Avengers revision from home

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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.

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

• Nationalities
• Gender
• Job roles
• Places

Mrs Peel representation:

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.

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.

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.

Key Stuff

TV in the 2010's

What happened in the 2010's?

Difference between soap operas and tv drama
 contains a series of real life situations which are exaggerated yet relatable

 What sub genres can you divide tv drama into
police/crime drama-
The Bill/inspector George gentle/Luther
medical/hospital drama- Holby city/Casualty/Heartbeat
sci-fi drama- Doctor who/Torchwood/Star trek
period drama -peaky blinders/call the midwife
political drama-House of cards/The crown/Brexit the uncivil war

serial VS series

serial and series both contain the same characters week in week out

serial drama tv popularity

serial dramas are popular with tv broadcasters because they offer a range of appeals:

• Familiar characters/stars-audience
• Familiar locations-audience
• Familiar narrative lines-audience
• Diversion/Entertainment -audience
• Social identity- audience 
• Known and specific audience-advertisers 

In the 1960's men and women could be represented very prejudicially, however nowadays, the rules are much stricter. Women can't be represented so sexually anymore, and men can't make sexist jokes. Also, in the 60's it was post war, with the cold war upcoming, and nowadays, we are post 9/11, and terrorism and/or isis.

television ownership

15/11/19

L/O: to explore the history of ownership in the two key channels

Town Of No Return

The Town Of No Return - The Avengers Season 4 Episode 1


The narrative - Todorv's narrative theory

Todorov's narrative theory suggests that all narratives follow a three part structure where they begin with equilibrium, where everything is balanced, progress as something comes along to disrupt that equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, when equilibrium is restored.

Equilibrium - Mrs Peele and her Boss are flirting in her apartment, until he asks her to investigate with her.

Disruption(s) - The few suspects that they have die. Emma Peele is kidnapped. They got locked in a pub.

Resolution - Peele finds out imposters Steve rescues Peele, then they figure out the mystery, town is being taken by imposters




Profiles
John steed - Quiet posh language, can be seen as the hero and he flirts with Emma a lot. he represents english males. Strong male lead, represents patriarchal society in which the show was written in.

1960

5/11/19

1960's 
In the 1960's there was

All About 1960s UK In the UK, the most famous bands were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. This is different to previous decades where famous bands were very R&B, however in the birth of rock occurred in the 1960s. In 1965s the Labour Party was in power for the first time in over a decade, the Prime Minister was Harold Wilson. The main three youth groups were The Hippies, who very all for peace and freedom. Absurd coloured clothing and drugs were part of their culture. The Mods were very stylish and modern and listened to all the modern music. The Rockers were the punks of the era. There were fears of large scale drug use, however hippies smoked cannabis The contraceptive pill was introduced in the 1960s, this changed women's lives drastically as it is used to prevent pregnancies. In the UK, people protested against involvement in The Vietnam War, Gay Pride, Civil Rights and Women's Rights Historical events that occurred were the election and assination of JFK, The Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Luther King, first man on the moon, the rise of the IRA, and The Cold War Wars that were being fought around the world were the Vietnamese War, The Cold War and The Bay of Pigs invasion to over throw the communist government In the 1960s it was made easier for women to have an abortion, the contraceptive pill was introduced which helped prevent pregnancies however it was still a male dominant society as women were still seen to stay at home and do housework. For people of certain races there was a big change in cicvil right movements to allow them to have equal rights.

Which institution produced the show?
ITV/ABC/Thames
 Who was the primary audience and secondary audience for the show?
18+ Men and Women (Mainstream)
 When was the first episode aired?
7th January 1961
How many viewers followed the show?

How many seasons were made?
 6 seasons
 What date and year was the last episode aired?
 21st May 1969 What was the budget for series 4?
£1,456,000
Cast for series 4 episode 1:

Television: industries and audiences

1/11/19

L/O: to research the history, companies, and regulators in the television industry. 

