOSED
POSITION IN THE FRAME: HOW ARE THEY POSITIONED?
TIGHT FRAMING:CONNOTES INABILITY TO ESCAPE
LOOSE FRAMING: COULD SHOW ISOLATION/LONLINESS - COULD INDICATE A LARGE GAP (PHYSICALLY & EMOTIONALLY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE)
Q: WHAT COULD THE POSITION OF THE CHARACTER SIGNIFY.
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Editing
Key Terms
connotations - what is suggested
denotations - what it is and means
Type of Transitions
The Straight Cut - straight to defferent cut, sudden change of change of shot from one view to another
The Match Cut - familar relationship between the shot make the change seem smooth
The Motivated Cut - used to show something to the view that is not imediatley visible
The Jump Cut - an abrurt switch from one scene to another
The Fade Cut - shows passing of time due to black screen also it is a smooth way of going from one scene
The Disolve Cut - used to show link because two scenes because they are both visible at the same time
The Reaction Cut - close up of someones emotional response to a certain event
The Wipe Cut - one scene would slide off a screen while a different scene slides on
Screen Time
when a clip is put together the director decides is editing the footage for a tv show they decied how much some one appears and which characters does not this is important because it shows the importance or lack of importance of characters, eg disbillity if the disabled person has limited screen time it would give the appearence that they are a minority group and are of less importance.
Slow motion and Speed up
if a director decides to speed it up it is not important but if it is slowed down it shows importance to that part
Filters
Black or White - shows memory or flashback
Sepia - Vintage Look
Split Screen - two shots side by side
Circular Wipe - wipe image of screen like a fan
Animated Transform - Spin - image spins off or on
Distortion - blurry
Parrellel Cut - creates a link between two events
Iris - in or out of focus, depth of colours and depth of field
connotations - what is suggested
denotations - what it is and means
Type of Transitions
The Straight Cut - straight to defferent cut, sudden change of change of shot from one view to another
The Match Cut - familar relationship between the shot make the change seem smooth
The Motivated Cut - used to show something to the view that is not imediatley visible
The Jump Cut - an abrurt switch from one scene to another
The Fade Cut - shows passing of time due to black screen also it is a smooth way of going from one scene
The Disolve Cut - used to show link because two scenes because they are both visible at the same time
The Reaction Cut - close up of someones emotional response to a certain event
The Wipe Cut - one scene would slide off a screen while a different scene slides on
Screen Time
when a clip is put together the director decides is editing the footage for a tv show they decied how much some one appears and which characters does not this is important because it shows the importance or lack of importance of characters, eg disbillity if the disabled person has limited screen time it would give the appearence that they are a minority group and are of less importance.
Slow motion and Speed up
if a director decides to speed it up it is not important but if it is slowed down it shows importance to that part
Filters
Black or White - shows memory or flashback
Sepia - Vintage Look
Split Screen - two shots side by side
Circular Wipe - wipe image of screen like a fan
Animated Transform - Spin - image spins off or on
Distortion - blurry
Parrellel Cut - creates a link between two events
Iris - in or out of focus, depth of colours and depth of field
Monday, 12 November 2012
Holby City Case Studies
Sound -
Non-Diegetic Sound
Diegetic Sound
Camera Angles -
Aerial Shot / Top Shot
Shot / Reverse Shot
Reaction Shots
Two Shot
Aerial Shot / Top Shot
Mise-en-scene -
Three Point Lighting
Diffuse Lighting
High Key Lighting
Mise-En-Scene
editing
Represtiaion -
Secondary Persona
Enigmatic
Cultural Stereotyping
other
Non-Diegetic Sound
Diegetic Sound
Camera Angles -
Aerial Shot / Top Shot
Shot / Reverse Shot
Reaction Shots
Two Shot
Aerial Shot / Top Shot
Mise-en-scene -
Three Point Lighting
Diffuse Lighting
High Key Lighting
Mise-En-Scene
editing
Represtiaion -
Secondary Persona
Enigmatic
Cultural Stereotyping
other
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Analysis Of Hebburn
mise en scene, camera angles and sound
age - use of the local dialectic helps show the age of the characters such as "pet" is something used more commonly by the elder generation (not kids) establishing shot at the beginning showing the kid riding the bike show there is a certain amount of youth in the area, the sister wears gold shorts this is something the younger generation as well as the dark eyeliner. and as a contrast the nan and the mom are wearing jumpers/knitted wear.
