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Hollyoaks Scene Evaluations

Serious
Camera:
The shots in the more serious scene are very un-dramatic and very slow moving. They are mid shots of four people sitting on two sofas. These shots could be used to represent the two sides of the argument that is being had, with on one side the two sisters who are needed by the long lost dad on the other side with their other sister. This obviously is made less complicated if you watched or have watched this program before.
The angles of the camera never changes except from the penultimate shot where on of the sisters walks out of the house and the shot looks as if its been taken from a camera set in the corner of the room , this gives the impression that you’re spying on them and are not supposed to be there.
There is no actual camera movement in the clip except from when the first shot is taken and the camera moves up from behind one of the sofas to face the other one, this is also tied into and over the shoulder shot of the father also giving you the impression that you’re there.Editing:
One of the mentionable aspects is about how the shots between the light-hearted and serious scene were bridged, the only noticeable thing was that immediately with the sound of the slamming door the shot changed to the man in the wheelchair wheeling himself across the grounds of the school.Sound:
For this particular scene there are no sound effects or music which works well I think works well in keeping the tone serious.
Most of that sounds that you can hear are just sounds of traffic in the background. Also the sound of a kettle boiling, this could signify the way in which the conversation is about to “heat up” into an argument. This keeps it serious but also engaging.Mise en scene:
The way in which the actors portray themselves in the scene is a much more calm but also in a much more “concentrated” way, the characters are very quiet but you can tell they are in no way timid about showing their feelings.
The lighting in the serious scene is obviously much darker than in the light-hearted scene.
This gives the effects that it’s a much darker time for the family.
The colour looks much more toned down in the serious scene than in the light-hearted one as well.Light-hearted
Camera:
In this scene the shots change more frequently which means that the scene seems to be much more lively and you get to see more of what’s going on.
The main opening shot is of the man wheeling his chair across the playground and the girl standing by the windows, this is a long shot which also give you a better idea of what’s going on around them.
The shots are mainly over the shoulder which is interesting given the height difference between the pupil and teacher and the feelings of power or fear.Editing:
There are only very basic amounts of editing in this scene as there are no transitions which are more than just a split second switch from one shot to the other. Sound:
There is only one noticeable sound effects used in this that isn’t something like children running about or cars on the road.
This is when the pupil sees a set of speakers through a window in which a yodelling sound is played, this probably has some sort of link towards something that she does later in the show.
Most of the sound is just the pupil and the child talking, you can also tell it’s a more light-hearted scene from the way that jokes are made.
　Mise en scene:
The way that the people act and deliver their lines definitely supports this being a less serious scene to follow the other obviously more serious scene.
The lighting of the scene is much more bright than the serious scene which helps keep it from being serious.The colour of the scene is also much brighter which travels well when you look at it across from the less serious scene.

TV Drama : BBC

What do the following reveal about the importance of TV drama for terrestrial broadcasters in Britain?

BBC trailers like "The One For Drama" (Now "The One To Watch")
- The changing of the title suggests that the channel is trying to open itself up to a much wider audience, this is done by not just sticking itself to one paticular genre but making it available to more of an audience, for people who like comedy or horror and thriller.

Promotion of Autumn schedules
- People may be more likely to watch television in the autum as it's cold and nobody wants to go outside, so watching TV may seem like a better idea.

I'd like to point out that I didn't get as far as I could have was it not for HANNAH WINTER TURNING OFF MY COMPUTER!!!!

Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 can be defined as a new 'wave' of websites that are designed far more with the user in mind, The users are farmore inergrated into the running of the website. User can now add t he websites or share their views on it. They have become 'Procumers'.

There are several examples of websites wit the new 2.0 style. One of these is 'Digg'. Digg is a website that hosts many of what the user considers he bet news stories and articles across the web. The way in which the user orreader is involved is a simple idea. There is a link under certain pieces of the internet which you can click. Thi is known as a 'Digg', possibly referencing to whether you "dig" the story or not.

This is Firebox.com. Under it's products it has a variety of options to share this page, including Digg, this is the main example of sharing on Digg.

The next example is arguably the most popular Web 2.0. designand it's Facebook. Almost all of the content is user generated. The only parts that aren't is the advertisments. Which interetingly are also tailored to the users internet and Facebook viewing habits.

Facebook allows the user to share videos that they themselves have made, or that they have found on such other websites as YouTube. They can share news articles, products (as above the firebox product) but they can also comment on statuses and pictures that people have uploaded. They created within themselves their own online community. Some more examples of Web 2.0:

How does the skins promo trailer create representation for young people?

How does the skins promo trailer create representation for young people?

