Analysis of TV Drama clip

How is the genre of TV crime drama shown in the clip. (Mise-en-scene, characters, props, themes, sequences)
Give examples of how camera angles and shots have been used effectively.
How has meaning been created through the performance of the actors?
Assess the use of sound in the clip.

1. The genre of the TV drama is shown in the clip in several different ways. The drama uses mise-en-scene by having the setting of a police questioning room. This isolates the characters and by using no non-diegetic sound while in the questioning room this makes it seem like you are actually there and makes it a lot more tense as you can only hear what the characters are saying and makes it seem more realistic. The characters used are used very well. This is used well because the two people who are questioning the suspect are used to look threatning to the suspect being questioned by moving around and standing above the suspect and watching his every movement to see anything that he does wrong. The props that are used are all the stereotypical things that you would see in a questioning room eg evidence, photos and a recorder to record the whole interview.

2. Over the shoulder shot- Used to show the police officers faces as they interview the man
Dominant camera shots- When the interviewer is looking down at the interviewee
Close up shots- Used to show the emotions in all the peoples faces while each of the characters are talking and shows that the interviewer is looking at the hankie when it zooms in on the hankie to look out for signs of nervousness in the interviewee. The close up shot is also used in 4 different sections to show the interviewers and interviewees reactions all at the same time.
The camera also keeps moving up on the interviewees face when he is in power and has all the answers and looks down on him when the interviwers have the upper hand and put him under pressure.

3. Meaning has been created through the performance of the characters in several diferent ways. This is used well because the two people who are questioning the suspect are used to look threatning to the suspect being questioned by moving around and standing above the suspect and watching his every movement to see anything that he does wrong. The suspect is made to look like he is not scared of the officers and doesnt make much eye contact with the people questioning him. Also at the end of the clip he stands up and asks for a lawyer to take the pressure off himself.

4.Throughout the clip the only sound which is used in this clip is diegetic sound. This is used for the writers dialogue which is the main diegetic sound which is used throughout this clip and is used throughout the time the characters are in the questioning room. This is done so that it feels like it is more realistic to the audience and by using no non diegetic sound while in the questioning room it makes it seem like it isnt a TV show and that the show is real.

Revising Moving Images

Possible texts to study

Film trailer
Music video
TV advert
Clip from film or TV show
News
Games Trailers
Party Political Broadcast

How moving images communicates with the audience

Mise-en-scene
Setting, costume, lighting, character appearance

Semiotics 
Verbal and non verbal communication. Denotations and connotations

Narrative
The story unfolding

Genre
The type of product and the and the signifiers of which genre it belongs to- including serial/series conventions

Techincal Codes
Cinematography (camerawork and lighting) and editing

Sound
Diegetic and non-diegetic sound, sound effects

Codes
Action, enigma, cultural, symbolic

Codes and conventions
The way things are normally done in products of this kind and the extent to which this product challenges or reinforces it.

Audience

The Sun newspaper has a target audience of males aged 18-30 working class. The reason the target audience would be to the working class is because it is a tabloid newspaper which is stereotypically targeted to the working class as it is a more informal newspaper and uses language in a way which is informal. Also its price is lower than middlebrow and broadsheet and the language used in these two newspaper is suited to people of a higher intelligence. This newspaper would be targeted to males because the front cover is about football. Stereotypically football is a sport that appeals mostly to men and by having a full page of Moyes after he has been sacked from Manchester United shows that this was massive news and that a lot of people will be interested about it. The newspaper also targets people 18-30. This is the target audience for all The Sun newspapers because this type of newspaper has the type of stuff that people in this age range would want to see. For example things to do with clubbing and football which suit this type of audience as that is what they are into at this age.

The target audience for this is people aged 11-20 females.
 

Show me- The language that is used is quite powerful to the audience as it is very catchy and is easy for the audience to remember as it rhymes and is something which is often associated with waxing males hairs which links to the target audience which is males. The word 'exclusive' is a powerful word as it says to the audience that this is something that is only in this paper and not any others which means that people are likely to buy this paper if they are interested in the background behind the sacking of David Moyes.

Mock Revision

 

Visual codes, layout and design and language

1. Can tell it is a well known magazine because Beyonce's head is covering part of the masthead which shows that audiences will be able to recognise it

2. The background is yellow and the writing is pink as these are colours usually associated with females therefore it is clear the demographic audience is females

3. Uses masthead, feature article photograph, headlines and secondary articles but noting in the pugs or no date or barcode on the front of this magazine.

4. Beyonce is seen as beautiful and many people aspire to be her and she is very well known therefore a lot of females are likely to buy this magazine

5. Wearing black as it stands out on the bright background and shows she may have a dark side in her along with the hand on the hip which shows attitude.

6. Headlines in a larger font as they stand out more on the page and makes it the first thing the audience sees.

7.  Denotations used- Beyonce is smiling and has perfect white teeth, showing a bit of skin, cleavege is out slightly, different colours used

8. Connotations- She is smiling as it shows off her perfect white teeth which encourages people to have teeth like her and buy the magazine. She is showing a bit of cleavege and skin as this may appeal to a wider audience especially to males.

9. Language- The headline tight butt abs and thighs is what many females want to have and by putting this on the front this attracts them to buy and read the magazine. This is advertisement to females as they are more likely to buy the magazine by seeing things like this on the front as it will interest them. Also the secondary articles all link to things that are usually associated to females like being bitchy and saying what men want which isn't going to be in a magazine necessary but it sort of tricks the females into buying it as its what they want to see on the front cover of the magazine.

