The document provides instructions for a class assignment where students will work in groups to photographically storyboard 4 scenes from a TV drama. They are to choose a genre and consider how aspects of mise-en-scene like location, costume, set design, makeup and props create mood and represent social groups. Students should describe the shots taken, any camera movements, and compositional elements and explain how the scenes fit into an episode's story and represent social groups. The class will then review and discuss the storyboards.

1. Photographing the perfect mise-en-scene<br />In your group take 20 minutes to come up with 4 different scenes you would encounter in one TV drama. Pick a genre (drama, teen drama, medical, crime, law, sci-fi, etc.) <br />Before you start taking pictures come up with some storyboard images for the shots. Also write down how different aspects of the mise-en-scene will help create a certain mood or representation for a specific social group (gender, age, ethnicity, class and status, sexuality, physical ability/disability). <br /> Aspects of the mise-en-scene to comment on: location, costume, set design, make-up, and props.<br />Shots: Establishing shot, master shot, extreme close-up, close-up, medium, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot.<br />Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom. (if any of these would be used during the shot you must describe it.<br />Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field.<br />What to focus on:<br />You really need to focus on what is happening in each scene and what its purpose is. You may want to create a story for a particular episode and then state how these images would fit into that episode. Also think about how you want to represent a particular social group. We will go through these images as a class to see what you have come up with. We will be guessing what kind of drama you are representing and how you are representing a particular social group.<br />