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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?
Downton abbey   may 2014 class & social status paper

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Downton abbey may 2014 class & social status paper

  • 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?