Unit G322

1. Status Quo =
• People in the positions of power are - stereotypically - resistant to change in the Hegemony
(the dominance of the ruling classes over the inferior working class or the
'proletariat' (Karl Marx).
"The situation that exists at a particular time" - How is this conveyed to the audience in
the extract?
Setting - The
opulence of the
setting “Above
Deck”, which is in
binary opposition
(Levi Strauss) to
the mayhem
downstairs in the
working quarters.
Props –
The significance of
the newspaper
and the horror of
the servants
reading it –
connotations?
Ironing the papers
– connotations?
Costume –
Contrast in
appearance?
Shot Types –
Establishing, low
angle shot of the
Abbey –
connotations?
Deep focus close-up
on the iron –
connotations?
OSS of the Titanic
in the paper after
“His Lordship”
states they’re on
their way to “a
better life” –
connotations?
Camera
movement –
Elegance of the
slow tracking
zoom of the
lordship down the
stairs –
connotations?
Camera Angles –
“His Lordship”
shot from a low
angle –
connotations?
Diegetic Sound –
“You wouldn’t
want the
Lordships hands
to be as black as
yours” –
connotations?
“His Lordship” –
NOT first name
terms - –
connotations?
“You mean the
ladies in first
class” and the
reference to the
3rd class
passengers as
“poor devils”
– connotations?
Non-Diegetic
music –
Downstairs –
NONE
Upstairs – elegant
instrumental to
accompany the
slow, graceful
movements of the
lordship –
connotations?
Shot-reverse-shot
Ladyship v
Lordship
Pace of the
transitions –
Slow cuts upstairs,
frenzied, fast
paced cuts
downstairs –
connotations?
Eye line match –
Looking at the
papers –
connotations?