Stereotype: When stereotypes are used as visual shortcut, the audiance assumes that it is true.
Counter stereotype: this has a opposite of a stereotype. Something that you would least expect.
Representation: Is the way that media represents things. Usual representation of women would be sensitive and flirtatious, independent. Usual representation of men would usually be tough, hard, aggressive.
This film was filmed in 1960's. This time period used to be very stereotypical. There are a lot of stereotypes involved with smoking and drinking within the script. This is very stereotypical, as they talk about quiting it, as it shows the audiance that it is bad. There is also swearing involved which is a stereotype of a teenager or a young adult that aren't upper class or shows that they have no manors. Throughout the script there was only one character that was a female, and she didn't speak a lot, which tells me that this movie are dominated by men mostly. Which would bring up the stereotypes of the time the film was set in. I find it quite surprising that one of the characters was bisexual. as it isn't very stereotypical within the time period.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Five days analysis and notes on TV Drama.
TV Drama can be -> ongoing, one off.
-> comedy, political.
-> Made up of episodes.
-> Dramatisation of real life.
-> 'SOAP' this word was discovered in America in 1950s when they started screening daytime TV Drama series for house wives and the advertised soap powder in between the commercial breaks.
Form: This relates to the shape or structure of the text. Oftenly linked to the narrative. This involves looking at the lenght and structure of the episode or series.
Style: This involves analysing mise-en-scene as well as lighting, setting.
Genre: This is about finding out the genre and the audiance for this sort of TV Drama. Could involve the narrative.
Conventions: This is perticular elements which makes it recognisable. This could be linked to form, language, theme or visual elements.
Non verbal language is all about (gesture, pose, stance, mannerism) Basically it is about the way that things are shown and the messages are passed on through things we see not hear in the film.
Visual language is about the way that the camera is used as well as lighing. Semiotics: study of signs and symbols.
Aural language inculed verbal language. The sound mix as an example. Atmosphere, tracks, voice over, sound effects. This all divides into two parts.
diegetic sound:*Atmosphere
*relevent and natural sound.
non-diegetic sound:*Tracks
*voice over
*sound effects
Non verbal language:
*Symbolic code of little boys hand, which reperesented the title of the movie, which is 5 days.
*The actors are all in different age groups, might be that they are relatives in some way.
*There is few scenes, where the actors are being linked somehow through non verbal language. First is when the little boy was reaching his hand in the sky, and the airplane was flying pass. This made me fell like the characters in the plane are in some way or will be linked to the little boy. The other link I knowtist was when the family was driving in the car and the lady in the car said 'whe know who loves his flowers' and then the shot straight away cuts to a old men, which is watering his flowers. This makes me think that they are on the way to wisit him and bring him some flowers.
Verbal language:
*Both, diegetic sound was used quite alot. For example, when the old men was watering his flowers. The sound was filmed behind the widow, which created very suspitious feeling.
-> comedy, political.
-> Made up of episodes.
-> Dramatisation of real life.
-> 'SOAP' this word was discovered in America in 1950s when they started screening daytime TV Drama series for house wives and the advertised soap powder in between the commercial breaks.
Form: This relates to the shape or structure of the text. Oftenly linked to the narrative. This involves looking at the lenght and structure of the episode or series.
Style: This involves analysing mise-en-scene as well as lighting, setting.
Genre: This is about finding out the genre and the audiance for this sort of TV Drama. Could involve the narrative.
Conventions: This is perticular elements which makes it recognisable. This could be linked to form, language, theme or visual elements.
Non verbal language is all about (gesture, pose, stance, mannerism) Basically it is about the way that things are shown and the messages are passed on through things we see not hear in the film.
Visual language is about the way that the camera is used as well as lighing. Semiotics: study of signs and symbols.
Aural language inculed verbal language. The sound mix as an example. Atmosphere, tracks, voice over, sound effects. This all divides into two parts.
diegetic sound:*Atmosphere
*relevent and natural sound.
non-diegetic sound:*Tracks
*voice over
*sound effects
Non verbal language:
*Symbolic code of little boys hand, which reperesented the title of the movie, which is 5 days.
*The actors are all in different age groups, might be that they are relatives in some way.
