Sound

Terminology of sound in TV Drama textual analysis includes:

Diegetic Sound - sound from within the TV Drama world. Sound which the characters can hear.

Non-diegetic sound - sound from outside the film world. Can include soundtrack, theme music and voice-over.

Soundtrack - music chosen to go with the moving images. Helps create mood and atmosphere.

Sound effects - usually added in post-production, can include gun shots, explosions and other sounds which might be difficult to achieve by recording on set.

Theme - recurring music which goes with a show or a specific character. EG James Bond or Darth Vader

Ambient sound - the natural sounds of an environment such as birdsong for a country location or traffic noise for a city. This is sometimes recorded as 'wildtrack'... which means recorded separately and added in post-production.

Dialogue - the speech of characters. In analysis feel free to discuss both what characters say and how they say it - their intonation and accent... always use the word 'dialogue' rather than speech or 'talk'.

Sound bridge - when the soundtrack starts in one scene and continues into the next. This helps generate the mood and the atmosphere of a scene.

Editing

Task:
Analyse how the editing helps to construct the representation of disability.


Here's the clip: http://youtu.be/auSAGvpM7W8

Try to use as much terminology as possible.

Transitions:
Hard cuts
Action match
Eyeline match
Graphic match
Crosscutting
Shot reverse shot
Jump cut

Other kinds of transition:
Wipe
Fade in/out
Dissolve/Crossfade

Try to discuss how the editing affects the pace of the clip.
Which characters are privileged by the edit?
Which characters are marginalised by the edit?

Camera analysis of Monarch of the glen clip.

Write up your notes on camera work in the clip. How do the following help construct the representation of age:

- shot sizes (CU, MCU, LS etc)
- composition (two shot, over the shoulder shot etc)
- movement (pan, track etc)

Monarch of the Glen Clip

Mise en scene analysis

How does the Mise en scene help construct the representation of age?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTQDipfN8JA&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLFB82E5E1AA5FBC19

Mise en scene includes:

Set / location
Lighting
Costume
Props
Blocking
Body Language
Make-up

Your First Task - start a blog

Welcome to media studies!

A blog is how you will present most of your work to me.


It gets rid of the need for all that pesky paper... don't get me wrong, paper has a time and a place, but for research, and later for your coursework, a blog is better... you can add hyperlinks and embed Youtube and other cool stuff.


So....

1. You'll need a Google account (a @gmail.com email address) - if you don't have one, set one up.
2. Go to Blogger and create a blog which features your name in the title, eg Joe Bloggs Media
3. There are options to customise your blog, but don't get carried away now - you can do that later.
4. Email me the blog address (eg http://joebloggsmedia.blogspot.com/) to this address:

haveringcollege@gmail.com

When you've done that you are ready to make your first post...

Using the notes you took earlier in the lesson write a blog post on the key concepts of media studies.

1. What are they?
2. What does each key concept refer to, what does it mean?
3. How does the exam go about testing your knowledge of each concept?