Revising Section A: TV Drama Representations
Revising Section A: TV Drama Representations
TV Drama Representations
Revising Mise-en-Scene
• Location and Setting
• Costume, make-up and Props
• Lighting
– High key / low key
– Naturalistic
– Three-point lighting
• Acting
– Movement and Gesture
– Vocal delivery
Revising Sound
• Diegetic
• Non-diegetic
• Sound Effects
• Ambience
• Silence…
Revising Editing
• ASD – Average Shot Duration
• Covert / Overt Editing
• Contrast / Juxtaposition
• Time remapping – slow motion,
jump cuts, sped-up
• Eyeline match
• Cutaway
• Shot-reverse-shot
• Prevalence
• Match-on-action
Revising Camera
• Angle
– High / Low
– Worm’s Eye / Bird’s Eye
• Shot
– ECU – ES (and everything in between)
– POV
• Movement
– Pan
– Dolly
– Tilt
– SteadyCam
Revising Representations
• You will be asked to analyse how a group is
being represented:
– Age
– Gender
– Social Class/ Status
– Regional Identity
– Race
– Disability
– Sexuality
Revising Section B:
Institutions and Audiences
The Basics…
• The industry you have studied is the FILM
INDUSTRY
• The institutions you have studied are
FILMFOUR and 20th Century Fox.
• The products you have studied are your
chosen films, examples of advertising and
technology convergence.
Essay Planning
• Intro: Industry, institutions studied and summary of
argument.
• Section 1: Pre-production/Production
• Section 2: Distribution & Marketing
• Section 3: Exhibition
• Conclusion: Summary of argument with examples.