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.