G322 Key Media Concepts

Monday 23th May 2014

Today

• Understand the exam– Format– Timing

• Get the grades– Understand the assessment criteria

• Making Notes on TV Drama– Ensuring you meet the assessment criteria

The Exam Paper

TV Drama Question

Film Industry Question

Get the marks

Explanation, analysis and argument (20 marks)

Use of examples (20 marks)

Use of terminology (10 marks)

Example AnalysisCamera

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• The first shot begins with a slow dolly in on Merlin as he walks through the castle, building up some tension which implies he does not belong there, in such a grand building, so showing his low class.

Example AnalysisCamera

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• The first shot begins with a slow dolly in on Merlin as he walks through the castle, building up some tension which implies he does not belong there, in such a grand building, so showing his low class.

Marking...Assessment Criteria Student’s Example

Explanation, analysis and argument (20 marks)

…building up some tension which implies he does not belong there, in such a grand building so showing his low class.

Use of examples (20 marks)

The first shot…on Merlin as he walks through the castle

Use of terminology (10 marks)

a slow dolly in

YOUR TURN

Example AnalysisMise-en-scene

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• A woman then walks in whose costume represents her class well, she is dressed in a vivid purple dress connoting wealth and class, along with gold jewelry further showing her elite status.

Example AnalysisMise-en-scene

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• A woman then walks in whose costume represents her class well, she is dressed in a vivid purple dress connoting wealth and class, along with gold jewelry further showing her elite status.

Editing

EAA (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• On the final object he picks from the dressing table there is an eye line match, which underlines the object as significant and, as it is a straw doll, the edit helps emphasis that the owner of the room is corrupt.

Editing

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• On the final object he picks from the dressing table there is an eye line match, which underlines the object as significant and, as it is a straw doll, the edit helps emphasis that the owner of the room is corrupt.

Sound

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• The character playing Merlin delivers his dialogue in a fairly competitive tone, beginning to sarcastically patronize Arthur, despite his evidently weaker position. This implies that there is something strange about Merlin, and that maybe he has more power than his social class and status representation suggest.

Sound

Analysis (20)Examples (20) Terminology (10)

• The character playing Merlin delivers his dialogue in a fairly competitive tone, beginning to sarcastically patronize Arthur, despite his evidently weaker position. This implies that there is something strange about Merlin, and that maybe he has more power than his social class and status representation suggest.

Get the grades – find the examples

• Camera• Mise-en-scene• Sound• Editing

Camera (8-10 examples)

Framing

Close Up

Long Shot

Wide Shot

POV

Aerial

Establishing Shot

Two Shot

Movement

Pan / Tilt

Roll

Dolly

Tracking

Crane

Zoom / Reverse

Angle

High Angle

Low Angle

Canted Angle

Composition

Depth of Field

Positioning

Contrast

Mise-en-scene (8-10 examples)

Costume

Lighting

Acting

Make Up

Props

Setting

Sound (4-6 examples)

Sound

Diegetic

Dialogue Ambient

Non Diegetic

Music Sound Effects

Continuity Editing (4-6 examples)

Cutting

• Cutting to• Shot / Reverse

Shot• Match on action• Eye-line match• Jump cut• Cross cutting• Ellipsis• Long / Short Take

Post Production Effects

• CGI• Captions

Transitions

• Speed• Style• Slow motion• Repetition• Graphic match

Notes for TV Drama

Instructions

• You will be allowed two minutes to read the question for Section A before the extract is screened.

• The extract will be screened four times.• First screening: watch the extract; no notes are to be made this time.• Second screening: watch the extract and make notes.• There will be a brief break for note-making.• Third and fourth screening: watch the extract and make notes.• There will be a brief break for note-making after the third and fourth

screenings.– Your notes for Section A are to be written in the answer booklet provided

and must be handed in at the end of the examination. Rule a diagonal line through your notes afterwards.

Note making strategyBefore screening starts

Prepare notes and list down key things to look out for.Label table with representation

Screening 1 Get a feel for the sequenceWho are the key charactersRead the characters – useful adjectives

Screening 2 Mise-en-scene & Camera

Break for notes on camera & mise-en-scene

Screening 3 Sound & Editing

Break for notes on sound and editing

Screening 4 Filling in detail and gaps

Complete your notes

Making NotesRepresentation Label

(Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Class, Sexuality, (dis)ability, regional identity)

Camera Mise-en-scene Editing Sound

Point (Term)

Example

Analysis