Sunday, 23 November 2014

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

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

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

Sunday, 16 November 2014

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.