  When it comes to the editing of the trailer it fits in really well with the idea of being out of control. It cuts sharply from shot to shot giving the impression that it's much more fast paced than other shows. But it also fits in with the music which is also very fast paced (Standing In The Way Of Control – Gossip). This also agrees with the main idea of teenagers at this age being wild and rebellious. The whole trailer was filmed over what was supposed to be one night of the same party. The way it is put together from start to finish shows how at the beginning everyone is having a good time and enjoying themselves, but as the night goes on it gets worse. People start breaking things and the main couple starts to argue. This is a good way of showing how things can change so quickly when kids are let loose with themselves when they are causing chaos.

 The main thing to talk about with the camera angles is that all of the shots are made by using an unsupported camera to walk about the party. This gives a really good effect that you are a person at the party, helping you understand how and why the kids are behaving as they are. From what I saw most of the camera shots nearer the beginning were from a lower angle making them look bigger, more powerful and like they're having a great time.

 But, as the night and trailer goes on the characters are starting to be viewed from a higher angle making them look smaller, so for when the scenes of throwing up are happening it makes them look smaller and more insignificant. Helping with the idea of the end of the night being “messier” than the beginning.

 

When it comes to things inside the mise-en-scene such as the costume, all the costumes denote that they are from a similar are an social standing. This is deceiving as it is a very different situation in the actual TV show. But this also means that it may be deceiving in the way that it shows teenagers. Especially if we compare it to the extract we have watched. Again when it comes to the mise-en-scene and we think about the location, the party is set in just a normal house which adds to the realism of the program as it is a normal "house party". Not a club in a VIP area which would be much less realistic.

When it comes to props there is a very large variation of types of props from bear suits to bongs. This is supposed to help it be beleiveable that these kids are normal people. A lot of the pictures show them engaging in recreational drug use and sexual activities which ignores the usual "taboos" of these subjects again showing that they are normal teenagers.

Explain, using specific examples, how the expansion of digital media has been an improvement for audiences.

Over the years there has been a huge amount of ways that media ca be taken in thanks to new digital media developments. The main one has been focused on viewing films online. This has changed the way people think about films in many ways. Although different forms of media have been developed and thereby perhaps have split up fiom-viewing audiences, certain expansions have been a certain improvement for audiences in order to move with the times. Most of the emphasis has been on viewing films online. There are so many ways to watch online, it has opened it up to new audiences for instance if there was an audience that didn't have a TV, or didnt own a DVD player then you can watch yor movies online, Using such internet services as the new LOVEFILM online service which means you can watch new releases online. It has also created a whole new viewing base for other genres as there are so many new film and media genres that can be viewed online and ar open to so many more people.

Other programs that can be used online incude Sky Player, which allows people to catch up on and watch new film releases online for no extra cost than the subscription cost. Another example is BBC iPlayer which allows you to catch up on recently aired television. So with all of these new ways to watch movies people can watch many different types of films that wouldn't usually be shown. For example there are some cult movies that I enjoy to watch online.

It's not just computers that can be used to view films. for instance the Sony PS3 now allows people to stream movies directly from LOVEFILM to their console, it acting as a "computer". The same with Microsoft's Xbox 360 which uses a "Zune" application to let owners to watch films on the console. Sky has also teamed up with Microsoft and allowed the SkyPlayer to be used in conjunction with the console.

Narrative Structures

Vladamir Propp

Vladimir Propp used the Russian Formalist approach to form his ideas of narrative structure. This means that sentence structures were made to be broken down into elements that could be easily analysed, and Propp used this method to analyse Russian fairy tales.

After the first situation is laid out, the tale takes the following order of 31 functions:
1) Absentation
2) Interdiction
3) Violation of interdiction
4) Reconnaissance
5) Delivery
6) Trickery
7) Complicity
8) Villany or Lack
9) Mediatation
10) Beginning counter-action
11)Departure
12) First funcion of the donor
13) Hero's reaction
14) Repciet of a magical agent
15) Guidance
16) Struggle
17) Branding
18) Victory
19) Liquidation
20) Return
21) Pursuit
22) Rescue
23) Unrecognised arrival
24) Unfound claims
25) Difficult task
26) Solution
27) Recognition
28) Exposure
29) Transfiguration
30) Punishment
31 Wedding

Characters:
He also concluded that all the characters could be resolved into 8 broad character types in the 100 tales he analyzed:

1. The villain — struggles against the hero.
2. The dispatcher —character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
3. The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
4. The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.
5. her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished.
6. The donor —prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.
7. The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.
8. False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.

Toderov's Theory of the narrative

Claude Levi-Strauss:

Thought about narrative structure in terms of binary oppositions. Binary oppositions are sets of opposite values which look at the structure of media texts and other examples of media. Examples include Good and Evil, Hero and Villan and Day and Night. Levi-Strauss was less interested in looking at the way in which events are arranged, but the themes arrangement and how they affect the things around them.