Establishing shot is a tracking drone shot.
Low angle close up on a black officer- ethnicity is now respected and shows equal rights.
Low angle steadicam tracking shows rough life.
Over the shoulder shot to show POV of the policeman looking at the sign for a naturist each. Shows liberal timex
Panning medium close ups of a variety of cultures and ethnicities.
High angle shot of a 'lad' group portraying the rest of Britain.
Medium shot showing the modern Britain, cannot do anything without it being shown online.
Violence problems, low angle close up of policeman.
As it is set in Brighton this show the wide sexualitys as it is the gay capital of the UK.
Sound:
First sounds are the diegetic ambient sound of seagulls- Britain is a leisure society.
Non diegetic music- tense music is made to create tension.
Diegetic radio police chatter- Britain has a problem with crime.
Alpha male and the hero due to a serious and low tone off his voice and how he uses deep male language.
Diegetic dialogue chief of police "having positive interaction s with the public" the imagery here is followed with juxtaposition as the policeman is knocked to the floor.
"seriously what is the point" aimed at an officer is showing that the modern police are overstretched so they cannot control everything that is going on.
Editing:
Continuity as we are seeing the same scene but from lots of different angles.
Sound bridge making the scene flow.
Voice over being used as a sound bridge.
Parallel editing to show that what being a policeman is like is not compared to the reality of being an officer.
Essay:
Cuffs was a crime drama written in 2015 and reflects the social, political and cultural climate of the time, showing the vast changes in some of these issues and how far the UK has come in terms of morality and acceptance. In terms of ethnicity, there is a positive representation because back in the 20th century, black people would be degraded by being presented as the criminals of the show and white people empowered by representing the governmental power, raising hate crime against blacks as it showed a hierarchy in race. However in Cuffs this habit is broken through the main character PC Ryan Draper, who is a black alpha male who is a good and diligent worker in the police force and represents how far the UK has come in terms of racial acceptance.
In the Avengers, Mise-en-scene in the town of no return was used to represent societal values and Attitudes of the sixties through the use of costume/clothing, make up and hair style. Emma Peel, the female protagonist, wears tight fitting clothes which are partially leather; her hair is pushed back and short with simple sixties make-up.This connotes the movement of femininity in the sixties, empowering women through wearing what they want to but also representing sexuality and how the sixties was a ‘decade of free love’ ,due to the scientific discovery of the contraceptive pill, so women didn’t have to be as careful and ashamed when it comes to representing what they feel like. The partially leather suit implies to dominating and sexual acts. It starts with a close up of a door bell, Steed presses the door bell with his cane. This connotes to Steed being the higher class man so he is not needing to respect the building by pressing the doorbell with his finger. This could also connote to Steed ringing Mrs Peel's bell. Followed by a giant eye that is used as a peephole for the door. The eye is covered in makeup, this emphasises the women becoming empowered during the 1960's. The man however, wears more ‘respectable’ clothing, a suit with a bowler hat and an umbrella, the conservative suit he’s wearing is directly contradictory to that of Emma Peel’s clothing, perhaps conforming to societal conventions of men and deeming them more respectable and superior to women by staying in their comfort zone. The men are in suitable and formal clothing, this may indicate that they are superior and deemed more presentable compared to women.
In the beginning of the extract, one of the first sounds introduced is a non-diegetic flutter of excitement sound, highlighting the relationship between the man-Emma Peel’s boss, and herself. This connotes that the relationship between the two is more than friendly, playful and most importantly mutual. It isn’t just the man advancing towards her, once again representing the growth in free love of the sixties and the uprising of women stepping out of their boundaries against men.This connotes that the relationship between the two is more than friendly, playful and most importantly mutual. It isn’t just the man advancing towards her, once again representing the growth in free love of the sixties and the uprising of women stepping out of their boundaries against men. The next sound is a diegetic doorbell sound from when the doorbell is rung, followed shortly by a non-diegetic crescendo when the eye opens, signifying that there’s chemistry building up between the two characters and confirming that it’s a mutual feeling between them.
The avengers practice questions: 29/11/19
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How is britishness represented in this scene in terms of mise-en-scene?
This shot is taken on a steam train which was very common in the UK. This connotes to the British countryside. The pair have brought a tea set with cups, which is a typical stereotype of British people. Most males in the UK would wear a bowler hat and a smart suit.
How is war paranoia/racism represented in this scene through mise-en-scene?
The candle being blown out connotes to the war blackouts, in these blackouts the light were turned out every night so the German bombers could not see the cities when they flew overhead. Also this could be referencing the blackouts so that the Russian spy planes could not see them as the cold war was in play at the time between the West and Russia.
