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The presentation I did contained lot's of partially valuable information. I cover the key concepts of the production of the film, thepreproduction and assembly of "the package" and then how the film chose to be advertised, through either posters and trailers or connections to other companies. However, throughout the presentation I made the mistake of not using the phrase synergy; Something that the Lego Movie uses to an extreme.

As far as presenting goes, i speak well, although the flailing of my arms does tell me that i need to stay still.

In the clip, from hotel Babylon, the stereotype of immigrants has been challenged. The stereotype originally being that they are criminals who come over to steal work from British citizens has been challenged, as it is clear that these people are here for other, more important, reasons such as conflict. It is also clear that the immigration police are seen as cruel and un-caring.

Jamie Payne has used the camera in this clip as a way of displaying the emotion of fear on the faces of immigrants as to make them seem less like criminals and more like scared, and hard-working people. One such example was when the police in the elevator saw Ibrahim cleaning, and through a dolly zoom on his face we saw the panic hit him causing the audience to sympathize with this character further is the close up of the leading officer, who displays no compassion towards this capture.

The first time we meet the leading officer there is a dolly zoom on the front house receptionists face, showing a slight hint of fear in her expression, she still remains calm as to not cause suspicion. The leading officer however does not appear pleased once she tells one of her co-workers a message that is clearly a code, and a close up on the officer’s face shows that he understands the code and knows what is going to happen.

Whilst Jackie is attempting to round up the immigrants so that they can all hide, the use of hand held camera displays a sense of realism with the fear of the situation and the diagetic sounds occurring around them helps to place us, as the audience, into the scene so that we are truly in-touch with the fear of being caught.

However there are connotations of them being in a prison, with constant shots of keys and locks used throughout the clip.

The use of another shot in the “hiding” section of the clip shows immigrants running into their hiding room, and the shot has been taken from a vent, the idea being that these people feel like they are always being watched, and so the audience can all relate to this horrible feeling of being watched and feel compassionate for these people.

A lot of the shots used in this clip feature faced paced movements, mostly at the point where they are attempting to get immigrants to hide from the police as this creates tension, and we can relate back to the immigrants having to feel this tension and fear all the way throughout the clip, and probably most of their working lives.

The use of editing lets the audience focus on certain specific characters by lingering on them for long amounts of time. Once again, the example is of Ibrahim, who is constantly being cut back to in order for the audience to pick up on how much danger he is in, and this use of parallel editing means that we compare this danger with the reason for the other immigrants hiding.

The director has also used MCU’s in order for fear to be clear in the faces of the safe and fully aware immigrants, and let’s us as the audience relate to them and put us on the side of the immigrants.

In and effort to ensure that the storyline flows smoothly so that the audience can follow and keep track of the issues occurring in the clip, continuity editing has been used so that there is not only a smooth flow of storyline, but also the idea that cutting between the almost-cartoon-like police and the terrified immigrants means that the audience follows the concept of feeling sorry for the immigrants at all times.

The non-diagetic sound featured in the clip is quite enough so that it is barely noticeable, but at the same time it is a regular beat that appears to be speeding up. This is in order to create a suspense fuelled situation, and in order for the suspense to remain throughout the clip.

Once all the immigrants are safe inside their small room. Jackie describes how the will all be safe when one of the workers faints and causes panic. It is at this point that Jackie points out that it would be safer for her to rick her life staying inside this building rather than loosing her job.  Other diagetic sound moments such as this are subtle indications to the severity towards the situation that they are currently in.

One of the workers reveals that he was once in a medical profession and helps the woman. The line he uses= “I wasn’t always a cleaner”, backed up with the mese-en-scene of his uniform is the indication to state that he is no longer a medical professional and this is the idea that he has moved from this noble profession to a common cleaner.

After Ibrahim has been taken away by the police, Jackie pleads with the officers to let him go as “he’ll be killed” if he goes back to where he comes from, to which the officer replies “and that’s exactly what my boss will do to me if I come back with an empty van.” The clear difference in this situation is that the police chief will not actually going to be killed and the immigrants will actually be killed eventually.

