Thursday, 26 September 2013
Regional Identity Homework.
Analyse the advert provided in terms of Regional Identity.
Regional identity is the identity in which either the people or the town itself show.
In the first scene, a master shot of the child opening this old fashioned gate was shown. By having an old gate which is falling apart but also the scenery being mountains and over grown fields, this advert shows that this action must take place away from big city's in the open, but in a more village styled place surrounded by nature. To let the audience know what is happening with the little child, a shot reverse shot was used to show the thoughts being swapped between the boy and cow. The medium close up shot was mainly used to show the characters expression as he became serious with what he was doing. The non - diegetic music played which would be the mood music, was to give the audience the feeling and thoughts that the boy was up to no good. At the end of this scene, the master shot was used to show the child hushing the cow through the fence. The synchronous sound was used to let the audience continue their perspective of the child not being up to good behaviour.
Regional identity is the identity in which either the people or the town itself show.
In the first scene, a master shot of the child opening this old fashioned gate was shown. By having an old gate which is falling apart but also the scenery being mountains and over grown fields, this advert shows that this action must take place away from big city's in the open, but in a more village styled place surrounded by nature. To let the audience know what is happening with the little child, a shot reverse shot was used to show the thoughts being swapped between the boy and cow. The medium close up shot was mainly used to show the characters expression as he became serious with what he was doing. The non - diegetic music played which would be the mood music, was to give the audience the feeling and thoughts that the boy was up to no good. At the end of this scene, the master shot was used to show the child hushing the cow through the fence. The synchronous sound was used to let the audience continue their perspective of the child not being up to good behaviour.
In the second scene, all the action was made longer to show the audience the region that these characters live in. Unlike the first scene, the clothes from the Mise-en-scène were shown to reveal that the region must be in the country side as the clothes seem to be shown as old mix and matched rags unlike the 'fashion' shown in the city of neat brand new clothes. This could also lead to the fact that the family must be working class as they live on the farm with one cow and seem to have not enough money to buy brand new expensive clothing. To begin the first scene, the child was shown to be running away from the camera as it is shown in a long shot. In the surroundings of this long shot, there is shown to be a huge stone built house and overgrown bushes unlike there is in the city. The child is also shown to be shouting for his mother as he runs along the non - man built paths.
Further through out the second scene, the camera was shown to appear behind a shadowed character as the child approached showing a fake fear. A medium close up shot was then revealed to show the audience his mother, in her old ragged clothing. The medium close up shot was also used to reveal her disappointment with her son for letting the cow out of the field. In this shot alone, the audience were also aloud to see the regional identity again as the shot shows their own stone house and wall but also the wooden door which is shown behind the mother character. This continues the feeling of an old farm house in a run down village up in the mountains. The last shot taken for this scene would be the medium close up shot, as the boy speaks about how he will return the cow himself. The characters in the clip also speak in a foreign language which reveals the region to be in run down county with alot of mountians and overgrown plants in the hot weather.
During the third scene, there was more action shown. This is because the camera shots for the first few seconds was individual wide shots of the scenery as the child would run down hills and across paths. In the first wide shot, there was shown to be a man riding upon a donkey with a lot of packages attached, this shows that the region do not have technology and fuel operated vehicles like we do in the city. This shows that the region is extremely old tradition. The next shot was shown to be taken in a farmers field with the huge old tree and long grass. To continue from this shot, the synchronous sound of bells ringing interrupted the non - diegetic sound of mood music to lead onto a close up shot of the bell moving. This shot was used to show that in that region, the bell was always rung in a serious matter or for a religious term. The religious term would fit this bell ringing, as a medium shot was used to reveal an old fashioned vicar pointing in the direction of the cow. This costume also shows that the region does not follow the stereotypical vicar dress sense like the city does. 