the damaged brick wall at the front of the house suggest not very wealthy
the eeeeeee when the bloke and his lass walk in the door is an enhanced diajetic sound
the silence when the nan mentions death is to exaggerate the awkwardness of the conversation
tasks tomorrow...
1. wrie analysis full sentences hebburn
2.research types of lighting + bpost
age - use of the local dialectic helps show the age of the characters such as "pet" is something used more commonly by the elder generation (not kids) establishing shot at the beginning showing the kid riding the bike show there is a certain amount of youth in the area, the sister wears gold shorts this is something the younger generation as well as the dark eyeliner. and as a contrast the nan and the mom are wearing jumpers/knitted wear.
the damaged brick wall at the front of the house suggest not very wealthy
the eeeeeee when the bloke and his lass walk in the door is an enhanced diajetic sound
the silence when the nan mentions death is to exaggerate the awkwardness of the conversation
tasks tomorrow...
1. wrie analysis full sentences hebburn
2.research types of lighting + bpost
Mise en scene
mise-en-scene is the what is appears infront of the camera that is in frame like set,costume and props ect. and the way they are arranged eg position and lighting.
Analysing Mise-en-scene in stills from Hebburn
Image 1
the woman in the scene looks a bit tarty. this is suggested by the red lipstick dark eyeliner and black dress, it is also suggested by the jewellery she is wearing (dangling ear rings)
Image 2
the way they have the photo suggests they are a happy family, also the way the house is presented is that its is a middle class home with a possible hint of higher class, the family is also presented as normal and well presented.also shows grandma is in wheelchair which suggest a large portrayl of disablilty.
Image 3
Image 4
Analysing Mise-en-scene in stills from Hebburn
Image 1
the woman in the scene looks a bit tarty. this is suggested by the red lipstick dark eyeliner and black dress, it is also suggested by the jewellery she is wearing (dangling ear rings)
Image 2
the way they have the photo suggests they are a happy family, also the way the house is presented is that its is a middle class home with a possible hint of higher class, the family is also presented as normal and well presented.also shows grandma is in wheelchair which suggest a large portrayl of disablilty.
Image 3
Image 4
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Impact of Sound Misfits
Analysis Without Sound
when there was no sound you tend to concentrate more on the image in front of you, after analysising with and without sound i have realised i had expected a lot more sound than there actually was, this is understandable as sometimes too much sound can be distracting from the image infront of you.
2) impact sound creating meaning
a lot of the music especially during the free running scene fitted well because it was fast paced much like the scene but also made it seem like the guy doing the free running was on a mission so the music and the image was the perfect compliment to each other.
3) how do you work out meaning without sound
i believe that it can be extremely difficult to find meaning without sound, but i think the key to it would be exageration, exagerate every movment and this way it is easier to see and identify what is happening.
- begining = music (continousm fast pace)
- clock ticking / beeping
- zip
- belt click
- footsteps
- elevator door
- ootsteps
- running
- bang when lands on bench
- door
- locker
- laughing
- locker close
- natural sound
- air, paper air plane
- curse...
- music fading in, gets louder
- zip x2
- elevator door begins
- new soundtrack fast pace
- locker door and frezzer lid merged
- wind (paper air plane)
- dialog, cursing then music fades to background then theme tune fades in.
when there was no sound you tend to concentrate more on the image in front of you, after analysising with and without sound i have realised i had expected a lot more sound than there actually was, this is understandable as sometimes too much sound can be distracting from the image infront of you.
2) impact sound creating meaning
a lot of the music especially during the free running scene fitted well because it was fast paced much like the scene but also made it seem like the guy doing the free running was on a mission so the music and the image was the perfect compliment to each other.