Once all the trouble caused by the police has ended, a tracking shot arcing around the different tables in the canteen establishes the different ethnic groups that join together in their own communities, almost like gangs in prison, and we see finally the group that Ibrahim belonged to with one person missing.

The images that feature in Ibrahim’s locker implies that he is a caring, family man. But also they are there in order for the comparison between the rough, police officer and the “innocent” man he has arrested.

representation of Age in ER clip Oscar perillo

Representation of Age in the ER clip Oscar Perillo

 

The representation of age is generally that the older you get the more intelligent you seem, however past a certain age you become more of a nuisance rather than an intellectual and through the use of sound, mese-en-scene, editing and different camera angles this is all clear.

 

The scene opens with a female doctor and her older co-worker talking about a recent diagnosis and how well the doctor had done, asserting her higher status above him even though he is clearly older. It is clear that she is trying to seem younger as with dyed hair to erase the greys in her hair. This could be to avoid becoming too old, and no longer feel respected. The director of this episode moves the camera backwards at this point, tracking the two doctors. This gives the audience the impression of authority and the idea of control that the doctors have.

 

As the male, older doctor enters a room after being congratulated, he then confronts a younger child. The child is instantly seen as intelligent as he has a Sudoku book in his lap. And on closer inspection, the lighting reveals that he has large dark circles under his eyes, meaning that he is seriously ill. The SRS used places him as the doctors equal rather than the young child he really is. When the boy speaks he uses large words like “invariably fatal”, a clear indication to his intelligence, as these are words that would never be used by someone of his age.

 

The older doctor in the scene does however retain his status as he speaks directly to the boy and gives him a command with “you know you have to tell her” when referring to the boy’s mother. As the boy is then in shot the audience can see that he is reluctant, but willing: Similar to the idea of most children his age. The use of Technical Jargon in this scene also helps to prove the point that the boy is on an intellectual balance with the male doctor, however the male doctor still has the authority in the situation as although the boy is intelligent, he still respects the people older than him because they have more experience than him.

 

The young boy in the scene is represented as a reverse to general stereotype of younger children. The comparison between the two children occurs once a cut transition goes from the intelligent, terminally ill boy, to the slightly hurt and seemingly un-intelligent younger boy, whom nurses appear to be talking to in an almost patronising tone. This conversation between the nurse and small boy occurs with a SRS and also when viewing the nurse we see a low angle shot, and looking at the boy a high angle shot, depicting him as the clearly less intellectual of the two, whilst the previous conversation occurred at the same height for both doctor and patient, implying a balance between the two of them.

 

The Old woman featured in the scene represents the stereotype for the elderly, as she is seen to be a nuisance to the doctors in their efforts to work out who is sick and who is not. She states with confidence that she is here for the air and that the air is very good for her. The on-call doctor responds with a sarcastic “nock yourself out” as she moves on throughout the room. The diagetic background sounds of ambulances and dying people help to emphasise how inconvenient and foolish her request is.

 

Later when we see two younger doctors in a relationship communicating it is clear that what they are discussing is relatively minor in comparison to other events occurring. They are talking about going away on holiday, and how the male cannot attend, as he would burn up in the sun. This conversation has a tracking camera following it as they move onwards though the hospital, giving the audience the impression of a more gossip based conversation, rather than the more serious scenarios that are occurring throughout the hospital. There is then more conversation between the young male doctor and an older male doctor, who insensitively tells the boy that his girlfriend is part of a gypsy whore tribe. This idea that the older character does not correctly consider the emotions of the younger doctor is the stereotype of old people being, once again, seen as foolish. The older black doctor featured at the front of the shot in a MCU also uses the Jewish slang term “Tuckus” which he then cringes at. This could be because the term is also associated with age and he does not want to seem older than he is.