Further through the third scene, there was close up shot of the child's feet as he ran down the steps. These steps also shown the regional identity of the place, as the steps were old and crumbled away as well as being made out of slate and stone unlike the concrete steps we see everyday. Continuing on from this shot, another close up shot was shown of an old women as she shown to using the old tradition of using a paddle stick to beat the carpets of their dirt. This reveals that no technology must be around due to the fact that old fashioned ways are being taken place. As well as the old women beating the carpet, she seemed to shout out to the boy to hurry up as he ran quicker down the wide screen shots to the town.
During the fourth scene, a master shot was shown. In this shot, there was shown to be an old run down shack building with the butcher covered in blood, sharpening two sharp blades. The cow is also shown to be standing infront unaware of what is happening. This shows that this region do not show any attention to butchers sharpening knives outside their building unlike they do in the city. This shows that they're attitude is very different to the city's. Continuing on from that shot, as the audience become scared a close up shot was used to show the hygiene differences of an every day butcher in the city compared to a butchers hygiene their. But also to show the emotion he has before the boy walks the cow away. During the begining of that scene, the diegetic but also synchronous sound of the knives rubbing against eachother were played to frighten the audience even more but also give a contrast to the mood music which was played throughout most of the scenes.
Near the end of the fourth scene, the boy was shown to be taking the cow all the way back up into it's original field. In these different shots, the region is shown to have very small rocky paths but also alot of farm animals, as the paths are covered in sheep. This alone shows the audience that the region is an independant working class village that has been seperated from the bigger cities. To end the fourth scene, a master shot was used to show the mother praising her son. In the scenery, the wooden fence and stone walls were shown again to keep the cow in the long grassed fields.
On the last scene, a master shot was shown as the women would walk in to the kitchen to get the prize inwhich she treats her son with. The inside of the house is shown to be dark due to no electricity being provided in the village. The inside walls are also shown to be dull and plain as the only things that lighten up the house are the old wooden objects and frames scattered around the small room. The medium close up shot was then used on the young boy as the old patterened bowl was placed infront of him to advertise the product that the company are actually selling. As a asynchronous sound is played which is the phone ringing, the master shot is used once again to contrast the new technology against the old fashioned house. This shows a slight change in the region as it contrasts the old with the new.
In conclusion, I believe that this advert was based in an independent old fashioned village in the mountians of Greece. Who show no need to use technology like the people in the cities do. The phone was used to create a contrast between the old days and the new to advertise how the product still is the same today.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Doc Martin Clip. - Editing.
Throughout the Doc Martin clip, there was no transitions used. Each scene was straight forward cut into the next.
During the first scene, there was an eye line match between the Doctor, Father Plumber and Son Plumber while the talk happened. This was also taken in a long take, to expand the scene into a longer situation as the conversation developed between the classes of each person, but also to show the change in status when the conversation deepened. After this conversation started to end, a action match was shown as the clip lead from showing the Father plumber leaning down, to show the father plumber fiddling with the actual sink itself.
During the first scene, there was an eye line match between the Doctor, Father Plumber and Son Plumber while the talk happened. This was also taken in a long take, to expand the scene into a longer situation as the conversation developed between the classes of each person, but also to show the change in status when the conversation deepened. After this conversation started to end, a action match was shown as the clip lead from showing the Father plumber leaning down, to show the father plumber fiddling with the actual sink itself.
Further through the first scene, the young receptionist is seen to approach, while giving a eye line match with the Doctor as they spoke. This then progressed onto a stressed out Doctor giving an eye line match to the dog as they both resembled stressed emotions towards each other. Never the less, the eye line match was used continuously through out the discussions of the characters till the second scene.
Moving onto the second scene, there is shown to be an action shot between the clips. This action shot, shows the Doctor walking from outside the police station into the police station room itself. This editing skill keeps the clips flowing properly, one into another. Once again the eye line match was used near the end of this scene, between the Police Officer and dog to show confusion and tension in the atmosphere.
On the third scene, the eye line match shots continue through out
Regional Identity. Doc Martin Clip.
