TV Drama Key Word Audits

7/30/2019 TV Drama Key Word Audits

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TV Drama Key Word Audits

Sequence: Monarch of the Glen

Camera Shots

Mid shots

Mise-En-Scene

One of the ways the

director has portrayed

her in this light is

through her clothing and

through the colours in

her room.

The set and fashion

designers have made

these choices to portray

her youthfulness and

sense of independence,

which contrasts from the

very earthy colours worn

by the other characters.

We see that his clothes

are very formal (blazer,

tie), and are full of very

earthy colours such as

beige and green.

The set and fashion

designers have both

made this choice toportray the head as a

very traditional, very

stereotypically rural

person.

Sound

The director has used this music toexpress her emotions of sadness and

regret and help portray her in a very

compassionate light. This has a profound

effect on the audience as it implores us to

feel empathy for her even though she

may have done something wrong.

No non-diegetic sound is included in the

scene set in the head teachers office. The

director has chosen to do this to help kill

off any type of connection which may be

created between himself and the

audience, as opposed to Amys music

helping the audience to feel sorry for her.

Editing

Camera Movement

Tracking Shots

Other Media Terminology

RepresentationsBinary Opposites

Director

Fashion Designer

Set Designer

Camera Angles

Eye Level Shots

Killer Sentences

In conclusion, the use of camera, mis-en-scene, editing and sound all play a massive role in helping

the director portray two different representations of age.

This drama is successful in showing opposing representations of age, linking well with Claude Levi-

Straus theory of binary opposites.


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Sequence: Doctor Who

Camera Shots Mise-En-Scene

The formal clothing

worn by both the villain

and the doctor has

connotations of wealth,

power and importance, which

help portray them as

important characters.

By placing the villains

mistress behind the

villain throughout the

scene, it helps show the

audience that she is of

less importance than the

villain, helping her come

across as an object to

the villain.

Sound

Thethumping drums and guitar strokes

playing in the background as the

henchmen bring Martha to the villain help

create a situation similar to a scene from

an old western, with the henchmen

playing the roles of villainous cowboys

bringing a prisoner to the villain, which

further helps portray them as the

powerful ones.

The commands used by the villain show

him to be a controlling person,withhis command

toMarthatokneelportraying himas somekindofmaster,

making Marthaact as his slave.

Editing

These flashbacks take us

back to experiences

which Martha has

witnessed as she is

telling her story.

Camera Movement Other Media Terminology

Domineering, Secondary characters

Portray

ConnotationsDialogue

Director

Audience

Camera Angles

The use of low angle shots to

show both the villain and the

Doctor further helps portray

them as powerfulcharacters.

The use of high angle shots

to show Martha help show

her as a helpless figure. The

shots help portray Martha

as a helpless figure who is

being looked down upon by

the villain, as if she is his

slave

Killer Sentences

The 5minute clip from the show which I have just watched is successful in showing opposing

representations of gender, which link in well with Claude Levi-Strauss theory of binary opposites.

In conclusion, the use of mise-en-scene, camera angles, editing and sound help portray the

opposing representations of gender in this clip, with men being portrayed as powerful characters

of importance, and women as helpless, vulnerable secondary characters.


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Sequence: The Hustle

Camera Shots

The extreme close-ups

used in the scene setin the store help show

the differing emotions

of the two characters.

Mise-En-Scene

The red lipstick worn

by the female hasconnotations of lust

and temptation, and

shows us that she is

using her looks to

scam the shop owner.

The clean, simplistic

look of the shop

represents the

uptight, smug and

sophisticatedpersonality of the

shop owner.

The dark, natural

colours and textures in

the elderly mans

office show him and

his colleagues to be

traditional, macho

men, making the shop

owner look slightlyfeminine in

comparison.

Sound

The slow, soft music at

the start of the cliphelp to establish the

equilibrium, and that

everything is normal.

Editing

The quick transitions used in

between shots in the clip help

show the quick-paced, franticattitude of the female who has

lost her ring, but in reality is

trying to scam the shop owner.

The use of high lighting in the

store helps create a sense of

realism to the scene, whilst

adding to the stores clean,

simplistic look.

Camera Movement Other Media Terminology

RepresentationsBinary Opposites

Connotations

Stereotyped

Equilibrium

Role Reversal

Camera Angles

The low angle shot of the

shop owner in the first

scene shows him to be

condescending and smug.

The eye level mid shots of

the female show us that

she is of equal stature to

the men around her, and

she isnt being belittled in

any way.

Killer Sentences

The clip we have seen is successful in establishing opposing representations of gender, all of which

meet Claude Levi-Strauss theory of binary opposites.

However, the representations arent as simple as they may seem. The female character uses her

attractiveness and helplessness to lure the shop owner into the scam, who himself is shown to be

weak and timid as the scene progresses.

We see a role reversal in the clip, with the male being shown as weak and easy to manipulate,

whereas the female is seen as a lot more powerful and controlling, using her looks and false

naivety to scam the shop owner.

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