 

The middle-aged doctor and surgeon have a situation where the surgeon has been forced to remove a bullet from a patient for a police report. In doing this the surgeon “accidently” lost the bullet, performing a rather childish stunt in an effort to create his own justice. The close up on this doctor’s face when he says that he accidently lost the bullet makes it clear to the audience that he did not loose it accidentally. This connotes the idea that these doctors are not as adult as they seem.

 

To conclude, the representation of the young is seen as careless in most circumstances, although the stereotype is broken under finite situations.  This means that as characters seem to get older they either try to seem younger and therefore less serious, or they will age gracefully and end up as a burden upon their younger co-workers such as the researching doctor that referred to a woman’s heritage as

Doctor Who analysis. Oscar Perillo

Doctor Who analysis. Oscar Perillo

 

The doctor who clip, Men are seen as the more dominant gender, however women are capable of turning this around with the power of words, the stereotype being that women will often use words when men are using physical strengths.

 

Opening with a high angle shot over the shoulder of the Master looking down upon Martha connotes the idea that she is imprisoned by him and now beneath him. The tall security guard also helps this, as she appears much smaller in comparison.

 

As the scene starts goes on, we see Martha’s family who have been imprisoned; and the women are seen wearing maid uniforms, and the men are wearing uniforms designed for manual labour. This is the stereotype that men are good at only manual jobs and women are not.

 

The low angle shot of the master from Martha’s perspective implies that he is very powerful and above Martha and this is the idea that men are more powerful than woman and remain dominant over her because he has the power to do so.

 

He commands her to kneel, a symbol of power over someone in all known societies. This very much represents his need to be feared and have power over people; the idea that men are controlling and only consider physical aspects, such as a person kneeling.

 

The clip of rockets edited together is a visual representation of the Master’s power being used for chaotic purposes, as a male character he must be represented as powerful with something physically dangerous such as launching rockets into space to take over the universe.

 

The dark tinted image used during her flash back implies that he had been through some difficult times, the idea now being that she is now becoming more powerful than him because she has been through this difficult act. The use of jump cuts also during this flashback explores once again that she had been through difficult times.

 

The song that introduces the clip is almost Wild West fashioned. This is the idea of a duel about to occur. And the sound gradually builds up until she turns the tables upon him.

 

As Martha starts to sarcastically talk to him, implying that she doesn’t fear him, and that his power is meaningless against her. She is still seen in High angle shots because the master still has control over her but these responses from her imply that his control is only physical. The music builds up to an almost angelic song, the implication being that this is a religious copy, and that she is the saviour and point is also reinforced by his line “is that your weapon? Prayer?” The religious ideal meaning that Martha is the saviour of the human race just as Jesus was.

 

The two stereotypical characters in the scene, Captain Jack and the Master’s wife are seen chanting the doctors name in this, defying their stereotypes as the man hasn’t done something physical and the woman no longer belongs to the Master or is seen as her property. The woman chanting especially implies that she is no longer a servant to the master. She is often seen in mid-shots, meaning that we are always able to see her cleavage and view her as something rather than someone.

 

The moment when the Doctor rises above the master with a high angle shot of the master to represent this change in power combined with loud biblical type angelic singing means that we view him above all in this clip, and this is possible thanks to Martha.  His stance is like Jesus’ when he was crucified showing him off as the saviour for the human race. Another religious point occurs earlier when 

 

The use of a ticking clock is used for suspense during the clip, giving time for Martha to counter the Master’s plan. This countdown is of course a way of building suspense ready for the seen, as if a fight would occur, only we see nothing physical occur.

 

The Master’s final plea for people to obey him: “stop it, I Order you!” is the implication that he has resorted to using words as well as a final attempt and the use of editing to transform the doctor into a younger version of him means that we see the power of prayer in this situation. The scifi Jargon used is an attempt to explain what is occurring.

 

Women are seen at the beginning of the clip, we see women are not in control and silent. The males in the clip are all attempting to assert their dominance through physical movements. This later flips around once Martha starts talking and then we see the effect of her words.