How was mrs peel represented in episode 1?
Mrs Peel was represented as a very strong independent person. She was presented as a strong minded person who would have shown the opposites to most stereotypes. Her actions show that she has a passion or a way.
How was steed represented in episode 1?
Steed was represented as a very formal and work driven man. His clothing is very formal which shows his formality. Anytime that steed was shown he was mostly seen working or using work to portray something different.
The characters in cuffs are :
PC Ryan Draper - A devoted single dad to his two children, Ryan has equally high standards at home but his controlling and over-bearing nature threatens to drive away those he loves most.
PC Jake Vickers - Self-assured, if a little naïve, Jake is determined to earn his place on the team but fails to realise that a romance with provocative defence solicitor Simon, could undo all of his hard work.
DS Jo Moffat - Whilst initially Jo was happy with the no-strings-attached arrangement, she’s now realising she’s constantly at the raw end of the deal.
PC Donna Prager - She loves her job and working with her best mate Lino - but her overbearing nature is starting to put a strain on their partnership. To top it all, Donna’s tendency to prioritise work over home is also causing issues in her personal life.
PC Lino Moretti - He's on the lookout for love, he loves working with his best mate Donna. They make a great team, but his love of doughnuts and failing fitness levels is beginning to threaten their partnership.
PC Misha Baig - Misha is in her first year as a Neighbourhood PC. A British Muslim, Misha’s faith is important to her and informs everything she does – including being a police officer.
Researching the 2010's in terms of social, cultural and political climate of the decade; research TV usage in 2015:
A Cenotaph war memorial and statue of Winston Churchill are vandalised, and a car transporting The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall is attacked.
-Conservative party won majority election
- ISIS attacked Paris killing a total of 130
-Refugee crisis hit Europe
-Ireland legalised same sex marriage
-Social media grew massive
-Knife and gun crime grew
-Campaigns like blacklivesmatter
-Conservative party was in charge, David Cameron
-Large wars; Afghanistan, Iraqi civil war, Boko Haram insurgency and Syrian civil war
-Protests in UK, against Syria airstrikes
Police Drama:
In 2015 the gender representation are a lot different then in 1965, in 1965 there would be no women on the police force because they were thought to be weak and not capable, however in 2015 there are women in the police force as women now have a lot more rights and are thought to be equal to men.
General election on the 6 may.
Gordon Brown was the prime minister. He was the leader of the Labour party. David Cameron was the prime minister in 2015. He was there leader of The conservative party.
To explore the history of ownership in two key channels.
Todorov's Narrative theory:
Equilibrium: Starts with Mrs Peele is having a normal morning exercising and sword fighting.
Disruption: Mr Steed arrives and tells Mrs Peele that they are going to investigate in a town where agents are going missing.
They are locked in the pubs so they cannot carry on investigating.
A man dies in the school.
Mrs Peele get tied up in the blacksmiths.
Resolution: Peele finds the photo finding they are imposters. Steve rescues Peele, they figure out the mystery and that they are hiding in the bunkers. They go into the bunkers and fight the bad people.
New equilibrium: Driving away from the town on a scooter whilst flirting.
Mrs Peele:
Female
Unofficial undercover operative
Aged 28-30.
Dresses in latex.
Mr Steed:
Male
Unofficial undercover operative
Aged 37-45.
Dresses in a suit and tie.
Links to social cultural context:
Gender: Uses gender stereotypes to interest men by sexualising the woman. But it break gender stereotypes because she has a job and has fights.
Sexuality
War paranoid: The whole narrative is that the town is being taken over by Germans/Russian.
Britishness
Nationality
Television:
Industries and Audiences
L/O: To research the history, companies and regulators in the television industry.
Publicly owned TV channel:
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.
Commercial TV channel:
Commercial broadcasting is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media.
Convergence:
Media convergence is the blending of multiple mediaforms into one platform.
Watershed:
The watershed means the time when TV programmes which might be unsuitable for children can be broadcast.
Segmented market:
The fact that different media is used to reach different audience.
Mainstream:
Mainstream media is a term and abbreviation used to refer collectively to the various large mass news media that influence many people.
Self-Regulating:
Able to broadcast anything without the use of third party bodies or industries.
Franchise:
License from company if a product to use ideas.
Channel-surfing:
Switching to different channels frequently .
PSB:
Public Service Broadcasting: regulators demand channels fulfil certain requirements as part of their license to broadcast.
TV licence:
A payment required to watch TV.
Scheduling:
Organising the broadcast of TV programmes on a channel.
