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AS Media – TV Drama
Focus on: Mise-en-scene and
Camerawork
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Homework re-cap
• Who did their homework…….?
• Let’s test your understanding ofmise-en-scene and camerawork
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Mise-en-scene
• Name three things that mise-en-scene communicates to anaudience
• e!ne the term "blocking’ and gi#ean e$am%&e of how it cou&d 'e usedto show status
• (dentify four other areas of mise-en-scene
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Mise-en-scene - Answers
• Name three things that mise-en-scenecommunicates to an audience – )eriod in time * geogra%hica& &ocation * story&ine *
re&ationshi% 'etween characters * mood and tone
• e!ne the term "blocking’ and gi#e ane$am%&e of how it cou&d 'e used to showstatus –
)osition of characters in the frame * can 'e used toshow high or &ow status+ %ower 'etween characters
• (dentify four other areas of mise-en-scene – )ro%s * &ighting * costumes * setting * &ocation
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Mise-en-scene analysis
• Look at the s&ides from Life on Mars. In your pair /group: – (dentify a&& e&ements of mise-en-scene
– For each e&ement e$%&ain what it te&&s us a'out what is
going on in the shot ,i.e. where it is who is there whattheir ro&es are
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Slide 2Do the same analysis for this slide
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Slide /nd this one 0 don’t forget to write a'out focus…
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Slide !Focus on how the mise-en-scene sends di1erent messages a'out time and %&ace
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Slide "
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How do we put our notes into asentence#
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$riting acti%ity
• )ick three e$am%&es of mise-en-scene from the s&ides we’#e 2ust&ooked at
• Triangulate a sentence for each.
• &e prepared to read out yoursentence
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'amerawork
• Which shot esta'&ishes &ocation andsets the scene ,it’s often found at thestart of a programme
• Which ang&e is often used to showsomeone of a high status?
• 3tate two functions of camerawork int# drama.
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'amerawork
• Which mo#ement is the %i#oting ofthe camera from &eft to right on thetri%od?
• Which mo#ement is when thecamera fo&&ows the su'2ect?
• What is the mo#ement ca&&ed whenthe camera mo#es a&& the wayaround the su'2ect in a circ&e?
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Shot types and anglestest
What shot ty%e is this?
What shot ty%e is this?
What shot ty%e is this?
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'amerawork - answers
• Which shot esta'&ishes &ocation and sets the scene,it’s often found at the start of a programme – 4sta'&ishing or wide ang&e shot
• Which ang&e is often used to show someone of ahigh status? – Low ang&e
• 3tate two functions of camerawork in t# drama – )ro#ide us with the %oint of #iew of the director
,%referred reading – )osition the audience in re&ation to a character or
situation
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'amerawork - answers
• Which mo#ement is the %i#oting of the camerafrom &eft to right on the tri%od and why is it used? – )an ,&eft to right often used to mimic sur#ei&&ance or
esta'&ish a &ocation. Tilt is the same movement but
up and down• Which mo#ement is when the camera fo&&ows the
su'2ect and why is it used? – 5racking ,or sometimes ca&&ed do&&ying. 6sed to 'ring
the audience into the action• What is the mo#ement ca&&ed when the camera
mo#es a&& the way around the su'2ect in a circ&e? – 789degree %an
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Shot types and anglesanswers
What shot ty%e is this?
What shot ty%e is this?
What shot ty%e is this?
Medium close up
lose up
!ver the shoulder shot
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(i)e on Mars clip *6sing your homework notes on this c&i% identify four interesting uses of camera
and e$%&ain what they te&& us a'out the characters and the se;uence itse&f
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$riting acti%ity
• )ick three e$am%&es of cameraworkfrom the !rst Life on Mars se;uencewe’#e 2ust &ooked at
• Triangulate a sentence for each.
• &e prepared to read out your
sentence
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(ets think aboutrepresentation
• We’#e e$%&ored how camerawork andmise-en-scene creates meaning for anaudience.
• Now we need to think s%eci!ca&&y a'outre%resentation.
• &rainstorm with your grou% what the !rstLife on Mars
c&i% says a'out: – +ender
– Age
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,ote-making andanalysis acti%ity
• We are going to watch the secondc&i% from Life on Mars.
• 6se the grid to make notes 0 we arefocusing on what the c&i% te&&s usa'out gender and age in 9s%o&icing – emem'er: you need to triangulate
your answers ,what do you see? whendo you see it? what does it te&& us a'outgender or age
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Short writing acti%ity
• @ow is gender esta'&ished in these;uence from Life on Mars. – efer to media &anguage
– (nc&ude s%eci!c e$am%&es from these;uence
– 5riangu&ate your sentences
– "ou can use your homewor# to help youwith this
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Homework
• Com%&ete the acti#ities on editingand sound thorough&y 'efore ourne$t &esson ,a fortnight