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G322 Review
This document provides information and guidance for students taking an exam on television drama representations. It includes: 1) Examples of representations that could be analyzed such as gender, ethnicity, and social class from past exam questions on various TV shows. 2) An overview of common television drama genres and technical codes to analyze like mise-en-scene, camerawork, editing techniques, sound, and semiotics. 3) Tips for studying including taking structured notes, understanding media language, selecting relevant examples from the text, and writing concisely and readably within the time limit.
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G322 Review
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- 2. what do youhave to do?
- 3. Exam task • thequestion
- 4. Possible representations • gender •ethnicity • age • status/class • sexuality • regional identity • disability/ability
- 5. past questions • Monarchof the Glen and age • Dr Who and gender • Hotel Babylon and ethnicity • Primeval and gender • Hustle and gender • Merlin and status/class • Hotel Babylon and ethnicity
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- 13. how it ismarked • EAA 20 (explanation, argument, analysis) • EG 20 (use of examples) • T 10 (use of terminology)
- 14. skills • note-taking • understandingtechnical codes/knowing media language • relating technical codes to representation • backing up points with examples • keeping it readable • writing it in the time
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- 16. decor props/objects lighting posture/ setting/location gesture mise-en-scene performance colours choice of actor hairstyle placement in the frame costume make-up
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- 20. tilt pan track low focus angle movement high Camera framing shot distance inside outside ECU CU MS LS
- 21. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot
- 22. Continuity editing A mastershot is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view. It is often a long shot and can sometimes perform a double function as an establishing shot. Usually, the master shot is the first shot checked off during the shooting of a scene—it is the foundation of what is called camera coverage, other shots that reveal different aspects of the action, groupings of two or three of the actors at crucial moments, close-ups of individuals, insert shots of various props, and so on.
- 23. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot • 180 degree rule
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- 25. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot • 180 degree rule • shot/reverse shot
- 27. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot • 180 degree rule • shot/reverse shot • eyeline match
- 29. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot • 180 degree rule • shot/reverse shot • eyeline match • match on action
- 31. Continuity editing • mastershot/establishing shot • 180 degree rule • shot/reverse shot • eyeline match • match on action • insert shot
- 32. other features ofediting • cross-cutting • graphic match • ellipsis • montage • types of transition
- 33. Your turn • 30mins, shoot all of these techniques and produce a 30 sec clip which illustrates these. • why? this will reinforce what we have just been through and make it easily recognisable in the clip. • 3 groups everyone must be included.
- 34. Sound • music • dialogue •‘atmospheric’ • diegetic and non-diegetic • ‘sound bridge’
- 35. ways of takingnotes
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- 37. Camera Mise-en-scene Editing Sound Method block of flats location costumes Effect establishing shot of the entire council estate urban fashion Purpose shows the poor lifestyle and up-bringing stereotype for hodies
- 38. location angle shot/reverse point to cover costume concrete urban look down on her boy/girl argue data- Grid examples, evidence reinforce or asbo kids challenge stereotypes?
- 39. scan of handwrittenscript (BAD)
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- 42. Structure • four areas...foursections? • constant reference to the representation • no big intro- get on with it • keep conclusion short
- 43. opening sentence In thissequence from xxx, the technical features combine to construct representations of yyyyyy concluding sentence As we have seen, the representation of xxxx is constructed by the combination of the technical codes in the sequence.
- 44. Top tips • havea system for your notes- PDQ • be selective from the text- richest moments • know your terms- media language • make it readable on the page- highlighter, paragraph gaps
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