1. Connect…
• Read the factsheet CAREFULLY
• Can you highlight any relevant information
about REPRESENTATION
EXT: Is there any new information you don’t
recognise?
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Discover

2. CW A Field In England & REPRESENTATION [08/06/2015]
A Level Media/MS4 Case Study
Learning Objective/ Outcome Level
All: will make observations and suggest links with key concept 1
Most: will apply key terminology from previous learning to your
area of study
2
Some: be able to apply a media theory from previous learning to
your area of study
3
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3. Text
Genre
•Signifiers
•Conventions
•Iconography
Narrative
•Structure
•Conventions
•Key codes
Representation
•People
•Places
•Events/Issues
Industry
Issues
Production
Background/
Context
Marketing/
Promotion
Regulation
Global Implications
Distribution/
Exhibition
Audience/
Users
Targeting Positioning Debates Responses
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4. A Field In England
• A FIELD IN ENGLAND is a 2013 British
film.
• It is written by Amy Jump and
directed by Ben Wheatley
• It stars British actors Julian Barratt,
Reece Shearsmith and Michael
Smiley
• It was filmed over 12 days near
Guildford
Discover
4

5. What is
representation?
• Representation is concerned with the way
that people, ideas and events are presented
to us.
• This could be representation in magazines,
news, soap operas, films and so on.
• It may include representation of people,
places, events.
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6. For Media Analysis
• Richard Dyer (1983) posed a few questions when
analysing media representations in general.
– What sense of the world is it making?
– What does it imply? Is it typical of the world or deviant?
– Who is it speaking to? For whom? To whom?
– What does it represent to us and why? How do we respond
to the representation?
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7. A Field In England
– Representation
• Can you attempt to identify the
representation of some key
Characters and Events in A Field
In England?
• Think Carefully – You might have
to consider more than one Point
of View!
• Do they symbolise a larger idea?
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10. Representations of
Reality
• A key term in representation is
VERISIMILITUDE
• Verisimilitude is the construction in a text of a
plausible (believable) world. The “reality” in
the text.
• This “reality” is constructed through Mise-En-
Scene, Characters, Sound and Editing
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11. Examples
Presentations
• Around the room are 6 AFIE extracts selected to give
you specific examples to help with your writing!
• In 2/3’s, watch each sequence carefully and make
notes on PEOPLE, PLACES and EVENTS in each
sequence
• Ensure you take specific examples to support your
homework!
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12. Examples
Presentations
• Once you have viewed the clip and made notes you need to
regroup yourselves
• Combine your research to create a hand out for the rest of the
class
• Consider the layout and presentation – is it easy to
understand and follow?
Extension: create a short test to ensure everyone has read and
understood the hand-out
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13. Example Scenes
Scene
Number
Time in
Film Brief Description of Scene
1
00:18 -
02:55
2
23:24 –
27:35
3
31:29 –
36:19
4
39:08 –
45:45
5
01:01:06 –
01:07:17
Trailer N/A
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14. Representation
Revision hand-out
Technical Codes
• Camera Shot
• Camera Angle
• Framing (Rule of Thirds,
Symmetry)
• Focus
• Special Effects
• Dialogue
• Diegetic/Non-Diegetic Sound
• Editing
Symbolic Codes
• Mise-En-Scene
– Setting,
– Lighting,
– Props,
– Costume,
– Make-up/Hair,
– Body Language/Facial
Expression
• Colours Used
• Music – tempo/pitch

15. Combine Notes
• Swap notes with a partner
• Read their ideas carefully
• Do you understand their ideas?
• Have they justified their choices with evidence?
• Can you combine ideas?
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Develop

16. Applying Representation to A
Field In England
• Past Question:
Explore the different ways in which
people are represented in your three
main texts
[Jun 2012]
• Try to:
– Use specific examples from the text: how are the characters
constructed through Technical and Symbolic Codes
– Consider links to the three main topics of GENRE & NARRATIVE
– How might different audiences have different readings of the film
– Use media terminology
– Use theory where relevant
Specific points to consider for A Field
In England:
• Different Audience Readings
• How do different elements
appeal to different audiences
• How does the representation of
characters appeal to the
audience?
• How are MEN represented
• How are DRUGS represented to
the audience
• What TECHNICAL CODES affect
the representation of People,
Places and Events?
Key Terms and Theories
• Stereotypes
• Historical Accuracy
• Positive or Negative
Representation
• Challenge or Conform
• Verisimilitude
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17. Homework
• Write an essay answer to the question
• DUE: ??/6/2015
Develop
17

18. Plenary
• Can you tweet me something you have learnt
in today’s lesson?
• Use only 140 characters!
• #AFieldInEngland #representation can be
extra to make it a bit easier!
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Celebrate