*There is few scenes, where the actors are being linked somehow through non verbal language. First is when the little boy was reaching his hand in the sky, and the airplane was flying pass. This made me fell like the characters in the plane are in some way or will be linked to the little boy. The other link I knowtist was when the family was driving in the car and the lady in the car said 'whe know who loves his flowers' and then the shot straight away cuts to a old men, which is watering his flowers. This makes me think that they are on the way to wisit him and bring him some flowers.
Verbal language:
*Both, diegetic sound was used quite alot. For example, when the old men was watering his flowers. The sound was filmed behind the widow, which created very suspitious feeling.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Skins season 1 episode 1
Genre:Teenage drama which involves alcohol and drugs. It can only be viewed from the age of 18. This type of series should be plaid after 21.15. This series are plaid on channel 4 and MTV.
Style: The main actors are mostly around age of 16-18. Mise-en-scene is usual, casual clothing. Sometimes a lot of make up is used for the main character, which is Effy. Mostly filmed at school/college, which involves a lot of teens.
Form: British TV Drama series. has multiple narratives. One episode is around 50 minutes long.
Conventions:
verbal language: a lot of swearing and slang is being used.
sound: Mostly diegetic sound is used. As an exaple birds and the school bell. Non diegetic sound is used in the opening sequence.
non verbal language: manners of the actors show the age group and also their social status.
Visual language: mostly still camera shots are used. When inside, in the first episode the lightning isn't used, as it has some sunlight coming out of the window. This is being used as an advantage, as it needed to look like it is morning time. So it depends on what is relevant the episode and what the director wishes for us to see.
Byker.
Form: Tv Drama Series. Children's drama up to age of 12.It is 30 minutes long, so the children wouldn't get bored of it.
Genre: Very simple to understand and very colourful to watch, as it is important to make it interesting for the audience, as they are quite young. The story is about school and relationship between children.
Conventions:
sound: diegetic sound is used quite alot, but non-diegetic sound is being used more. This type of sound being used is kind of sound that is being used in cartoons.
non-verbal: facial expressions of the children and the way they act gives me idea of the age group the series are made for.
White girl:
Form: One off TV Drama, which is an hour and a half long. This type of tv drama takes more time to introduce the characters as well as the location.
Genre: I would call it more or less social realism type of a movie. There are kids involved, but from the way the movie is shot and from the story, It allready shows me that the main character, which is the blond young girl of the family has gone through a quite hard life.
Style: Small town family, quite poor background, dressed simply, didn't take them a lot of time to move out. From the way the movie is shot, it is easy to already tell that the all movie is going to be about the blond, young girl.
Conventions:
Aural language: The song used was relevant to their situation, as the lyrics mentioned words as, 'I can't stay here'. It made the mood change as well as made me listen to the lyrics which were relevant to their story and understand it even more through the song.
Non-verbal: Eye contact with ladies dressed in 'burka' and the main character, which gave me a feeling that the young girl is new to other religions and isn't very informed about it.
The Bill:
Form: Political drama series. 1 hour long and has multiple narratives.
Genre: Political drama series, as it said 'previously' on the screen and showed me the previous episode of it. This would be the type of series that will have different story every episode.
Style: Police station, police uniforms, police cars, a lot of attention, cases being solved and people being rescued or arrested.
Conventions:
Sounds: Both, non and diegetic sound is being used. Diegetic sound is when there is sound of phones in the office calling and non diegetic sound is used at the opening sequence.
Non verbal: the white board with victims on it, which suggested that someone is going to be rescued soon.
Verbal language: by the language that was used, I could straight away tell, that this series is about important business and is mostly for adults to watch.
Genre:Teenage drama which involves alcohol and drugs. It can only be viewed from the age of 18. This type of series should be plaid after 21.15. This series are plaid on channel 4 and MTV.
Style: The main actors are mostly around age of 16-18. Mise-en-scene is usual, casual clothing. Sometimes a lot of make up is used for the main character, which is Effy. Mostly filmed at school/college, which involves a lot of teens.
Form: British TV Drama series. has multiple narratives. One episode is around 50 minutes long.
Conventions:
verbal language: a lot of swearing and slang is being used.
sound: Mostly diegetic sound is used. As an exaple birds and the school bell. Non diegetic sound is used in the opening sequence.
non verbal language: manners of the actors show the age group and also their social status.
