Skins-Editing

Parallel editing is used to show that the boy and girl are related and have a strong relationship. We can see through the parallel editing that they lead very different teenage lives, showing binary opposite characters. She is coming home; rebelling against house rules and he has been in his own bed. This conforms to Levi Strauss' idea that all narratives have opposites. The two narrative threads come together as she reaches the window and the cut aways show that she relies on him to cover up for her. Following this we see  shot reverse shots and cuts between Tony and his sister, this has been used to emphasise how much she depends on Tony. This again plays on the stereotype that younger sisters relie on their older brothers to help them out.
The fast paced editing used to shown the protagnists  

Skins-Sound

The dialogue between the father and the son shows a reversal in audeince expectations. We see the father shouting and swearing at the teenager, which is normally something we would expect to hear from the teenager. The father's aggressive reaction to the diegetic rock music plays to the stereotype that teenagers play loud music and are inconsiderate to older people. His reaction also plays to the stereotype that teenagers frustrate their parents.
The diagetic sound of the alarm clock that is heard at the beginning of the clip is used to wake up the protagnist but we see that he is already awke, this both challenges and conforms to the steretypes of teenages. It conforms to the stereotype by suggesting that he his

Skins-Camera Angles

The idea that teenagers are curious about sex is reinforced through the over the shoulder shot used when he is looking at the older woman getting dressed through the window over the road. The shot is hand held so that the audience can have the same experience as the teenage main character. The following close up shot shows a lack of expression suggesting that this is routine and he has become disaffected by the image. This conforms to the stereotype that teenagers' lives are surrounded by sex and it plays a big part of their life.
The high and low angle shots have been used to portray the stereotypical view of the relationship between siblings that the sister relies on her brother. The high angle shot is used to show the protagonists younger sister and show that she is a child and is not mature enough to be going out all night, it also shows that she relies on her brother to help her out. The low angle shot is used to show that the protagonist has the power and the upper hand between the two characters and that he is the one in control of whether he helps her out or not.

Skins-Mise en scene

The mise en scene of the protagonists bedroom challenges and conforms to stereotypical views about youth culture. The establishing shot suggests that the series targets a teenage audience and it will follow the life and experiences of a teenager. The duvet cover shown is of a double bed with a naked man and woman, suggesting that this age group is sexually charged. The protagonist is positioned in the middle of the two bodies suggesting that he is sexually inexperienced. It could also be suggesting that he is alone and confused about his sexuality, which conforms to teenage stereotypes.In this shot natural lighting is used to give a sense of realism so the teenage audience identifies with the life of the protagonist.
This shot is followed by a series of shots that show the audience the remainder of the Tony's bedroom. It shows the bedroom in a clean and tidy state which suggests to the audience that he is controlling and organised, this challenges the stereotypical view of teenagers that they are messy and unorganised. This is also emphasized at the end of the clip where he gets his t-shirts out of his draw and we see them all neatly folded and colour coded. this suggests that he likes order and routine in his life. 
In contrast to the protagonist, his sister conforms to the stereotypical views of teenagers. She is shown with her make up smudge and wearing last nights clothes this suggests to the audience that she has been out all night and is sneaking back into home. This shows that the brother and sister are binary opposites and both lead completely different ways of life, she is rebellious and tries to act old than she is and he is responsible and doesn't fit in with the teenage stereotype unlike his sister. 

3D & Avatar

Avatar

• $237 million budget
• Made $2.6 billion worldwide
• Won Oscars and Golden Globes
• Used green screen
• Fusion digital 3D camera system
• Motion-Capture suits
• 70% is CGI
• Acted out on a performance Capture

Marketing

• Full 15 Minutes of footage was shown in sold out cinemas
• Everything happened at the same time in every country
• DVD-Worlds first interactive trailer

3D 

• Old 3D needed red and green coloured glasses
• Makes more money than 2D
• You can't copy a 3D film
• Two cameras shoot images side by side
• Most successful 3D movies are animated

Exhibition

• Requires a digitally equipped camera
• A pair of polarized glasses  
• Retail for a few pounds more than 2D films
• Only 320 out of 3,600 cinemas in the UK are digitally equipped

Fallen out of love with 3D???

