Week 5

In week 5 we -

We started looking at the Representation Gender.  We looked at the different traits of each sex, Dominant and Domesticated - 

Strong and Weak - 

Rational and Emotional - 

Independent - Communal - 

Aggressive and Passive - 

Ruthless and Sensitive 

Ambitious and Supportive etc.

We then started watching a sequence of `Mistresses` - a British version of Sex in the City.  We had to write down how camera angles, mise en scene and sound represented Gender.

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Week 3+4.

On WEEK 3! We looked at camera work, for example 

canted shots, 

long shots, 

close ups, 

low angle, 

deep focus,

shallow focus,

high angle and more.  In this week we also looked at the first episode and the opening sequence. In this we looked at editing(Cross cut, Jump cut, Shot reverse shot, Cut zoom in), Camera work(Close ups, Tracking shot, zoom out+in, bird eye view, over shoulder shot, Low + High angles) and Mise en scene(props, dressing, speech).

In these weeks we also did a sound task, when we had to determine the sounds the character would hear.

We also looked at sound, starting with an slideshow of TV Drama Sound, this featured Diegetic, non diegetic, soundtracks with strings and orchestral, sound perspective-mixing sound to create tension. Synchornous sound-Sound matched to the object. Non Synchorous- Not matched to a object. Incidental music-background music which adds atmosphere. Sound Bridge-Leads in or out of a scene. Ambient sound-Adds realistic feelings to a scene.

We then finished sound by looking at James Bond and how the sound was made, it's basically the same in a movie than a soap.

Week 2

We looked at two TV drama's Casualty and Life on Mars, after we watched these two drama's we then had to write an small essay on the micro elements e.g mise-en-scene.  Earlier in the week we also looked at iconography.

Date of Exam 13th jan 2010.  TV Drama's are shows with some romance maybe action, some comedy and do not skip in time each next episode is like the next day.  It will have certain characters from a certain place.  You will have your dominants and minor characters.  Representation is how some one represents them selves, like a butcher will stereotypically have red cheeks a hat and a red and white apron.  And a certain aimed audience age group. Connotation is like looking at a golden M and knowing what it stands for.