3) how do you work out meaning without sound
i believe that it can be extremely difficult to find meaning without sound, but i think the key to it would be exageration, exagerate every movment and this way it is easier to see and identify what is happening.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Downtown Abbey - Social Status - Camera Shots
we are currently analyising a 4 Minute extract from the Popular TV Drama "Downton Abbey" this is a good example because of the time it is based upon, in that time everyone was influenced by social standing so it is easy to identify the different social class in the extract
At the begining of the actual dialog the one character states that she is going to go talk to lady mary, the camera the cuts to a long shot of lady mary, this camera angle showed us the type of clothing she was wearing, she was clearly wearing a sort of High class dress this shows that she is wealthy and is clearly a lady of the manor as she was refered to as "Lady" and "Ladyship"
one of the next scene show the butler intorucing the driver, the way how the driver was in centerframe and the buttler wasnt shows that thre buttler was not important in the shot and the driver had a higher social standing than the buttler, also when the driver and the Lord are talking the camera angle from the drivers side to the Lord is always looking up to the Lord, but always looking down to the driver showing that the driver has a lower social standing than the lord.
The long shot of the buttler walking away from the two women chatting shows the combined wealth of them because it is showing the size and the quality of the abbey it also showed the type of clothing they were wearing which was long dresses that looked like the type of dress that a "Lady" would wear.
walking the two women woman in grey higher status because camera is more on her side
At the begining of the actual dialog the one character states that she is going to go talk to lady mary, the camera the cuts to a long shot of lady mary, this camera angle showed us the type of clothing she was wearing, she was clearly wearing a sort of High class dress this shows that she is wealthy and is clearly a lady of the manor as she was refered to as "Lady" and "Ladyship"
one of the next scene show the butler intorucing the driver, the way how the driver was in centerframe and the buttler wasnt shows that thre buttler was not important in the shot and the driver had a higher social standing than the buttler, also when the driver and the Lord are talking the camera angle from the drivers side to the Lord is always looking up to the Lord, but always looking down to the driver showing that the driver has a lower social standing than the lord.
The long shot of the buttler walking away from the two women chatting shows the combined wealth of them because it is showing the size and the quality of the abbey it also showed the type of clothing they were wearing which was long dresses that looked like the type of dress that a "Lady" would wear.
walking the two women woman in grey higher status because camera is more on her side
Thursday, 18 October 2012
The importance of synergy in a global institution
The importance of synergy in a global
institution
Synergy is
important in a global institution because of the way in which it benefits the
economy, due to synergy different countries can benefit from the profits
because of international collaboration, because of international collaboration
new media forms such as Blu ray and Ultraviolet can be sold and introduced into
other countries, also thanks to larger companies such as Viacom and Time Warner
media quality has been improved, eg.24/7 News Channels.
Because of
synergy, merchandise creators like Hasbro are able to make more profit by
obtaining the license to create toys, this way the production companies that
make the movie, make more profit from selling the license and Hasbro make money
by selling the merchandise this also helps the economy because of the jobs that
are created. One good example is Transformers which is in fact the opposite way
round, Hasbro officially own the right to the Transformers Brand they then sold
the license to Viacom to allow them to make the films, they also did this with
the popular strategy game Battleship in which the license was sold to Universal
Studios who then created the movie, but the difference between these two
examples is that when Hasbro sold the license for transformers they continued to
create the merchandise and products that ran alongside the movies allowing
Hasbro to generate more profit this also signified the beginning of Hasbro’s
move into the movie market.
Synergy is
not just important internationally its important on a small scale, for example
This Is England if it was not for synergy it would not have been released on
the scale it was, it would have only been release in a minimal amount of
cinemas, the main companies involved in the synergy where Film4, Warp Films and
Optimum Releases, if it wasn’t for the synergy of the production studios and
Optimum Releases it would have been distributed as well as it was and would not
have been such a hit which then lead on to a TV based sequel.
