Friday, 20 March 2020
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
How to take notes
Question is:
How is media language used in the extract to display gender and sexuality in the 60's? [10 or 15 marks]
Write about the 2 first scenes in detail, then the key ones in detail, and then the last scene in detail too. Shows the examiner you know what you're doing and gives a sense of continuity.
In this scene, sexuality and gender is displayed very heavily, in a very stereotypical way. the first time we are introduced to the male in the episode, we meet a very typical man inside of the 1960's. He is wearing a bowler hat, a very typical piece of fashionable clothing in the 1960's, and the camera angle is low, making him seem dominant over us, and showing him as the strong alpha. To no surprise, Emma Peele is first shown to us in a high angle, showing her as a much lesser figure in societies hierarchy. She is seen wearing tight latex clothing, which could connote to the new and very fun idea of bondage and domination in the bedroom.
In this scene, the sound is used to show wether the scene is flowing nicely, or if something happens, it spikes or drops. For example, in the scene where they are fighting with rapiers (swords) the music drops as Steed smacks Emma's bottom with the sword, showing how this isn't appropriate, especially considering how we recently found out she is married, as we can see on the doorbell its says "Mrs". the music is very continuative, apart from when the directors/producers want to emphasise something that happens, then the sound increases or drops dramatically. this sudden change causes us as an audience to react. There is a lot of bawdy humour in this scene also. In the final scene of this extract, the dominant male in the scene ties up the woman in the curtains, another connotation to bondage, and she replies to that with "that is very very dirty" this shows the bawdy humour and sexual chemistry between the man and the woman.
Throughout most of the scene, the editing is flowing and has a nice continuity about, and is on a 180 degree angle.
How is media language used in the extract to display gender and sexuality in the 60's? [10 or 15 marks]
Write about the 2 first scenes in detail, then the key ones in detail, and then the last scene in detail too. Shows the examiner you know what you're doing and gives a sense of continuity.
In this scene, sexuality and gender is displayed very heavily, in a very stereotypical way. the first time we are introduced to the male in the episode, we meet a very typical man inside of the 1960's. He is wearing a bowler hat, a very typical piece of fashionable clothing in the 1960's, and the camera angle is low, making him seem dominant over us, and showing him as the strong alpha. To no surprise, Emma Peele is first shown to us in a high angle, showing her as a much lesser figure in societies hierarchy. She is seen wearing tight latex clothing, which could connote to the new and very fun idea of bondage and domination in the bedroom.
In this scene, the sound is used to show wether the scene is flowing nicely, or if something happens, it spikes or drops. For example, in the scene where they are fighting with rapiers (swords) the music drops as Steed smacks Emma's bottom with the sword, showing how this isn't appropriate, especially considering how we recently found out she is married, as we can see on the doorbell its says "Mrs". the music is very continuative, apart from when the directors/producers want to emphasise something that happens, then the sound increases or drops dramatically. this sudden change causes us as an audience to react. There is a lot of bawdy humour in this scene also. In the final scene of this extract, the dominant male in the scene ties up the woman in the curtains, another connotation to bondage, and she replies to that with "that is very very dirty" this shows the bawdy humour and sexual chemistry between the man and the woman.
Throughout most of the scene, the editing is flowing and has a nice continuity about, and is on a 180 degree angle.
Friday, 29 November 2019
Avengers practice questions
1) How is Britishness represented in this scene in terms of mise-en-scene?
The main character wears a bowler hat, a very typical piece of fashion during the 1960's, and he is shown as a strong, male character, he tends to be the hero. His female associate was sexualised dramatically as the target audience were middle aged men. Their colloquial language demonstrates Britain in the 1960's
2) How is war paranoia/racism in this scene represented in this scene through mise-en-scene.
Fear of the Russians, cold war.
3) Stereotypes
The main character wears a bowler hat, a very typical piece of fashion during the 1960's, and he is shown as a strong, male character, he tends to be the hero. His female associate was sexualised dramatically as the target audience were middle aged men. Their colloquial language demonstrates Britain in the 1960's
2) How is war paranoia/racism in this scene represented in this scene through mise-en-scene.
Fear of the Russians, cold war.
