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Sunday 10 April 2016

TV drama - How does it work?

How does it work?

What do we analyse ? 

                           

4 technical areas:

  • cinematography
  • sound
  • mise-en-scene
  • editing

    Issues and representation raised by the clip

    Agents of SHIELD

  • Gender is major issue, the security guard is a male. Its normative
  • The women is playing with her hair, she is wearing patterned shirt with a low cut.
  •  Binary Opposition between the male and female character in terms of clothing.
  • Issue of beauty the guard is issued by his appearance.
  • Ethnicity; the guard is black/African American. The representation of black male is strong and violent as well as being criminal.
  • Both white male characters are important.
  • Social attitude is changing, issue government going beyond. It is reflecting the issues.
  • Tahiti protocol it is not completely anchored by it does represent governments’ interventions.
  • Technology is an issue. (exposition-means providing information)


-Cinematography: Master shot, little details gave and moved to establishing shot

-The panning shot was made signify the gap between the two characters.

-Rule of thirds, main character is framed in the middle.

-Low angle, over the shoulder shot.

-Back to the two shot while the deal is being offered.

-Two shots signifies the links between the two characters.

-Editing: continuity editing, shot reverse shot.



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