Some of the
larger examples of synergy are The LEGO video games, in which companies like
Time Warner sell the License of Harry Potter to LEGO, whom then either sell the
license of both Harry Potter and LEGO to a game designer company, or they would
go into partnership for the project and then take a cut of the profits, without
synergy the media world that currently exist wouldn’t exists and because of
synergy the media world will keep evolving and growing.
Camera Angles And Shot
establishing shots - set scene tell u outline usually exterior shot
long shot - see character head to toe to see relationship between the character to enviro
wide shot - group of people or zombies.
high angle - to look down on a event
low angle - as if to look up to them show they are more power full
mid angle normal to show they are not power nor a peasent :P can see body language and expressions in more details
close up - more intiment, head and shoulder to capture emotions, used to capture the importance of an item, point of view - shows intentions of the character
two shot- tow character expressed their relationship
extremely close up - drag audience in character emotion and is intense for audience and is unfamiliar
long shot - see character head to toe to see relationship between the character to enviro
wide shot - group of people or zombies.
high angle - to look down on a event
low angle - as if to look up to them show they are more power full
mid angle normal to show they are not power nor a peasent :P can see body language and expressions in more details
close up - more intiment, head and shoulder to capture emotions, used to capture the importance of an item, point of view - shows intentions of the character
two shot- tow character expressed their relationship
extremely close up - drag audience in character emotion and is intense for audience and is unfamiliar
Definition Of TV Drama
i believe tv dramas attempt to create a realistic world in a virtual world but in almost every reincarnation of a tv drama it is always exagerated, this is because it makes the audience interested in the show because if this didnt happen they would have low ratings and the show would not continue to air. in most cases the exageration is limited due to censcoring, for instance deaths in tv dramas are not aloud to be to gory which may disrupt the illusion of the show. they all have relatable characters in to allow the audience to build a connection with them so if they died the audience would be interested in the show post death to see how other characters are coping with the death.
Areas of Representation Exam
Age -
different programs represent different ages becuase of the narative (partially)
the audience expects different age groups in tv drama because there is a possibility to connect to the charracter, young people are represented in ways like partying, going to college and having social issues.mean to be energetic and cocky, old people lack of energy full of knowledge.
young people - skins,misfit, fresh prince,towie
old people - downtown abbey, dallas
countertype, adults on skins represented as messed and confused as the teen (oposite of they should be)
architype - exagerated (enhanced stereotype)
Ethnicity -
homeland - main character us marine whome is muslim (coutertype) and wife is disgusted and leaves.
citizen khan - muslim family moves to bradford likes criket (stereotype enhanced for comedic value)
Sexuality -
Glee - gay is show by kurt cus he into fashion and diva songs,
lesbians shown by butchness- short hair,built up
corrie- sophie and sian both christian oposite of butch. kicked out by church to show how they are represented
Disablity -
disabitlity is shown in many different ways in media, it is represented positivley and negativley. the main places that they are shoiwn in are emerdale and coronatrion street and most notabley in hollyoaks in which they are never wiothout a character that has some form of mental or physical disbality such as down syndrome and paralysis
Gender -
women represented as sweet, usually cleaning house and sometimes represented as snobby. the men are represented as tough business men that are always involved in "Dodgy Dealings". they also come over as a bit of bruts.
Social Class -
upper class posh accent bighouses lots of money - examples:
lower class chavy teenage pregnancy binge drinking - examples: Shameless,Misfits and skins
example: Downton Abbey, lower clas represented as servants
different programs represent different ages becuase of the narative (partially)
the audience expects different age groups in tv drama because there is a possibility to connect to the charracter, young people are represented in ways like partying, going to college and having social issues.mean to be energetic and cocky, old people lack of energy full of knowledge.
young people - skins,misfit, fresh prince,towie
old people - downtown abbey, dallas
countertype, adults on skins represented as messed and confused as the teen (oposite of they should be)
architype - exagerated (enhanced stereotype)
Ethnicity -
homeland - main character us marine whome is muslim (coutertype) and wife is disgusted and leaves.
citizen khan - muslim family moves to bradford likes criket (stereotype enhanced for comedic value)
Sexuality -
Glee - gay is show by kurt cus he into fashion and diva songs,
lesbians shown by butchness- short hair,built up
corrie- sophie and sian both christian oposite of butch. kicked out by church to show how they are represented
Disablity -
disabitlity is shown in many different ways in media, it is represented positivley and negativley. the main places that they are shoiwn in are emerdale and coronatrion street and most notabley in hollyoaks in which they are never wiothout a character that has some form of mental or physical disbality such as down syndrome and paralysis
Gender -
women represented as sweet, usually cleaning house and sometimes represented as snobby. the men are represented as tough business men that are always involved in "Dodgy Dealings". they also come over as a bit of bruts.