• Have to wear glasses
• More expensive
• More people saw Pirates of the Caribbean and Kung fu Panda 2 in 2D than in 3D.
• Many people think there is no point in having 3D films  

Sound

Sound

• Diegetic-On
• Non-Diegetic-Off
• Sound Bridges
• Contrapuntal-Sound that doesn't match the action
• Disorientated
• Asynchronous-hear something that doesn't match the scene
• Synchronous-See a car-hear a car
• Parallel-sound that match's the mood
• Voice over
• Dialogue
• Direct Address/Breaking the 4th wall
• Sound Track
• Ambient-Create atmosphere
• Sound Motif
• Sound Effects

Stereotypes

Stereotypes

North

• Country Bumpkins-Farmers 
• Working Class
• Mining Industry
• Manual Labor
• Accents-Slang,Taboo-Lack Of Intellect 

South

• Posh
• Wealthy
• Well Spoken-Standard English
• Cities
• Crime
• Metropolitan
• Glamorous
• Business Minded

Tv Drama Revision Notes

Tv Drama Revision Booklet

My Boy Jack- social class

• Shows the importance of social class in 1914
• Costumes, dialogue and props all show the class of characters.
• Camera angles show social statuses and situations 
• Dialogue and facial expressions show that being a writer is not seen as an upper class man's job
• Doesn't curse-respectable
• fade up on expensive, gold-encrusted watch -suggests lateness/ time is against them. We see later the watch belongs to the king - doesn't expect or like to be kept waiting as he his of a higher class
• Close up of wheel, sound bridge, shows speed,and that the driver is in a hurry.
• Opportunities go to the wealthy
• Close up of watch - anxious
• Polished figure on car - wealth
• Fields - the wealthy have the freedom/space
• Facial expressions, close up, similarities to other characters
• Low angle of car, determination
• Parallel editing - two events at once
• Birds eye shot - costumes show no difference in class, suits and hair are similar, equal
• Hand held camera shot - encourages empathy to that character
• Unsteady camera - uncertainly
• Title 'My Boy Jack' in sky, the father has high hopes for his son
• Low angle - shows importance
• looks down on him because of his fathers job

My Boy Jack-Notes

Notes for the opening of My Boy Jack

Camera

• Fades In
• Establishing Shot of country side and car-setting- wide shot
• Close up of car and drivers watch/ hand- important-wealthy
• Establishing shot of fields/countryside and car - setting - wide shot
• Close ups of car - importance - money - social status
• Longs shots of car approaching - determination
• Close ups of characters faces - emotions
• Track shots - determination
• Over ther shoulder/ shot reverse shot/ mid shot - converstation
• Low angle of man -shows his importance
• View of the driver - mid shot - hand held - from characters point of view
• Birds eye shot of boys waiting and high angle shots- lower status - no authority in situation - under pressure
• Close up of characters face when reading letters - worry - shows audience this is a problem thats an important part of the story.
• Fades in
• Eyelevel shots of conversation and subjective points of view add realism

 Editing

• Action match-shots of car from all perspective
• Continuity Editing-Real time- clock
• Cross Cutting/ Parallel Editing- Two Narratives- Father & Son
• Cut- Cut from clock to car/king- Racing against time?
• Cutaway-From car to clock- Shows lateness
• Dissolve- when he takes off his glasses- shows how bad his eyesight is.
• Ellipsis-car driving/boys waiting/man arriving
• Eye line Match-conversation / when he's reading the letters/eye test
• Fade- Fade in on clock- time has passed
• Jump shots- car
• Long Take- when Jack is waiting to go in
• Short take-car- dad rushing
• shot/reverse shot- conversation between the boys
• Superimpose-writing over boys face/writing over the scene in the beginning of the clip 

Mise en scene

• Setting- driving car-Office/medical room-Mansion
• Costume-Formal suit-Navy and military uniform- glasses- watch
• Body Language- man is in a rush links to clocks
• Lighting-Outside Bright- inside dark and gloomy- adds atmosphere- spotlight on 2 people from window
• Colour- outside- bright, greens, yellows. Inside- dark colours- grays- blacks- navy

Sound 

• Diagetic sound of the clock
• Noise of the car was asynchronous with what happened next 
• sunny weather- jolly music
• string music- creates nervous atmosphere

Narrative Sequence 

• Clock ticking - narrative time
• Characters experience along with time-real time 
• high production values- Daniel Radcliffe 
• parallel time shots-but not linked 
• One-off production drama

Background

• set in world war 1, England-1914
• jacks dad was a writer-from a rich family-quite well known
• shows difference in social class 

Tv Drama

• Historical drama-music,props,costumes,dialogue make it clear that it is a historical drama
• could be aimed at teenagers or adults-due to characters and genre
• primary audience is adults as they can relate to the war
• shows that if you are not born into a correct family or of perfect health, then its harder to get a good job
• using a big star-Daniel Radcliffe- draws in a wider audience-high production values

Characters and performance

• higher class-posh, well educated and wealthy-snobbish
• all men-sexist?
• white British
• based on a true story-realism
• jack is seen as not as good-due to his fathers job

Dialogue

• Short formal conversation
• standard English
• authentic-old fashioned
• use of surnames shows that they didn't have strong bonds with each other. 

