TV Drama
••In this unit, I will be sitting a two hour exam. In part A, I will have to analyse a 5 minute extract of a TV Drama demonstrating my understanding of representation within the media and media language. It will last 1hour 15minutes••
Key Terms and Film Language:
What is representation?
- A message
- Values (ideology)
- Re(Presentation)
When you are analysing a media text there are a number of different layers that you need to look into -
• Meta representation (mediation)
- Ideology / Realism - Is the text real? How real?
- Verisimilitude - The surface accuracy of the text. The appearance of being true or real.
• Micro Representation
- Camera - Angle, Distance, Positioning
- Mise-en-Scene - everything thats in the scene.
- Semiotics
- Editing
- Sound
- Re(Presentation) - Re Imagining
Mise-en-Scene:
- Location & Setting
- Positioning within the frame
- Props
- Costume
- Body Language & Facial Expression
- Lighting
- Colour
- Diegesis - Narrative within the film. Seeing the film through the characters eyes.
Camera Techniques:
Distance:
Long shot - establishing shot - ELS - How much information is given away from the shot. The director has control over what the audience sees.
Medium shot - common in TV drama. It allows you to see the body language and facial expressions of characters
Close Up - Reveal Mise-en-Scene, shows emotion of the character
Extreme Close Up - Shows narrative. Sets a sense of anticipation and draws attention.
Angle:
Low Angle: Makes people look bigger and more intimidating
High Angle: Makes people look smaller and more feeble
Worms Eye: Looking up from the feet
Birds Eye: Overhead view of the scene
Canted: Objects in the screen are at a strange angle
Viewpoint (POV) Draws us into the dietetics of the text
Movement:
Panning - camera does not move
Tracking - camera follows the object in the scene
Crabbing
Zoom
Tilt
Position: If the camera is:
On the ground
In the air
Over the shoulder
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