Social Class -
upper class posh accent bighouses lots of money - examples:
lower class chavy teenage pregnancy binge drinking - examples: Shameless,Misfits and skins
example: Downton Abbey, lower clas represented as servants
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Nelson Mandela represts Freedom, Peace because of the way he fought for his country and freedom also his right
Britney Spears is represented as nutcase because she shaved her head in a barbers and then had some unfortunate instances involving the paparatzi and was then sent to rehab
Madonna is represents music because her masses of hit in the music industry and her years of experience and presence in the music industry
David Beckham represents sports because when it comes to anything sports related he tends to be the spokes person just like he was heavily involved in the olympics and does lots of sports adverts as he played for england as well
Arnold Schwarzenegger represent movie and "hard men" because of his "bad Ass" roles in movies like The Running Man and terminator in which he showed of his figure like his muscles...
Britney Spears is represented as nutcase because she shaved her head in a barbers and then had some unfortunate instances involving the paparatzi and was then sent to rehab
Madonna is represents music because her masses of hit in the music industry and her years of experience and presence in the music industry
David Beckham represents sports because when it comes to anything sports related he tends to be the spokes person just like he was heavily involved in the olympics and does lots of sports adverts as he played for england as well
Arnold Schwarzenegger represent movie and "hard men" because of his "bad Ass" roles in movies like The Running Man and terminator in which he showed of his figure like his muscles...
Monday, 24 September 2012
Representation In TV Drama
The summary of the representation of "Chuck Bartowski" from the American Tv Drama "Chuck"
Summary:
Show: Chuck
Genre: Action/Comedy
Actor: Zachary Levi
Name: Chuck Bartowski
Age: 31
Ethnicity: White
Regional: America
Costume Usually Includes: Shirt and silver tie and Nerd Herd Jacket and converse Hi tops
Lifestyle in 5 Words: Hectic , Fast-paced ,exciting ,secretive , Technological
Friends Include: Morgan, Sarah , John Casey, Big Mike , Jeff ,Lester
Interests: Technology And his spy life
Motivation in most situation: Not dying, Friends And Family
Love Life: Sarah (Wife)
Problems in life: keeping spy life secret from family and protect the ones he loves
Key moment: Gets intersect, loses intersect,marries sarah, when sarah loses memory and the last ever episode :(
Prediction For Future Narratives:
They would stay in the spy life untill sarah got back to the point in which she was before she lost her memory.
How is the audience suspposed to react to them? Your ment to love him and relate to him and also feel sorry for him.
Summary:
Show: Chuck
Genre: Action/Comedy
Actor: Zachary Levi
Name: Chuck Bartowski
Age: 31
Ethnicity: White
Regional: America
Costume Usually Includes: Shirt and silver tie and Nerd Herd Jacket and converse Hi tops
Lifestyle in 5 Words: Hectic , Fast-paced ,exciting ,secretive , Technological
Friends Include: Morgan, Sarah , John Casey, Big Mike , Jeff ,Lester
Interests: Technology And his spy life
Motivation in most situation: Not dying, Friends And Family
Love Life: Sarah (Wife)
Problems in life: keeping spy life secret from family and protect the ones he loves
Key moment: Gets intersect, loses intersect,marries sarah, when sarah loses memory and the last ever episode :(
Prediction For Future Narratives:
They would stay in the spy life untill sarah got back to the point in which she was before she lost her memory.
How is the audience suspposed to react to them? Your ment to love him and relate to him and also feel sorry for him.
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