Things to talk about in the exam

Mise en Scene (everything in the scene)

• Props
• Costume
• Characters
• Body Language
• Colour
•  Setting
• Denotation/Connotation
• Inconography
• Stereotypes-Tessa Perkins
• Lighting- Backlight, keylight & filler light

Camera

• Angles
• Movement
• Framing (Where things are)
• Focus

Editing

• Transitions
• Speed of Transtitions
• Effects
• Length of frames
• continuity
• Shot reverse shot
• 180 rule
• Narritive- Time, Theory
• Codes (Enigma Code)

Time

• Screen Time-How long it takes to tell the story
• Subjective Time- From Characters POV
• Compressed Time- Skips the boring/ un-needed bits
• Long Take
• Simutaneous Time- used for phone calls
• Slow Motion
• Flash Forward

Sound           

• Diegetic
• Non-Diegetic
• Contrapuntual
• Parrallel
• Bridges ( Links between scenes)

How does hollywood produce market and exhibit its films to ensure success?

Media Essay

Harry Potter Case Study

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

After Thomas Essay

Media

After Thomas Notes

Context- After Thomas is a one of drama shown on ITV in December of 2006, it tells a story of a mothers struggle to bring up a disabled child, and also to deal with peoples ignorance of her situation. 


Sound
The sound at the beginning of the TV drama, has been stretched and manipulated this could be to represent the mothers state of mind and how she is feeling and the stress of the situation.There is a contrast between diagetic and non-diagetic sound when the child is crying/screaming in the road and then the soft, calming sound of the violin playing in the background, this produces an enigma code, a sense of mystery. 


Camera Angles
Close ups are used to show the facial expressions of the moth and child,the close ups clearly show the cuts on the mothers face due to her child lashing out, the close ups also helps the audience to see what the mother is feeling. A long shot is used at the beginning of the scene to give the audience some information about the scene such as the time of year, what type of clothing people are wearing and where they are etc. Also, an over the shoulder shot is used whilst they are in the shoe shop We see over the shoulder of the shop assistant and see that the child is still wearing a nappy even though he looks to be about 6/7 and to be kicking and hitting the shop assistant and his mother, this makes the audience instantly blame the mother for the bad behavior of the child, this assumption made by the audience is also emphasized by the mother and daughter standing at the checkout as the mother tells her daughter not to look.   


Camera movement


A pan shot is used when the mother and child are about to enter the shoe shop, this gives the audience a clear view of the setting and where the mother and child are about to enter.


Mise en scene
The white background of the 'this is a true story' text, stands out and also makes the audience truly believe that this is a true story, as the colour white is associated with innocence, angels, light, goodness etc. The red bus has a connotation of danger of the foreshadowing events that are going to happen to her and her child.Both parents are seen to be caring over there child, the mother is very protective over her child and gets very angry at the ignorance of other people. The father struggles to get to work on time but once he is there he is fully dedicated to completing his work, this is shown when the fire alarm goes off and everyone else gets up to leave but he stays sat down trying to get his work done. 

Success Criteria

                              /50= /20+/20+/10

The first 20 marks are given for:

• Explanation
• Analysis
• Argument

The next 20 marks are given for:

• use of examples
• a range of examples
• frequently use examples
• use relevent and apporpriate examples
• Focus on the set question

The last 10 marks are given for:

• terminology
• accrurate use of terminology
• well structured paragraphs
• Spelling, puncation & grammar
• frequent use of terminology
• complex sentences and words

Editing

Editing

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The Narrative

 The narrative includes all four of the different narrative theories; Barthes' theory is used in the film with some of Barthes' codes are used. Straus' theory is used to represent the binary opposites in the film; the incredible family represents good and the syndrome represents bad. Todorov's theory is also used as their is an equilibrium at the start of the film and then there is a disequilibrium and then that is resolved and a new equilibrium is made.

The Characters

Hero-Mr. Incredible
Villain-Syndrome
Donor-Kari
Helper-
Princess- Jack Jack
Princess' Father- Mr. Incredible
Dispatcher-
False Hero-Syndrome

The Ideas Behind It

The main idea behind the film is to show the audience the concept of good and bad, by using Straus' theory.

Alice In Wonderland-Marketing

Marketing

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Alice In Wonderland-Filming

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Apocalypse video

There are many different types of sound used in the apocalypse video, the parallel sound of helicopters is used to let the audience hear that the scene is set in a war zone; it also gives the audience an insight into what the atmosphere is like for the characters.