 

 

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The representation of Gender in TV drama. Oscar perillo

 

In this clip from Primeval we see different cases of gender representation, with characters taking on stereotypical roles, and others countering these stereotypes.

 

Through the use of Mise-en-scene the audience is given an example of a woman who challenges the general stereotype of women in the media. The second scene from the clip opens with a shot of a digger moving into a location, and on closer inspection the audience can see that it is a female driving the vehicle. This idea breaks the stereotype that woman are week and unable to do large amounts of manual labour. This female stereotype is also questioned when she is wearing a leather jacket and has short cut blonde hair, a style that suggests boisterous and strong. This woman clearly challenges the stereotype, even talking in a more colloquial slang, compared to the other two woman featured, who both talk with a posh tone. Her actions could also be considered unusual as she takes on the role of protector as a male character is being attacked, we know this as camera angles that contain her are fast and in high angle shots, meaning that we see her as dominant and heroic; Something unusual for female characters in TV drama.

 

The male character featured in the scene seems to want to follow stereotype, but instead is left going against it. This can be seen when he is at first shown carrying sticks in a large bundle, wearing working clothes and covered in mud. However, as soon as he jumps into a hole to protect himself from a Sabre tooth tiger, we see him in a low angle shot from the perspective of the tiger, representing that his character is no longer dominant, and he is then saved by the female in the scene finally implying that his dominance is non-existent and threatened by this big-cat. After this, he then feels the need to draw attention away from the girl, and draw the beast onto himself, leading to him being chased and eventually saved again by the female. He had the intention at this point to “save the girl”, a common stereotype that is given to both males and females in all types of media. This idea of breaking stereotype is then broken again by him crawling into the hole once more to dig up a body, something that a female character would not be seen doing due to its muddy nature sound is also used in this scene, as before we actually see him digging up the body, we hear the splatter of mud. Later in the scene he is given the option to have a companion to help him out in-case the tiger returned, however he then declares that he would be fine by himself.

 

Another male seen throughout this clip is the metro-sexual man, a more modern stereotype for certain men, and features a man clearly in touch with his feminine. The audience is able to see this clearly through Mise-en-scene as he wears a pink top, with a stylish waist-cote/scarf combination. His actions also suggest feminine as he is placing a large chunk of meat onto a trap and he does this with a delicate touch, suggesting that he is not comfortable with this. 

 

In the last scene of the clip, we see a female, Ginny, and a male character known as Mr West conversing. The characters clothes give us impressions of them instantly, with Mr West wearing grubby work clothes, implying that he is the average hard working guy. And Ginny wearing a clean white coat, with a stylish black dress on underneath, implying that her work requires very little manual effort and the coat works a form of protection against the potential dangers of this location. The theory of the male gaze by Laura Mulvey, can be seen here as once we see her from the front, the curves of her cleavage can be seen in almost every shot from then onwards. Their conversation features her character attempting to manipulate him, and make him admit to something he hasn’t done. This works into the stereotype that states woman would be more likely to fight using manipulation and conversation, rather than physically, and the male alternative is then seen once Mr West turns around with a gun and threatens her. This scene works on power featured between the genders, with Ginny having control at first, but then losing all that control once Mr West resorts to violence. Before this violence is featured, a close up on her face once he has turned away reveals that she has taken pleasure from this manipulation, implying that she follows the female stereotype of “The Femme Fatale” a female who manipulates, seduces and leads men on for her own gain. After he has revealed the shotgun, he pushes her to the ground, the image of her being weak and defenceless in this shot throughout the use of non-diagetic sound building up in the background and also the use of low angle shots of her, with her coat no longer “protecting her” as it has been throughout the scene. There is a slow motion comparison between the man and his dogs as he aggressively looks down onto her, and the dogs are barking in the background, implying that he is at nature just a dog trained to be aggressive. Her character is final seen standing, and when asked if she is ok, instantly refers to her coat. This stereotype of women is stating that they care more about clothes than their own life.