Technical Codes

1. Medium shot is taken so it gets her body in and she can show a bit of thigh. 

2. Quite light on her face but the rest is just a usual lighting.

3. Looks like she has a lot of make up and her complexion looks very good which again attracts a female audience.

Genre

The genre of this magazine is a womens general interest magazine. This is clear as it follows some generic signifiers that are shown on womens magazines usually such as; having a beautiful women on the front, A recognisable iconic female on the front, a role model and having things that are to do with men usually.

Continuation work

One target audience for this magazine are both demographic target audiences. One is the gender which is for females and the other one is age which is aimed at 18-35 year olds of the middle class in society.

The producers of this magazine have attempted to target females when creating this magazine. The producers have attracted this type of audience by using colours which are associated to the girls. This includes the colours yellow and pink which are very bright and seen as girly as they are colours which are usually found on flowers. Also by putting secondary headlines on the front to do with boys, which is used in a chatty tone, attracts women to it as it is what a lot of women in the age range talk about and they want to find ways of attracting men. Also by putting an iconic female figure on the front of the magazine attracts females to it as many people aspire to be Beyonce and many people know who she is.

One example of how media products attracts an audience is I'm a Celebrity get me out of here. The comfortable reassurance of this is that there will be someone doing a trial and Ant and Dec presenting the show. If this was to change the viewers may decrease as people would think that it wouldn't be the same without these things in it as it is essential that this is in the programme. This programme both directly addresses the audience and has them as a spectator. As a spectator they watch and listen to it however they have interactivity for the audience with the voting option for the trials and by making it free on an app this year, it gets more people involved in the voting and also gets them to use other types of media to get involved in the show. Also by having the after show on ITV2 after the real show this gets the audience involved in discussions about the show.

Consolidation Task

Language

Codes and Conventions- The masthead is bold so it stands out to the audience as the most important part. It uses dark colours for the masthead as it stands out on the white background and makes it more visible. In all the magazines for GQ the masthead is in the top left corner of the page and this makes it recognisable to regular readers. The feature article photograph overlaps the title which conveys the popularity of the magazine.

In the left pug ear the name of the magazine is there. This is done as the title is always placed in a this corner for every addition of the magazine so it is always going to be there so that the audience recognises it. In the right pug ear is the headline which is right next to the head of the feature article photograph and has the name of the person shown in the photograph. 

The headline includes the name of the man in the picture to draw the attention of the people of the target market of the people who like Barrack Obama or are interested in politics.

Past Paper Questions

1. Analyse the front covers for both GQ and Saga magazines commenting on:

* visual codes
* layout and design
* language and mode of address

A1. On the cover of the GQ magazine the colours that have been used are all quite dark and what he is wearing is also very dark so he blends into the magazines theme. The writing is in white because the background is dark colours so these stand out to the audience especially the bits which are bold white as they are easier to spot. Clint Eastwood is wearing denim on denim as the background is quite a denim blue colour and it links in with the colour scheme of the magazine. Clint takes up most of the magazine and looks very big on the cover which interlinks with the masthead to the side of him which reads "Badass of the year" which also links in with what he's wearing which suggests that he can wear what he likes and the look on Clint's face also conveys a lot of anger and determination which also links in with the masthead. His pose is quite serious ands his body language is like he is angry and he looks like he is ready for a fight. He is gazing right down the camera which is a direct address to the audience and he looks very determined and you can see the anger in his eye which in the end the visual codes link in with the label that has been given to him.

The central image is right in the middle of the page and takes up a majority of the front cover and even overlaps a bit of the title at the very top. This shows that the magazine name is recognisable and it is easy for the audience to know exactly what magazine this is.

Use of Camera angles and movement in a film clip

"The Shining typewriter scene"

1. The camera angles and shots used when Wendy is reading at the typewriter are low angle shot (looking up) and point of view shot. The low angle shot occurs when Wendy is looking down at the typewriter and the point of view shot occurs as we see what Wendy is seeing on the typewriter.

2. The low angle shot (looking up) makes us see the expression on her face and you can see shock and surprise as she gazes down at the papers which shows that the stuff is not something she really wanted to see. The point of view shot is used well as it shows us what is on the papers and this makes us realise why her face was so surprised as it is not something that you would think is normal.

3. The zoom-in takes place when Wendy looks down at the papers in the point of view shot. This is effective as it comes straight after the low angle shot where we see the shock and surprise on Wendy's face and as we see what is written on the papers there is a very fast zoom which conveys to us that she is very shocked as it is a quick zoom and this is helped by the sound effects and they both work in sync to show fear however the speed of the zoom-in makes us realise that Wendy realises that she doesn't know her husband as well as she thought.

4. The camera shots that are used as Jack walks into the room are the tracking shot and over the shoulder shot. The tracking shot occurs just before the over the shoulder shot which shows the traces of the steps Jack takes and this sets up the over the shoulder shot perfectly. The over the shoulder shot is used to show Jacks position in the room and to show how Jack can see Wendy.

5. The tracking shot makes us see the steps that Jack is taking to see what Wendy is doing in that room which is designed to make us think its a point of view shot however then Jack then appears in front of the camera and it turns out this is an over the shoulder shot. A point of view shot is very typical in a horror film when something bad is about to happen therefore the audience may expect it a little bit however it turns out its an over the shoulder shot which you can see Jacks position as he looks over at Wendy. This is good as you see what position Jack is in the room and his view of Wendy so it has a sense of a point of view shot but you can see exactly what Jack is doing as well as seeing Wendy.