Regional Identity, is the identity in which either the people or the town itself show, to reveal the regional identity.
This Doc Martin clip pacifically shows this through out all the different scenes.
During the first scene, the clothing was compared between the Doctor himself and the workers who sit below him. This shows the regional identity because it reveals the Doctor himself coming from a city with his expensive clothes and high statuses background, while the workers come from a small village due to the lack of brand new overalls with their companies logo on them. As well as the difference between the clothes, the room indicated that the house is an old fashioned countryside house, this shows that the regional identity must be the countryside due to the lack of an updated room.
Another few things which stand out as regional identity in the first scene is, when the pipe bursts. This example shows that when the pipe bursts, the Doctor makes a huge fuss of getting this to stop and becomes stressed like an stereotypical city person does, while the Father Plumber seems to continue to be occupied with eating his sandwich instead of stopping the flow. This shows that the countryside villagers are very laid back and relaxed even during stressful situations. The last point that stands out in the first scene would be the Receptionist, this is because she appears with no uniform but also an 'exotic' hairstyle. This shows that the countryside see no importance in labelling people with their work as it is an everyday job which clearly has no extreme activity in it.
The second scene also contained main points which stood out to show the regional identity. The first one would be the fact that the houses are old styled and upon a narrow path'ed slope, which are also shown to be empty. This once again shows a countryside region, due to the fact city's are more up to date and extremely busy unlike the countryside which shows only a rare amount of people walking at once and a more historic background. The audio in this clip also reveals the Diegetic sound which is known to be asynchronous due to the fact that the noise cannot be seen by the object making it. This would be the seagulls and wind. These audio sounds reveal that the countryside must be close to the seaside or cliff. Later during that scene, the police station is shown to be based inside an converted house, this shows that the countryside must have less crime rates in the region than a city, this is because the Police station is not shown in a stereotypical way, and covered in police vehicles.
This Doc Martin clip pacifically shows this through out all the different scenes.
During the first scene, the clothing was compared between the Doctor himself and the workers who sit below him. This shows the regional identity because it reveals the Doctor himself coming from a city with his expensive clothes and high statuses background, while the workers come from a small village due to the lack of brand new overalls with their companies logo on them. As well as the difference between the clothes, the room indicated that the house is an old fashioned countryside house, this shows that the regional identity must be the countryside due to the lack of an updated room.
Another few things which stand out as regional identity in the first scene is, when the pipe bursts. This example shows that when the pipe bursts, the Doctor makes a huge fuss of getting this to stop and becomes stressed like an stereotypical city person does, while the Father Plumber seems to continue to be occupied with eating his sandwich instead of stopping the flow. This shows that the countryside villagers are very laid back and relaxed even during stressful situations. The last point that stands out in the first scene would be the Receptionist, this is because she appears with no uniform but also an 'exotic' hairstyle. This shows that the countryside see no importance in labelling people with their work as it is an everyday job which clearly has no extreme activity in it.
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Homework 12th September.
Select a five minute approx. clip of a T.v. drama from you tube and do a textured analysis using shot types and sound types but also mis-en-scène. Also include the video clip at the start of the post and images at relevant points through the analysis.
The selected t.v. drama I chose was an selected 2 minute and 45 second clip of the American t.v. show Buffy the Vampire slayer. This t.v. series is registered under the comedy - drama genre. The clip I chose was based the Fool for love clip.
Clip:
To begin my analysis of this Fool for love clip, I will proceed with my initial thoughts on the clip alone. The initial thoughts of this clip was that the emotion between the two different creatures e.g. Human and vampire went against the stereotypical as they bonded. This contrasts against the tension which the clip begins with when Spike approaches the emotional Buffy with a loaded gun from the bushes. By creating the clip to play with these scenes, creates the audiences emotions to change suddenly as their view and opinions constantly change.
In this clip, my focus is based upon the Class and Status of the two characters, but also the Relationship between the two characters. This will be studied and shown through the explanation of the four sections this reveals it in.
