Class and Status

Class & Status

Class: A system of ordering society whereby people are divided into sets based on perceived social or economic status.

Status: 

Relative social or professional position; standing.

Upper Class: the social group that has the highest status in society, especially the aristocracy.

Middle Class: the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families.

Working Class: the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work.

Lower Class: the social group that has the lowest status; the working class.

Doctor Who Assessment:

Doctor Who Assessment:

In this essay, I will be talking about camera, editing, sound, mise-en-scene and how gender is presented.

Throughout the filming you see the camera movement changes during the clip. When she first walks into the room, I see that the camera is placed over Masters Shoulder, and you see Martha walking into the room. The next shot that is shown is a pan, which goes from left to right (high angle), which signifies that she is scared and not knowing what is going to happen. When Martha and the Master are talking, I see that the camera does a 180 rule which displays that they are showing the audience both sides of what is happening. Also, by using a high angle it gives the scene some tension as it shows that the Master is in charge, this shows that the gender has been presented in a way as if the Master is in charge and everything has to be done his way and Martha is shown to be less powerful compared to the Master. When Martha is explaining the story, the camera changes direction from her face to getting the view of the countdown, to show that she hasn’t got much time to tell her story before something happens and gives the scene tension. Furthermore, when analysing the scene I see that we get a close up of the Master when he tries to get the sonic screw driver, when it falls onto the floor you get an extreme close up of it and it displays who is going to get it first.

In this part of the scene, there has been a range of editing when they characterised by the use of cut transitions and the use of transitional flash effects to signpost past events. The pacing of the extract is important at the beginning of the sequence it is slow and orchestrated as the female character slowly marches towards the Master – this slowness in the sequence of shots signifies her attention, to what is happening around her. Martha Jones is represented as a strong woman who acts centrally to the function of the narrative and is a messenger. Martha is a confident woman and it is she who helps the Doctor defeat the Master. She is articulate and confident, yet calm under pressure. The Doctor’s success is due to her intelligent and calm actions and her role of delivering the message to the four corners of the earth. They have also included more editing in the more dramatic and faster paced when the prime minster is controlling the technology.

By including diegetic sound when Martha is explaining to the Master what she has done it shows that she is in control and she is in charge of what is going to happen. At the start when the Master walks in I see that there is music in the background and gives the scene more tension and shows that he is in charge. The wind is harrowing as Martha Jones walks the earth and the metallic jingle, which accompanies the Doctor’s metamorphosis signifies the magic of the transformation.

The clothes, hair and makeup is different for each style of character in the scene. By the Master wearing a suit it signifies that he is in charge and in control of everything.  Also the girl in the red dress could signify that she is evil but innocent in another way. The way that Martha is dressed is un-casual but it shows that she is innocent.  Furthermore, by having the maids in the background it shows that the Master is in control of everything. For most of the extract the Master is positioned powerfully in the frame whilst he controls the interior of the spaceship and the characters, the Doctor undergoes a transformation when the Doctor becomes a man again, he is reborn and becomes a powerful challenger to the Master’s powers, which have evaded him by the end of the extract.

When the doctor gets released there is a range of lighting round him to signify when everyone is shouting doctor the lighting changes. They have included a range of props as they use a countdown to give the scene some tension and grab audience attention towards it. At the start of the scene you get a view of where things are being taken place.

The way that gender has been presented in the scene is that at the start the Master is in control but in the end who had controlled was Martha because she ended up getting her way and it shows that women’s are more powerful.

Later on in the scene it shows to be that Martha is quite dominate. By including high angles it shows that Martha was shown to be very vulnerable and lack of confidence compared to the Master as he seemed to be more powerful.  By the end of the scene you end up seeing that Martha has more control even though he was in a suit, the women ended up having more control and was shown as the more powerful in.

How to write about editing

Editing and Representation:

Action Match:

When you are following a single character for example Billy Elliot dancing, it is just technical device, but when an action match is used for inter-cutting, it can also be heighten the parallels/ contrasts between two different situation and offers an opportunity for juxtaposition.

Above you will see a action match, when you see there is two shots of the same scene but different positions are edited to show a continuous stream throughout the scene

Eye-line Match:

An eyeline match it usually provided when your insight to a character's private thoughts.

Above you will see an eye-line match, it is when your path looking eye and is similar to shot reverse shot. it is based on the audience wanting to view what the character on the screen in viewing. The camera starts on the character looking at something the audience can not see, but then it cuts to the object or the person they are looking at.

Final Shot:

It is any scene, which a character/s are shown in the final shot of the sequence, it is often the character with which the audience is expected to identify.

Above you see a final shot of a sequence, you see in the image that the man is trying to put the ball inside the basket, and the character with which the audience is expected to identify with what is going to happen.

Inter-cutting; Juxtaposition:

It is typically a narrative device, inter-cutting which can set up juxtaposition between parallel story-lines, exaggerating the impact or meaning of each by highlighting a point of difference. For example; In Eastenders on the wedding night, the warmth, light and music of the happy pre-wedding feast is in stark contrast with the two unhappy families represented in the cold and dark whenever we cut away. This provides a more favourable representation of Asian family life over white Londoners.

Inter-cutting: Tension:

Cutting between two story-lines which creates tension and can heighten the audience identification with a particular character.

