Line Of Duty Piece

Office Scene –

Close up on face to show emotion
Zoom into computer screen to show what he’s reacting too
Track in to show tension on protagonists face
Slightly high angled shot to show lack of power

 House Scene –

Close up when he gets out of car
Close up when he gets in the house
Over powering shot over the protagonist to the woman
Zoom in on womans face to show pain/distress
Camera moves to show stressful situation
Lower angled shot to show power
High angled shot on woman to show she's powerless

Car Scene –
Cross angle shot
Close up on each others faces
Zooms in on tears


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vd137


The camera angles involve a lot of big and medium close ups, these are to show the anger/emotion on the protagonists face. The camera often follows the protagonist, this is because he is the most important figure in the extract. 

In the opening scene the camera angle is a big close up on the protagonists face sharing his emotions with the audience, and showing the tension in his face. It then pans to the screen so the audience can read why the protagonist is so tense. It zooms out to show him in a lonely, large office signifying he his a high rank in his line of work. This is a countertype as the protagonist is black, and black people are looked at as slaves rather than high ranking officers. A female collegue enters the shot and walks towards the protagonist, he instantly jumps up and goes to exit. He keeps ignoring the woman and walks straight past her, constant close ups show the shock on the womans face that he was so rude, and the stress on the protagonists face. This also shows the stereotype that white women are unimportant. 

The extract then cuts to a scene where the protagonist is getting out of his car, a quick zoom in to the protagonists face to show his stress transitions to a camera inside the house, as the woman goes to answer. The protagonist walks in and the camera zooms into his face, as he slams the door asserting dominance. This is unusual for a black character to carry so much dominance but common for a man to have alot more power over a white woman. The scene unravels and it becomes clear the two characters have had some sort of sexual affair between each other. The woman then puts her hand on the protagonists face, and the camera zooms in to show this and create emphasis on this gesture, this shows the protagonist has the power as the woman is practically pleading with him. This is a stereotype and countertype, showing the black character has power and the white woman doesn't. He then arrests her and the camera pans around to show a first person point of view on the arrest, showing the womans distress and the protagonists anger. 

The scene transitions into the next scene, where the protagonist and the female character are in a car. Both camera angles most used in this scenes are cross cutting camera angles, showing both characters and they're in either side of the car. The woman is in the back showing her lack of power and control over the situation where as the protagonist is in the front. After some dialogue the woman takes control and gains power when she says something about the protagonists children. His voice becomes higher and he sheds a tear, the camera zooms into the tear to show it's significance. This is a countertype because black people are thought to be emotionless, as that's the stereotype. 

Racial Sterotypes

Black stereotypes:
-Gangster: 
-Fun loving: Tyresse (The walking dead) 
-Materialistic: Lisa Turtle (Saved by the bell)
-Impoverished: Eve (life size)
-Involved with drugs: Carlton (The fresh prince)
-Criminal: Tony (Coronation Street) 
-Magical Negro: Green Mile protagonist
White sterotypes:

-Affluent: 
-Educated: Hershall (The walking dead) 
-Socially awkward: Walt's son (Breaking bad)
-Restrained: 
-Arrogant: 
-Racist:

East Asian: Japanese/ Chinese stereotypes:
-Intelligent: Glenn (The walking dead)
-Hard working: Glenn (The walking dead)
-Determined: Glenn (The walking dead) 
-Sinister: 
-Martial arts orientated: Jacky Chan
-Obsessed with electronics:
-Quirky:
-Physically weak:
-Ruthless
South Asian stereotypes:
-Terrorists: Kapoor Family (Ramsay street) 
-Glamorous: The ladies in Dubai (Sex and the city)
-Educated: Gyrao (Sex and the city)
-Oppressed females: Mr. Khan's daughter (Citizen Khan)
-Religious fanatics: Mr. Khan (Citizen Khan)
-Sophisticated and cultured: Mrs Khan (Citizen Khan)
-Serious: Internal Affairs - Protagonist
-Cruel/ brutal:The Man from nowhere - Protagonist

-Business entrepreneurs: Dev Allahan (Coronation street)

Dominant notions of disability: the individual model

The societal view of disability generally conforms to the individual or overcoming or medical model of disability. This holds that disability is inherent in the individual, whose responsibility it is to ‘overcome’ her or his ‘tragic’ disability.

Often this ‘overcoming’ is achieved through medical intervention, such as attempts at ‘cures’. For example, top wheelchair athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced as a child to wear heavy leg callipers which gave her blisters, rather than being offered the simple and practical option of using a wheelchair.

This approach to disability aims for the normalisation of disabled people, often through the medicalisation of their condition.

The social model of disability:

This distinguishes between impairment (the physical or mental 'problem') and disability (the way society views it as being a negative). It holds that impairments are not inherently disabling, but that disability is caused by society which fails to provide for people with impairments, and which puts obstacles in their way.

Examples include access: the built environment often does not allow access for people with mobility problems. Discriminatory attitudes are also disabling: for example, the idea that disability is a personal tragedy for the ‘sufferer’ impinges upon disabled people in a variety of negative ways, from their social relationships to their ability to get jobs.

"Disability is produced in different forms, and in different proportions, in different cultures" (Oliver, 1996).

Difference:

It has been argued that dominant notions of ‘normality’ and beauty do not allow for the natural range of difference in human form. These notions are not only prejudicial to the acceptance of disabled people, but also increasingly impact on non-disabled people. Charlotte Cooper, for example, applies the social model to obesity, and concludes that there are some important categories through which obesity can be defined as a disability:

• A slender body is ‘normal’

• Fatness is a deviation from the norm.

• Fat and disabled people share low social status.

• Fatness is medicalised (e.g. jaw-wiring and stomach-stapling).