Diegetic is also used in the clip when the camera moves closer to the helicopters and then moves further away from the helicopters, when the camera is further away from the helicopter the sound is quieter and therefore sounds like background sound  but  when the camera is nearer the helicopter the sound is louder and therefore sounds like the main sound. Another Diegetic sound could also be the voices of the characters as there voices are quite quiet and are like background noise.

Sound bridge is also used throughout the clip to link one scene to the next, music is mainly used to do this. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Tessa Perkins-Stereotypes

• Stereotypes are not always negative (e.g. 'The French are good cooks').

 I agree with this as stereotypes are not always negative about someones race, religion, gender etc. For example there is a stereotype that women are more faithful then men, this a positive thing for the women but a negative thing for the men, therefore I think there is a balance between positive and negative stereotyping. 
• They are not always about minority groups or the less powerful ( e.g. 'upper class twits').

I also agree with this point, I believe that there is a lot of major and more powerful groups that are targeted, but it is not seen as much because people feel sorry for the minority or the less powerful groups, one of the most well known stereotype of a major group is that all posh and rich people, are all stupid and spoilt, neither of which is true  they are rich because the have worked hard for there money and therefore must have been smart to make all of their money.
• They can be held about one's own group.

I am undecided about this one I half agree and half disagree, I think that if the stereotype about a person is positive then they might want to be stereotyped like that, but you mainly find that most people don't want to be stereotyped and want to be there own person, and don't like being classed in a group of other people.
• They are not rigid or unchanging ( e.g. the "cloth cap worker of the 1950's became the 1980's 'consumerist home-owner who holidays in Spain').

I agree with this one as stereotypes change all the time, this is can be to do with the possessions that people have or the fashion of the time etc. for example the stereotype of women has changed dramatically over the years, women used to be seen as being useless and only good for cooking and cleaning and that work was a mans place but now women are seen as faithful, trustworthy and reliable in society.  
• They are not always false.

I agree with this statement as there are some rich people that are stupid and spoilt or there are some gay men that are very feminine and like to shop, but i also believe that it is wrong to place a whole group of people under one category as not everyone is the same and it is wrong to stereotype people like that.  

Sound Prezi

Different types of sound and their effects on Prezi

Camera Angles Grid

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Elena Gilbert Character

Media Studies Elena Gilbert

Camera Angles

Aerial shot



This camera is used to show the street where the characters of the inbetweeners live.

Hand Held Shot



This camera angle is used to show the surroundings of the character walking onto the bus.

Whip pan and pan



The whip pan is used to show the fast paced atmosphere of the setting, and the pan shot is used to show the characters reaction to the surroundings that they are in.

Track shot



the track shot is used to emphasize the movements of the characters.

Crane shot



The crane shot shows the location, that the characters have arrived at.

Arc shot



This shot shows the audience the character from a number of different angles.

Zoom Shot



This shot is used to focus on the setting of the scene and to show the audience where the characters are.

Overhead Shot



This shot is used to give the audience a different view of the scene.

Mise-en-scene

The setting for this scene is in the airport, you can tell this due to the props that are used e.g. the luggage cases, the signs in the background, the luggage trolleys and the costumes of the airport workers, the four main characters are walking to towards the screen, when most other people are walking the opposite way or are standing off in the distance, this makes the main characters look like they have authority.

The costumes that the characters are wearing represent their personality, and in some cases also show what their purpose is in the shot e.g. the man wearing the jeans and the blazer shows that he wants to be laid back but feels that he needs to still be formal and the airport workers are wearing their work uniform to show you what their job is.

The body language of the man in the beige suit gives off as being quite bored or like he'd rather be somewhere else as he is looking off into the distance. Whereas the other three main characters give off a sense of authority as if they are better than everyone else, you can tell this by the way they are walking.

In the image, the four main characters and the airport workers are the only ones you can see clearly, all of the other people and the back ground of the image has been slightly blurred out, this has been done so that the characters stand out more and so that you mainly focus on the said characters. Also to make you focus on the main characters, they have positioned them in the middle of the picture and have put nothing in front of them, so all you mainly focus on is the main characters as that is where your eye is drawn.   

Glossary

Connotation- An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning. e.g a dove- peace, a rose- love

Denotation-The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests. e.g dove- a white bird, a rose- a flower.

Class survey write up

Pros

12 step flow chart

Flow Diagram Media !!!!

Glossary

Key definitions

Products- when the film is developed from idea, to script, to filming and editing.

Marketing-publicity for the film in all countries of release to create interest/hype in the lead up to a theatrical release.

Distribution- Supplying the product/film to cinemas in hardware/software.

Exhibition-Showing the film to an audience.