In this video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooROzkPMHfo&safe=active

You see the inter-cutting tension in this scene when the tiger come out of nowhere and where she has to fight the tiger in her digger to get him away.

Jump Cuts:

Jump cuts are rarely used in TV or films, when they are they tend to suggest either a) chaos and disorder, b) self-conscious ellipsis (drawing attention to the rapid pace of the action) or c) a director who likes to break the rules.

Above you see a jump cut, it is when the film editing in which two similar shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly.

Motivation:

A motivated edit is any transition forced on the editor by the development of the action, narrative or character. Whenever shot (a) refers to the existence of an event outside the frame, and we then cut to (b) which shows that event, that’s a motivated edit. We can sometimes judge a character’s worth or importance by the number of cuts they motivate.

Above you see that in that he is motivated to do it and it going to do anything to win.

Pace of editing:

This can imply character qualities, especially if only one or two characters are in the sequence. A fast pace might suggest energy or panic (depending on context) while infrequent cuts (long takes) might suggest calm, a casual attitude, or provide documentary-style realism. Similar effects can be achieved with speed ramping and slow-motion.

Above you see that changing the length of the shot changes the pace and this can emphasize a change in the film as well e.g. a change in mood or contrast, one part of the action with another.

Prevalence:

How much screen time does a character get? The more time we see them on screen, the more important their role. This can develop during a scene to change character’s status.

This is for who gets the most time of the screen. The more time they are on, it shows that they are more important.

Selection: To show or not to show:

As film-makers yourselves, it can sometimes be interesting to ask what information has been included or omitted in an edit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooROzkPMHfo&safe=active

Primevel; When Jenny is in trouble at the barn we don't cut away to see the rest of the team arriving which makes it seem that Jenny is more vulnerable and is very different to Cutter and Abi.

Shot/Reverse Shit and Reaction Shot:

Shot /Reverse Shot indicates the relationship between two characters: it signifies and sometimes exaggerates their closeness or their opposition (depending on the context). The amount of time given to a character’s reaction shots can convey their status in the scene. 

Synergy and technological convergence

Synergy and technological convergenc

Synergy: It's the simultaneous release

Technological Convergence:

Headmaster Michael Meets the Barrys: Waterloo Road Throwback Thursdays

Headmaster Michael Meets the Barrys: Waterloo Road Throwback Thursdays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVPxHfm8D5Y

In this scene I will be talking about how gender has been presented in the clip.

There is a range of camera angles, as there is close ups, long shots and a range of another angles being presented through the scene. Also by having mid shots it shows the audience the protagonist faces and the way they are reacting towards school. By including a range of shots it gives the scene a different affect. There is a range of movement in the camera, they have used the 180 rule which shows that they are following the rules because the camera only turns in a 180 way. When the mum was speaking it changes the camera angle, as they are showing her face and the way that they are being presented throughout the scene. They have also included a pan and a zoom which presents they have used a range of angles and shots in the scene.

The sound that has been included is sound, by being in a school is very quiet at the moment but it is because everyone is lesson and it shows that there is not a lot of sound happening in the scene, but there is a lot of dialogue as the parent is talking to the director of the school about their kids joining the school. Also there is diegetic sound in some areas of the scene which gives an affect towards it because it makes the scene intense and grabs the audience attention into wanting to discover more with what is happening in the scene.

Furthermore, they have also included a range of cutting and transitions for example when they are sat in the in the office waiting to be spoken to, it cuts from one scene to another as one minute there is a teacher leaving the room and another person editing which represents that they have used a range of cutting and effects so that it makes the scene fit together and make it look like it has all been filmed together and give the audience something to look forward to as they wouldn’t know what is going to happen next in the scene. They have included an eye-line match which goes from one character’s face to it looking at what the character is looking at in the scene. In the background when the parent and head-teacher are speaking there is a phone ringing in the background which presents that there could be other things happening throughout the scene whilst they are in lesson

The scene has included a range of props so that it makes it look like a real school and by including a range of props it makes the scene more realistic and it gives the audience the idea that they are in a school. The lighting that has been including gives the scene a different affect because when they are sat in the office it gives a different affect and it makes the parent (mum) in control with what is happening because the mum and the children have a different lighting reflecting on them, which could represent that there mum is controlling them, and that they must do what there mum says. Each character has their own appearance which makes the scene more appealing to the audience as it represents as you don’t know what will happen throughout the time they are in school because there is of appearances in the scene. There makeup, hair and costume is different for each person that goes to the school just the clothes they have to wear must be the same as they are entering a school and they should wear the school uniform to show what school they go to.

The way gender has been presented in this scene is that there is a range of ages being presented in the scene which shows that there isn’t an exact type of gender. But by having an older head teacher it presents that he has done this job before and they know that they will have more experience about this and shows that they have more control towards this, nevertheless by also using a man as a head teacher it shows that they have a lot more control as men are presented as being strong and bring in control of everything, also by having younger people it could present to the audience that they don’t have much of an understanding with what is going on but is getting better more of an experience at working at the school but by using a female it could also present they don’t have much control and power of the school and they are better at doing other stuff round the school. Furthermore by including a range of ages it makes the scene more realistic because when you are in school there is a range of ages in the school and it also gives a different affect.

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