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RECAP OF SECTION ASection A consists of making a blog and watching a 4-5 minute piece of TV drama and

then asked to construct a textual analysis of it to discuss the representation of the:

• Gender

• Age

• Ethnicity

• Sexuality

• Class and status

• Physical ability/disability

• Regional identity

By using the four main areas which are:

• Shot types

• Sounds

• Mise-En-Scène

• Editing

All of this must be completed on the blog that you made.

SHOT TYPES• Establishing shot (Also known as extreme long shot) - This type of shot is usually of a

geographical thing, like house to set the scene and to let the audience know the location.

• Master shot - This shot shows the actions of the actors and also shows the proximity of the actors.

• Over the shoulder - The over the shoulder shot is used for conversations and is usually followed up by a reverse over the shoulder shot to see the other persons face.

• Close ups - Close ups are usually on a face to show detailed reactions. They are usually focused on a person, not a setting.

• Extreme close ups - These mark the important moments or objects and do not need to have any scenery in the shot because the previous shots have already shown you where you are.

• Medium close ups - These show a persons chest and face.

• Medium shot - These show a person from the waist upwards.

• Long shot - This shows a whole persons body, usually used for groups of people.

• Panorama – The camera pans around the scene by using a horizontal movement.

• Tilt – The camera tilts by using a vertical movement to show a full object, person, area etc.

• Tracking – This shot is used to follow something, like a person, car etc.

Medium close up

Close upExtreme close up

SOUND TYPES

Diegetic sounds - Sounds that are implied in the story and are naturally occurring. E.g. Seagulls.

Non-Diegetic sounds - Sounds that aren't in the story and are not naturally occurring. E.g. mood music.

Synchronous sounds - Sounds that occur from on screen which you can see the source of.

Asynchronous sounds - Sounds that occur from off screen and you can't see the source of.

MISE-EN-SCÈNE

Mise-en-scène is a French term which basically means everything you see on the screen. It only consists of visual aspects and is used to deduce what you can find out from a piece of media without and audio.

EDITING TERMS

Editing is all about the transitions between shots, the order that the shots are in and the length of the shots. There are two editing techniques that I have learnt so far, these are:

• Action match - A previous action from a last shot is continued or completed in the next shot, for example if someone opens a door, the next shot will continue this action and be them opening the door from the other side from where the got to from the previous shot.

• Eye line match - The eye levels match up, for example, one person looking up, one person looking down.