Social Class and Region

Four Stereotypes of Social Class:

• Upper Class
• Middle Class 
• Working Class
• Underclass

Upper Class

• Top of the social and economic hierarchy
• High eduction and at the high end of there occupation 

 Middle Class

• There are between the upper and lower end of the social economy 
• The family is strong and the parents have good jobs earning decent money
• The children are the ones to humour the adults because they are hard working 
• Typically the man is seen as manly and the woman as womanly 
• Families are seen as functional and and strong 

Working Class

• Seen as positive or negative
• Hard working who get little in return
• Low wages 
• Basic eduction 
• Stereotypes that come to mind are lazy and unproductive 
• Males are seen as incompetent, good intentions meant but are dumb
• Also fails in the role of a man, husband and father

Underclass

• Chav 
• Benefits 
• Unemployed
• Violent
• Drug and alcohol effected 
• Broken family

• The media have shown that the dominant class would be the middle class.

- Eccentric - Working
- Hard-working - Working 
- Loyal and community - Middle 
- Natural, honest and down to earth - Middle 
- Comfortable - Middle 
- Pretentious - Upper
- Austere and stiff upper lip - Upper
- Sophisticated & well bred - Upper
- Violent and criminal - Underclass
- Dirty and uncouth - Underclass
- Boring and sheltered - Underclass

Descriptive Words

Upper - Highly educated, rich, posh, snob, wise

Middle - Good lifestyle, enough money to survive on, strong family

Working - Hard working, basic education, lazy, breaking family 

Underclass - Chav, benefits, violent, broken family 

Age

Main Stereotypes of Youth, Adults and Elderly -

Rebellious/Threat oppose to Traditional/Vulnerable
Fetishises - Virility, Beauty, Carefree
Responsible/Authority
Immature/Extended Adolescent



















Sound -

• Youth = loud and aggressive 
• Elder = quite 

MES Stereotypes -

• Youth = hoodies, criminal, emotionally unstable, beauty, sexual
• Elder = fragile, vulnerable, alone, ill, ugly, non-sexual

Camera -

• Youth = handheld, C.U (there intense and dramatic)
• Elder = slow moving, tripod, L.S (shows loneliness and isolation)

Edit -

• Youth = fast pace, frenetic, quick transactions 
• Elder = slow, dissolve transaction, tradition shooting    

Disability

The four stereotypes of disability are;
-Hero/brave
-Villain/Freak
-Ugly
-Vulnerable

Terminology

Sound

Ambient Sound - Background noise

Foley - Added sound effect to emphasise an on-screen noise (e.g footsteps)

Incidental Music - Music to enhance an atmosphere

Dialect and Accent - Speech and language

Sound Mix - When sounds are layered

Soundtrack Score - When pitches, volume etc is changed

Dialogue - Someone talking (speech)

Non-Diegetic Sound - Sound you can’t see (birds, narrator etc)

Diegetic - Sound that you can see (dog barking)

Establishing sound - Sound that is used from the beginning of a scene

Mise-En-Scene

Establishing Props - Prop that is used from the beginning of a scene

Casting and Performance - Actors have to be casted before they perform

Colour - Colour of everything overall

Lighting - Light used within scene (dark, light) 

Make-up - Make-up used on face or areas of the body

Costume - What the actors are wearing

Set Design - Design of the set (materials used)

Studio Set - Fake set

Location - Actual real-life area

Camera

Focus Pull - Maintaining the sharpness of filming

Deep Focus - Everything is in focus

Shallow Focus - One thing is in focus

Rule of Thirds -  Aligning a subject with 3 lines

Framing - When the camera focuses on certain events

Hand-held - When camera is being held in hands 

Track - When the camera is on a smooth track

Tilt - A camera movement being tilted up or down

Pan - Moves on straight surface (panorama) 

Canted Angle - When the camera is slanted to one side

Low Angle - Looking up at actor (masculine)

High Angle - Looking down at actor (feminine) 

Over the Shoulder Shot - When camera is filmed over the shoulder

Point of View Shot - Short scene which shows what the actor is looking at

Two-shot - When two people are in the shot 

Long Shot - Distance shot

Close Up - Zooming in on actor

Direct Address - When actor is speaking into the camera

Editing

Pace - The speed of the action in the shot

Motivated Cut - Connecting two scenes: Searching the object of & the object of interest

Prominence - Screentime

Ellipsis - (A morning routine e.g important bits)

Long Take - Shot in the film which is a lot longer than the other shots in the film

Dissolve - Transition used to dissolve and change into a different scene

Cutaway - Interruption of a continuous filmed action & inserting a view of something else

Crosscutting - Action occurring at the same time in two different locations

Intercutting - Cutting out unnecessary parts (beginning is suspended until the end) 

Match on Action - Cutting different views and different angles for the same clip (Barton)

Eye-line Match - When the audience sees what the character on-screen is seeing

Shot/reverse Shot - Switching for a conversation

Media Portrayal

What does the Media portray and affect?

Gender
Male and Female

Ethnic Groups
Black, White, Asian, Indian etc

Religion
Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists etc

Age
Children, teenagers, adults, elderly

Class
Upper class, Middle class, Working class, Underclass

Sexuality
Gay, lesbian, straight

Disability
How strong or weak the disability is and whether or not the person is disabled

Intro to Sexuality

In Sherlock the character Moriarty doesn't have the physical appearance of a gay male, but his actions and voice can show otherwise. He looks Sherlock up and down a lot which is seen as sexual in many ways and could show attraction to him. If you look at Sherlock he is holding a gun which means he has the power over Moriarty. The use of low angles and soft focusing in the shots can show masculinity and femininity, masculinity in the angles used and femininity in the focusing of the shots. The lighting in the swimming pool is dark which can be seen as a romantic scene with the water reflecting off their faces. On the other hand it can also be seen as death and very masculine as it is mostly blue.