Friday 7 January 2011

Revision 4: Disability

This is a tricky one to find clips for because of course people with disabilities are under-represented in the media. The links below will bring you to two examples.

Q. How is the representation of disability constructed in the extract?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auSAGvpM7W8

Revision 5: Cranford: How is the representation of class constructed in this extract?

Watch the video 4 times following theses instructions:
1st Viewing: DO NOT TAKE NOTES. Think about what is being communicated to you: Who, Why, What, Where & When
When the clip finishes, write down what you have 'decoded' (understood) from the extract - this will form your introduction
Now divide your page into 4 sections: Camera, Mise-en-Scene, Sound, Editing
2nd Viewing: TAKE NOTES on how the mise-en-scene AND the camera are working to represent CLASS - you have time between clips to tidy up/add to these notes to prepare your answer
3rd Viewing: TAKE NOTES on how the SOUND is working to represent CLASS
4th Viewing: TAKE NOTES on how the EDITING is working to represent CLASS

You will now have 45 minutes to answer the question.
Write a VERY BRIEF introduction stating how class is represented in the extract
Then write about how the mise-en-scene choices have encoded these messages
How the choices in camera shots, movement and positions have encoded these messages
How the editing has encoded these messages
Conclude with a summary on how the technical codes have communicated messages about class to the audience.

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