 

In conclusion, gender has been represented as both extremely stereotypical, with women being seen a weak and that they care more about clothes than they’re own life, whilst men are aggressive, selfish worker types who resort to violence above everything.

 

 

 

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Representation of disabled in TV drama analysis 

 

The clip, coming down the mountain (written by Mark Haddon Author of The curious incident of the dog in the night time) features one of the key characters (Ben) having a down syndrome and this character has been stereotyped heavily.

 

The opening scene uses an aerial shot of the bedroom depicts a complete split in the way that it has been decorated for each of the two boys.  This represents the idea of conflict between the two of them, and how much David has attempted to be apart from his brother, and so the split difference between Ben’s childish posters and colours compared to David’s almost gothic room, connoting the idea of being moody and potentially aggressive.

 

The following montage depicting evolution shows that whilst evolution is the act of random alterations that eventually leads to the entire race improving with the change, down syndrome is a disorder that occurs once a baby is born with an extra chromosome. This disorder is an evolutionary mistake, and the montage sequence highlights this. Also featured in the montage is a clip of two dinosaurs fighting, and one kills the other; David views this idea of “survival of the fittest” as his justification for killing his brother.

 

The non-diagetic narration from the leading character David is used to reinforce the stereotype that all disabled people are a burden to their relatives. Since it’s non-diagetic we see this as David’s thoughts and feelings towards his brother. This overview of his opinion reveals to us his inner most thoughts revealing that he truly resents the fact that he has to look after his brother. Lines like “last summer I decided to kill my brother” and a conversation that subtly links his brother to being a pig for slaughter, indicates his hatred. The Mise-en-scene in this scene compared to this reveals that his mindset is clearly corrupted by the burden of caring for his brother, as mentioned above with the Gothic theme of his bedroom, but then again, we cannot easily relate to his situation at this point due to the innocence of Ben's side of the bedroom.

 

The idea that they need constant care and attention is viewed in a montage that starts with a view of the two boys at a bus stop with Ben playing with childish toys and doing what seems to irritate his brother. Then quickly cutting to a clip of Ben riding a bike with stabilisers and covered in padding, relating to the audience as we all know how to ride a bike and most people his age are past the point of stabilisers.  This is also from the first person perspective of David, who is also looking through a toy rifle, further encouraging the idea that he wants to kill his brother. This representation of a disabled person being a burden on their family is quite common in media as often they do appear to burden their families, not purposefully of course. 

 

A the first clip we see Ben there is a focus pull from a single piece of food on his spoon, to his face which clearly shows his disability as Down syndrome is visible through the face of the disabled person. The fact that there is a pull between a single speck of food and his face brings us to the idea that he is nothing more than a vegetable in the eyes of people like his brother, who also refers to him as a potato during the commentary. This itself is a very common insult that is often used when people refer to those with Down syndrome.

 

The classroom scene uses shot/reverse shot between the teacher and the classroom full of teenagers. This is an effort to place David in a location where he feels included, hence the idea that the shot doesn’t focus on him, rather the whole class.

 

We can see in the last scene that David and Ben are wearing similar clothes, both wearing a hooded top underneath a jacket with the colours brown and grey, however these colours are reversed on the brothers, as David wears a brown hooded top and Ben wears a grey one. Likewise the jackets are also different, and this represents the brother’s differences from each other, whilst also being linked by family, hence the same style.

The final scene depicts him as venerable with shots angled from above and close ups on him wiping sweat from his brow. It is at this point we see he is truly scared, and from quick action like shots of the people around him, with a man at the back being given a quick shot from between two fighting teenagers, his face clearly shows that this does not concern him and so when the audience sees Ben's frightened face they instantly pity his character.

 

Overall, it is clear to see that disabled people are shown to cause grief to those they burden, as when they are not with them they clearly fear the frightening world around them. This is shown through firstly showing how he can irritate his brother without intention, and then showing him in a situation we all take normally, but to him this is a true nightmare, thus securing the idea of his venerable state.