Publicly owned TV Channel-

A TV channel that is funded by the government & license fees for the public. BBC

Commercial TV channel-

A TV channel owned by privately owned corporate media funded by advertising 

Convergence-

When new technology makes old technology obsolete, joining lots of technologies into one. 

Watershed-

The time after which programmes that are regarded as unsuitable for children are broadcast on television. 9PM - 5:30AM in the UK

Segmented market- 
Dividing a market of potential customers into groups so you can target the audience appropriately 

Mainstream-
What is regarded as normal, mass audience

Self-regulating-
Able to broadcast anything without the use of third party bodies or industries

Franchise-
License from company if a product to use ideas

Channel-surfing-
Switching to different channels frequently 

PSB-
Public Service Broadcasting: regulators demand channels fulfil certain requirements as part of their license to broadcast

TV license-
A payment required to watch TV. Funds the BBC

Scheduling-
Organising the broadcast of TV programmes on a channel

Conglomerate-
A company that owns several smaller businesses whose products are very similar

When was TV introduced to the UK? 
1936 

In 1965 how many channels were there and what were they? 
2, BBC1 and ITV 

When did ITV start, why was it different? 
22nd September 1955, it was the first commercial TV channel

Which UK channels have to follow PSB remits?
BBC, ITV, STV, UTV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C

Who regulates TV now? 
Ofcom

 Who regulated TV channels in the 1960s? 
ITV - Regulated by ITA BBC - Self regulated List the differences between TV in the 60s and now Colour, More TV shows, Amount of households with TVs

Yr10 End of year test

20/6/19

DIRT

L/O: To review and reflect on the yr10 mock exam and set personal targets. 

Q1) Ofcom

Regulators:

Film - BBFC

TV & Radio - OFCOM

Advertising - ASA

Magazines & Newspapers - IPSO & IMPRESS

Video Games - Video Standards Council

Q2) Media Language - Media language is the way in which the meaning of a media text is conveyed to the audience. One of the ways Media Language works is to convey meaning through signs and symbols suggested by the way a scene is set up and filmed. 

In this question I could have spoken about: 

Camerawork

Editing

Mise-en-scene

Narrative Style

I needed to name 1 part of media language that was used differently, a clear example of difference between the 2 videos and the effect. 

Could have talked about - Linear narratives, setting, contrasting camera work and editing, adding diegetic sound elements. 

Talk about in "Uptown Funk" its saturated colour and in "If i were a a boy" its in a monochrome tone. its in monochrome because it is used to show the sadness and emotional feel of the song, and in Uptown funk its saturated to show how upbeat the song is. 


Q3) I needed to use - How, Why & Examples. 

Ways to do this: Availability - more available on more common apps that the target audeince would use. 

Styles/genres played - what songs are played and when

Eras of music - depending on when you grew up and what genres you grew up with.

Target the audience through other services - national radio programmes may offer traffic reports

Brand image marekting and developing.

Why: 
You have to target a range of audiences.
Well defined audience

How Live Lounge does this:
Youthful presenters that appeal to the audience.
Authenticity of artists.

Q4) Talk about how they made specific choices 
Q5) Differences - Colour Palette, The Font, Masthead is bigger on MOJO, Layout

Similarities - Ranfge of musicians, language is addressful, Sans Serif font, mastheads and cover lines. 

Make the argument final point e.g I have to say what my opinion/main argument is and I need to concliude it througgh my main answer and then a conclusion.


In the music section of this exam i feel i have to remember the main bulk of what the target audiences of radio stations are, and how they appeal to these audiences. i also need to get better at magazine analysis, and i need to remember to talk about my music videos use of media language. 

Experimenting with illustator

28/3/19

Experimenting with Illustrator

Experimenting with illustrator 

First attempt

Second attempt

photoshop skills development

7/2/19

PHOTOSHOP DEVELOPMENT SKILLS


L/O: To explore and develop creative techniques in photoshop