Alexandra Ryder tv drama
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Ethnicity
Media Given Stereotypes:
Eastern Europeans
Occupation - low paid jobs, cleaners, fast food industry, traders, gangsters,
values and attitudes - hardworking
alcoholics
Asians
occupation- medical, herb stores, call centers, takeaways, corner shops
values and attitudes- education, tradition, respect for the elderly, arrange marriages
chinese new year, dwali, Indian weddings
Black
occupation: druggies, gangsters, troublemakers, mothers, athletics, basketballs, rappers,
values and attitudes: churches, religion, equality, don't grass other up
bright clothing, big parties, loud music, smoking drugs, gospel singing, food, notting hill carnival
White
occupation- footballers, models, office people, money
values and attitudes - sport, tradition
christmas, weddings,
Travelers
occupation - illegal labour work, criminality
value and attitudes - community, freedom, don't want to conform to society, religion
funerals, wedding, bear knuckle fights, christenings
We now have to look for the stereotypes in clips to see if they are challenged or kept
difference and power
white is seen as the dominate group all the other groups are shown as being different and in conflict with white culture and the community
Eastern Europeans
Occupation - low paid jobs, cleaners, fast food industry, traders, gangsters,
values and attitudes - hardworking
alcoholics
Asians
occupation- medical, herb stores, call centers, takeaways, corner shops
values and attitudes- education, tradition, respect for the elderly, arrange marriages
chinese new year, dwali, Indian weddings
Black
occupation: druggies, gangsters, troublemakers, mothers, athletics, basketballs, rappers,
values and attitudes: churches, religion, equality, don't grass other up
bright clothing, big parties, loud music, smoking drugs, gospel singing, food, notting hill carnival
White
occupation- footballers, models, office people, money
values and attitudes - sport, tradition
christmas, weddings,
Travelers
occupation - illegal labour work, criminality
value and attitudes - community, freedom, don't want to conform to society, religion
funerals, wedding, bear knuckle fights, christenings
We now have to look for the stereotypes in clips to see if they are challenged or kept
difference and power
white is seen as the dominate group all the other groups are shown as being different and in conflict with white culture and the community
Monday, 5 December 2011
Screening 2 - Primeval
Mise-en-scene
- setting (forest, shed masculine areas)
- cars
- yellow digger
- guns
- dogs
- shovel
- characters (two women, five men, one tiger)
Camera
- close up of man setting a trap for the tiger
- high angle of the tiger to the man showing power
- close up of mans face showing fear
- point of view shot on zip wire
- power changed shown in a high angle from man to tiger
- over the shoulder shoot of women talking to man in barn
Editing
- units fast cuts between shots
- shot reverse shots of conversations between the group of people
- tracing shot to show all characters
- men have more time on screen showing power
- pace changes to become very fast
Sound
- sound effects (digger, dogs barking, gun shots, roar of the tiger, very masculine sounds)
- tense music with women vocals
- setting (forest, shed masculine areas)
- cars
- yellow digger
- guns
- dogs
- shovel
- characters (two women, five men, one tiger)
Camera
- close up of man setting a trap for the tiger
- high angle of the tiger to the man showing power
- close up of mans face showing fear
- point of view shot on zip wire
- power changed shown in a high angle from man to tiger
- over the shoulder shoot of women talking to man in barn
Editing
- units fast cuts between shots
- shot reverse shots of conversations between the group of people
- tracing shot to show all characters
- men have more time on screen showing power
- pace changes to become very fast
Sound
- sound effects (digger, dogs barking, gun shots, roar of the tiger, very masculine sounds)
- tense music with women vocals
Screening 1 - Primeval
- woman driving digger
- tiger has power over the man shown in camera angle
- woman's fighting the tiger defying the general stereotypes
- power switches and man has power over the tiger
- but the man now with the power has a feminine side as he is running away from the tiger
- switch of power again as the women shoots the tiger
- the women's in a environment full of men
- man has power over women using a gun
- women holding gun being very masculine
- man holding spade acting feminine
- switch of power between man and the group including the women
- screening shows change of general stereotypes
- tiger has power over the man shown in camera angle
- woman's fighting the tiger defying the general stereotypes
- power switches and man has power over the tiger
- but the man now with the power has a feminine side as he is running away from the tiger
- switch of power again as the women shoots the tiger
- the women's in a environment full of men
- man has power over women using a gun
- women holding gun being very masculine
- man holding spade acting feminine
- switch of power between man and the group including the women
- screening shows change of general stereotypes
Sunday, 20 November 2011
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