3) Stereotypes
- Nationalities
- Gender
- Job roles
- Places
Friday, 22 November 2019
Homework Cuffs
Homework:
Characters
The characters in Cuffs are excellent, they all have personal backgrounds and interesting stories behind them. Also integrated is how this affects their job, for example, Ryan's son is always skyving school off doing parkour so Ryan has to deal with his son being a single dad, slowing down how efficient he does his job. There is one slight problem with the stories though, there are many characters and we get bombarded with a lot of info at once, perhaps less info or more time for it to be given would make it perfect. For example they could split this information into 2 episodes, or make the episode longer.
Performances
The performances of the characters are excellent, not much can be said to criticise. For example when Jake first goes out on the job he messes up trying to calm down Nathan, Ryan intervenes and the continued actions and gestures really show Jake's emotions.
Plotlines
Just like the characters, all the stories and narratives are excellent. The narratives for just one episode are great and the prolonged personal narratives intended to last over episodes are also. Exactly the same with characters though we are bombarded with narratives and plots so a bit less of them or more time for them to be explained would make them great.
Tone
Personally, the tone of the series is great. You have a mixture of humour and serious moments. For example when Jake punches and knocks out the murderer from the start of the episode, it's a serious situation as the murderer could have seriously injured Ryan, but when he punches and a moves his hand around in agony we get a sense of a humorous tone as he doesn't go to arrest him straight away he just does a funny act.
Suitability for BBC1
The programme is perfect for this type of channel, it is full of crime dramas and different soaps making it an excellent fit. However, due to it being pre-watershed many moments which should have that more gory or explicit tone don't, which makes it a bit out of place on the channel.
Suitability for pre-watershed
Personally I found a few moments that pushed the line for what was acceptable, for example the murder right at the beginning in the shop and the terms the racist used, however in general the show is fine to show pre-watershed but some moments could be argued against it.
Audience appeal
In general, the audience appeal would definitely be for 15/16 year olds up, the humour and lack of any gory moments makes it suitable for a younger audience to watch it, and the more serious moments and moments that push the line for what is acceptable would appeal to older audience into this genre of programme.
Cuffs
On his first day working with Ryan, rookie cop Jake faces a challenging shift on the Brighton streets. But, being the boss' son, Jake's biggest challenge is earning the respect of his new colleagues.
PC Ryan Draper (Ashley Walters)
He is the main character of the show, he is represented as the typical police officer. His job is difficult due to government cuts which is what people were protesting about in the UK in 2015. He is seen as a mentor also, which many of the public would have seen officers at the time due to attacks around Europe.
He is the main character of the show, he is represented as the typical police officer. His job is difficult due to government cuts which is what people were protesting about in the UK in 2015. He is seen as a mentor also, which many of the public would have seen officers at the time due to attacks around Europe.
PC Jake Vickers (Jacob Ifan)
He is represented as the weakest officer, he is new to the job and doesn't know what to do. He is the chiefs son, which soon becomes annoying and his mentor, PC Ryan Draper analyses his every move.
DS Jo Moffat (Amenda Abbington)
She is a talented detective, and diligent and organised. However her personal life isn't so good. She is a single woman and divorced. She represents a lot of struggle which would have happened in the police force, like not having funds for certain cases and struggles with solving cases like not getting an interview
Chief Super Robert Vickers (Peter Sullivan)
Father of Jake, Robert is the head chief of the police force. He organises most things and presents cases to the media. He is a great representation of the struggles of the police force and budget cuts which happened in 2015, he has to present mistakes to the media which could have been solved via better communication or a higher budget.
Father of Jake, Robert is the head chief of the police force. He organises most things and presents cases to the media. He is a great representation of the struggles of the police force and budget cuts which happened in 2015, he has to present mistakes to the media which could have been solved via better communication or a higher budget.
DC Carl Hawkins (Shaun Dooley)
Carl is a detective constable on the police force, he believes everything will eventually turn out okay.
DI Felix Kane (Paul Ready)
Felix is detective inspector on the police force, he has always been a loner however is diligent and organised on the job.
PC Donna Prager (Eleanor Matsoura)
Donna is another one of the leading officers, she is hard working and always up for the job. Her and Lino are best mates and always up for the job.
PC Lino Moretti (Alex Carter)
Lino is again one of the other leading officers in the job, he isn't the most hard working or up to scale on fitness but him and Donna are a good duo in fighting the crime.
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
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