First Scene:
To begin the first scene, an Establishing shot of the house was used to show where the action would take place at. This shot stayed for a few seconds until it turned into a Master shot when the female Character Buffy leaves and sits upon the steps. While she approaches the step, the track movement was used to move parallel to the character shown. As she sits upon the step, she shows a lower status even though she comes from a middle class. The close up shot was then used to show the audience her emotion as this would create questions and thoughts between the audience. This would then be followed by a zoom out movement of the camera as it shows a medium close up shot. This gave the chance to use the a handheld camera movement to give the audience a sense of reality as they feel her emotion. To create more focus on the female character shown, the shallow depth focus was used to blur the background out of view.
The sound played during this first clip is the chime playing music. This sound was known to be a Non-diegetic sound due to the fact that it cannot be heard by the actor and is used only for the audience. By using non-diegetic sound the chimes will keep the depressive emotion going against the audience as they start to truly feel what the female character feels as she cries. Later during the first scene the last sound really heard was the faint crying. This sound was an diegetic synchronous sound as it was both heard on scene but also it related to the story as she shown an upset emotion.
The mise-en-scène of this scene shows that the female character is from the middle class status as she wears the basic fashion of clothing in that era but also due to the fact that she lives in a basic fashioned house from the interpretation of just the look of the front of the house itself. By using dark lighting effects on this scene and only keeping certian lights of the house inside turned on, the scene finally shows a night time scenery inwhich keeps the audience questioning on why the female character would dare enter the darkness.
Scene 2:
The selected t.v. drama I chose was an selected 2 minute and 45 second clip of the American t.v. show Buffy the Vampire slayer. This t.v. series is registered under the comedy - drama genre. The clip I chose was based the Fool for love clip.
Clip:
To begin my analysis of this Fool for love clip, I will proceed with my initial thoughts on the clip alone. The initial thoughts of this clip was that the emotion between the two different creatures e.g. Human and vampire went against the stereotypical as they bonded. This contrasts against the tension which the clip begins with when Spike approaches the emotional Buffy with a loaded gun from the bushes. By creating the clip to play with these scenes, creates the audiences emotions to change suddenly as their view and opinions constantly change.
In this clip, my focus is based upon the Class and Status of the two characters, but also the Relationship between the two characters. This will be studied and shown through the explanation of the four sections this reveals it in.
First Scene:
To begin the first scene, an Establishing shot of the house was used to show where the action would take place at. This shot stayed for a few seconds until it turned into a Master shot when the female Character Buffy leaves and sits upon the steps. While she approaches the step, the track movement was used to move parallel to the character shown. As she sits upon the step, she shows a lower status even though she comes from a middle class. The close up shot was then used to show the audience her emotion as this would create questions and thoughts between the audience. This would then be followed by a zoom out movement of the camera as it shows a medium close up shot. This gave the chance to use the a handheld camera movement to give the audience a sense of reality as they feel her emotion. To create more focus on the female character shown, the shallow depth focus was used to blur the background out of view.
The sound played during this first clip is the chime playing music. This sound was known to be a Non-diegetic sound due to the fact that it cannot be heard by the actor and is used only for the audience. By using non-diegetic sound the chimes will keep the depressive emotion going against the audience as they start to truly feel what the female character feels as she cries. Later during the first scene the last sound really heard was the faint crying. This sound was an diegetic synchronous sound as it was both heard on scene but also it related to the story as she shown an upset emotion.
The mise-en-scène of this scene shows that the female character is from the middle class status as she wears the basic fashion of clothing in that era but also due to the fact that she lives in a basic fashioned house from the interpretation of just the look of the front of the house itself. By using dark lighting effects on this scene and only keeping certian lights of the house inside turned on, the scene finally shows a night time scenery inwhich keeps the audience questioning on why the female character would dare enter the darkness.
Scene 2:
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