TV DRAMA: REVISION

Exam Component 2: Key Media Concepts (25% of total marks) Written examination 2 hours

Written analysis by Sunday 14 November on Google Classroom

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Discuss the ways in which the extract from Hustle constructs meaning through the following: 

• camera shots, angles, movement and composition 
• editing 
• sound 
• mise-en-scène. 

Tips:

Start with an opening sentence that briefly sums up what the extract is about.

It's often easiest to begin with mise-en-scène, for example "The extract opens in a dress shop...". Even better, pick 3 adjectives "The extract opens in an exclusive, West End, couture dress shop..."

Tackle the analysis on a scene-by-scene basis (NOT camerawork, then editing and so on)

So, discuss all 4 bullet points as you go through each scene - some may be longer than others.

3 point plan: identify the terminology, then give the example, then say what meaning is made.

For example: The close-up shot terminology of the wealthy blond customer with her expensively coiffed hair and perfect make-up example shows the audience how poised and self-assured she is as she smiles smugly, confident of getting what she wants meaning 

Another example: The tilt pan terminology from foot to head of the wealthy customer trying on the expensive new evening dress example constructs her as the sort of client that the shop assistant wants to impress as she is slim and makes the dress look beautiful; by ending the camera movement on her face, the audience sees her vain reaction to her image in the mirror meaning 

Another example: the two shot terminology of Stroller (the older man) dressed to impress in his expensive suit entertaining Sean (the younger man) in the exclusive gentlemen's club, plying him with whiskey in cut glass tumblers, in a setting designed to make a statement example suggests that Stroller is out to manipulate the younger man meaning