• Fat people are blamed for their greed and lack of control over their bodies.

Consider why it is that fat people or disabled people are rarely portrayed as sexually attractive.

The Stereo Types:

1. The disabled person as pitiable or pathetic
2. An object of curiosity or violence
3. Sinister or evil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifx0Fg_drBI
4. The super cripple
5. As atmosphere
6. Laughable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpyaEZxGEx0
7. His/her own worst enemy
8. As a burden
9. As Non-sexual
10. Being unable to participate in daily life

Mise En Scene #2 The Representation Of Gender

Question:

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of gender using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scène

Camera Shots:

The camera tends to be above looking down on the female for the majority of the extract. This makes the woman look smaller, in comparison to the male. It also gives the audience an aspect that the woman is less than the male/ the male is more powerful. The camera moves, to track the characters. It tends to be zoomed on the female’s face where as it isn’t as zoomed into the male. This makes the female seem a little more powerful. The camera focuses on the aspects of the characters, Luther is a strong male that stands tall and speaks with power, Alice also speaks powerfully, but is smaller and weaker. The camera zooms into both characters eyes to highlight the sexual gaze, then pans out to break the tension.

Editing:

The extract is edited to signify power, the female starts off lower, but as the dialog continues and she regains that power through speech, the camera angle is lowered, and the shot is in her favour. The shot seemingly zooms when the conversation turns to sex, as if to show the sexual tension, between the two as they stare into each other’s eyes. The shot is then zoomed out to break the tension, this signifies the male regaining power in the scene. The scene is edited as a battle, the camera being fixed on the male, then the female as each fire at their opponent with words.

Sound:

The sound is quiet for most of the scene, it starts with background noise from the London streets, it then turns silent as they are in the Female’s house. As their voices are the most important. Music then comes in as they discuss the black hole, a track representing Evil, a dark, mysterious noise. As they talk more about evil this intensifies and gets louder. Then dims away again, to signify the tension being broken. It then intensifies again towards the end. As Luther leaves.

Mise En Scene:

The Mise en scene is set to show the power rotation between the two. It’s lighten to bring out the colour of the females lipstick and house. She has very pale skin/makeup with really red lipstick to show her connotations. The lighting and camera shot brings the red out more than anything else. Her house is filled with abstract decoration like the telescope and globe.  

Diegetic Sound Piece

Diegetic sound. Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters. sounds made by objects in the story. music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)

Non-Digetic Sound. Sound that does not occur as part of the action, and cannot be heard by the film's characters; background

Synchronous and Asynchronous. sounds Synchronous sound: Definition: Synchronous sound is sound that is matched to certain movements occurring in the scene e.g when footsteps correspond to feet walking. Synchronous sound: Synchronous sound can be recorded on a tape or magnetic film.

Sound Effects. Effects that are imitative of sounds called for in the script of a dramatic production (as a radio show) and that enhance the production's illusion of reality.

Sound motif. A sound or combination of sounds that is requently added to accompany a character or situation in a series.

Sound bridge. A sound that goes from diegetic to nondiegetic or vice-verse. This is helpful to join scenes together.

Dialouge. It is simply spoken words in a film/TV show/play.

Voiceover. When an im age/scene is shown and a voice will talk over the top of this but not necessarily be visible.

Mode of address. The say in which the director can talk to the audience to get a point across.

When two or more sounds are combined together in order to make it sound better.

Sound perspective. How sound is heard from a  certain perspective. 

Representation of gender

Question:

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of gender using the following:

• Camera shots, angles, movement and composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mise en scène

Camera Shots:

The camera tends to be above looking down on the female for the majority of the extract. This makes the woman look smaller, in comparison to the male. It also gives the audience an aspect that the woman is less than the male/ the male is more powerful. The camera moves, to track the characters. It tends to be zoomed on the female’s face where as it isn’t as zoomed into the male. This makes the female seem a little more powerful. The camera focuses on the aspects of the characters, Luther is a strong male that stands tall and speaks with power, Alice also speaks powerfully, but is smaller and weaker. The camera zooms into both characters eyes to highlight the sexual gaze, then pans out to break the tension.

The extract is edited to signify power, the female starts off lower, but as the dialog continues and she regains that power through speech, the camera angle is lowered, and the shot is in her favour. The shot seemingly zooms when the conversation turns to sex, as if to show the sexual tension, between the two as they stare into each other’s eyes. The shot is then zoomed out to break the tension, this signifies the male regaining power in the scene. The scene is edited as a battle, the camera being fixed on the male, then the female as each fire at their opponent with words.

The sound is quiet for most of the scene, it starts with background noise from the London streets, it then turns silent as they are in the Female’s house. As their voices are the most important. Music then comes in as they discuss the black hole, a track representing Evil, a dark, mysterious noise. As they talk more about evil this intensifies and gets louder. Then dims away again, to signify the tension being broken. It then intensifies again towards the end. As Luther leaves.

The Mise en scene is set to show the power rotation between the two. It’s lighten to bring out the colour of the females lipstick and house. She has very pale skin/makeup with really red lipstick to show her connotations. The lighting and camera shot brings the red out more than anything else. Her house is filled with abstract decoration like the telescope and globe.  

This screenshot has the characters "Kylie" and "Callum" in it. It was taken right after Kylie's house was trashed, in the background you can see a painting tilted sideways and boxes on the floor. kylie has just gone to answer her phone as Callum takes it out of her hand. Kylie is wearing white, this shows her innocent and pure connotation.

Callum is wearing black which symbolizes his power, as he is in control in this situation. The lighting is very dull, this shows the family home, as does the set. It shows an innocent family home, that has been trashed, and broken. The white paint, and wallpaper shows an innocent connotation of the family home.