Visual language: mostly still camera shots are used. When inside, in the first episode the lightning isn't used, as it has some sunlight coming out of the window. This is being used as an advantage, as it needed to look like it is morning time. So it depends on what is relevant the episode and what the director wishes for us to see.
Byker.
Form: Tv Drama Series. Children's drama up to age of 12.It is 30 minutes long, so the children wouldn't get bored of it.
Genre: Very simple to understand and very colourful to watch, as it is important to make it interesting for the audience, as they are quite young. The story is about school and relationship between children.
Conventions:
sound: diegetic sound is used quite alot, but non-diegetic sound is being used more. This type of sound being used is kind of sound that is being used in cartoons.
non-verbal: facial expressions of the children and the way they act gives me idea of the age group the series are made for.
White girl:
Form: One off TV Drama, which is an hour and a half long. This type of tv drama takes more time to introduce the characters as well as the location.
Genre: I would call it more or less social realism type of a movie. There are kids involved, but from the way the movie is shot and from the story, It allready shows me that the main character, which is the blond young girl of the family has gone through a quite hard life.
Style: Small town family, quite poor background, dressed simply, didn't take them a lot of time to move out. From the way the movie is shot, it is easy to already tell that the all movie is going to be about the blond, young girl.
Conventions:
Aural language: The song used was relevant to their situation, as the lyrics mentioned words as, 'I can't stay here'. It made the mood change as well as made me listen to the lyrics which were relevant to their story and understand it even more through the song.
Non-verbal: Eye contact with ladies dressed in 'burka' and the main character, which gave me a feeling that the young girl is new to other religions and isn't very informed about it.
The Bill:
Form: Political drama series. 1 hour long and has multiple narratives.
Genre: Political drama series, as it said 'previously' on the screen and showed me the previous episode of it. This would be the type of series that will have different story every episode.
Style: Police station, police uniforms, police cars, a lot of attention, cases being solved and people being rescued or arrested.
Conventions:
Sounds: Both, non and diegetic sound is being used. Diegetic sound is when there is sound of phones in the office calling and non diegetic sound is used at the opening sequence.
Non verbal: the white board with victims on it, which suggested that someone is going to be rescued soon.
Verbal language: by the language that was used, I could straight away tell, that this series is about important business and is mostly for adults to watch.
Monday, 10 January 2011
TV Drama
Both Series are very different, as they differ in their theme, audience. East Enders has become very popular throughout all these years of being shown on the telly. This is also because it is watchable by person in any stage of their lives. On the other hand Skins isn’t as known as East Enders, and that is because the audience for this type of TV Drama is very limited. Firstly and most importantly it is only for people that are over 18. Secondly it wouldn’t also interest old people, as it might become too dramatic and not interesting for them. Genre is actually quite similar for both, as it involves and is all about real people and mirrors everyday lives of the main characters, as well it might sort of somehow link to the people’s lives that have chosen to watch this particular type of TV Drama.
| EASTENDERS | SKINS | |
| Length | Length of the episode I chose to watch without advertising breaks was around 15 minutes. | Length of the episode I have chosen to watch including advertising breaks was around 46 minutes. |
| Characters | The characters of East Enders are very much like normal people just living their lives that at times get too dramatic. There are a lot of extras used for this type of TV Drama, so there are usually new faces in also every episode. | Effy- Drug addicted girl that is one of the main characters. Freddie- Effys boyfriend. Emily- Effies friend. She has a twin sister. Pandora- Effies best friend. All of those are the main characters, and the al story is about their relationship and their dramatic lives. |
| Setting/location | As this is British TV Drama, the location the episode was shot in should be based somewhere in the UK. Indoors as in most cases for TV Drama there are cameras used to just bring the people out from the background and to be able to show the audience what they are meant to see and focus on. | This is also another British TV Drama episode, the location is small city in England. Indoors there are usually cameras used, but for this episode there was a scene indoors, where they took an advantage of the lights coming out of the window, and that was done to show the audience that it is morning. |
| Advertising breaks | I watched it on YouTube, so there weren’t any advertising breaks included. | There was 3 advertising break throughout the all episode. Each lasted for about average of 4 minutes. |
East Enders episode I watched was shot at night time, which means that they had to use the lights, which probably took a lot of time. On the other hand Skins episode that I watched was filmed at day or morning time. And they used the light from the window, which must have been easier and quicker.
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