Conglomerate:
A company that owns several smaller businesses whose products are very similar.
TV was introduced into the UK in 1955.
In 1965 there were 2 channels; BBC1 and ITV.
ITV started in 1955 it was showing the news.
The channels that have to follow the PSB are:
BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC Parliament, BBC HD Services, ITV, STV and BBC Alba in Scotland, UTV in Northern Ireland, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C in Wales.
Ofcom now regulates TV.
ITA and BBC regulated channels in the 1960's.
In the 1960's the TV's had only two channels and nowadays they have thousands of channels.
The Avengers: The town of no return:
To explore the narrative, characters and context of series 4, episode 1.
Notes:
- Stereotypical seaside, fisherman, lobster trap.
- Filmed on location due to an increased budget for equipment.
- Her apartment shows the more modern side of the sixties due to her outfit, represents the far more modern side. Her apartment is filled with much more modern art, fashion and design, This upholds the upcoming affects in fashion and art.
- Steed represents a stereotypical male in a patriarchal as a part of the older generation. He is also being apart of the quintessentially British male.
- She is represented as clever and very capable as she was writing a article for science weekly.
- Touching backside shows gender equality and male control.
- They are represented as partners but Mr Steed is taking control.
- Train scene shows a quintessential Britishness with tea and biscuits and the typical British pub is shown shortly after .
- Representation of a typical British pub. Darts, beer, small village as locals not very welcoming to visitors.
- New music [jazz] compared to traditional music.
- The camera angle throughout portrays the way the 60's see genre, Steed is aways towering over the camera but when Mrs Peele is in the camera the camera is over her.
- Lots of references to British pride many references to the military.
- Outfit and being tied up relates to bondage which was apart of the wider views on relationships.
Age: The age difference doesn't matter as the younger people are more forgiving and open to new ideas. But the older generation is more traditional and is less inviting.
Class:The class system is shown in the town of no return as Mrs peel and Mr steed are both
Cuffs Series 1: Episode 1:
To analyse the narratives and characters constructed in an opening episode.
The characters in cuffs are :
PC Ryan Draper - A devoted single dad to his two children, Ryan has equally high standards at home but his controlling and over-bearing nature threatens to drive away those he loves most.
PC Jake Vickers - Self-assured, if a little naïve, Jake is determined to earn his place on the team but fails to realise that a romance with provocative defence solicitor Simon, could undo all of his hard work.
DS Jo Moffat - Whilst initially Jo was happy with the no-strings-attached arrangement, she’s now realising she’s constantly at the raw end of the deal.
PC Donna Prager - She loves her job and working with her best mate Lino - but her overbearing nature is starting to put a strain on their partnership. To top it all, Donna’s tendency to prioritise work over home is also causing issues in her personal life.
PC Lino Moretti - He's on the lookout for love, he loves working with his best mate Donna. They make a great team, but his love of doughnuts and failing fitness levels is beginning to threaten their partnership.
PC Misha Baig - Misha is in her first year as a Neighbourhood PC. A British Muslim, Misha’s faith is important to her and informs everything she does – including being a police officer.
Notes:
- Variation of race and ethnicity
- Start of Brexit
- Radio chatter non diegetic
- Cross cutting between different scenes
- Shows lack of respect from the public.
- 1 main narrative in Avengers. Cuffs has multiple.
- Camerawork has developed
- Peoples views have become more accepting.
- Issues with drugs and mental health.
- Change in music to sinister to show danger and tension.
- Females in positions of authority.Men and women in equal positions.
- Not enough police officers.
- Racial tension.
- Lawyers lack a conscience
- Rebellious representation of teenagers.
- Accusations of police brutality.
Television Industries: 2010's 31/0120
To explore the TV industry in 2010's and the effect on TV shows audiences.
We must consider how the modern era has changed Television nowadays.
- Shifting audience - backchannel loyalty and identity
- Loss of large mass audience except for 'event tv'
- Loss of national audience - niche channels and programming on interest.
- Need for content
- need for stars
- mining of back catalogue
- Remakes of old shows.
- Move to TV shows as programme brands for marketing.
- Striving to produce on trend products.
- Use of trailers and cross channeling programmes.
- Use of pre-title hooks to entice and keep enticing
- Serials rather than series.
- Evolution of series toward narrative arcs ofserials.
- Catch-up TV
- Streaming TV
- Box sets via streaming.
- External sourcing of product content.
- Search for 'big thing' - the next breaking bad or game of thrones.
Cuffs:
The producers have used non diegetic rock music to increase the intensity of the trailer as lots of people are interested in high action series'. The tense music is also accompanied by high action clips of the series that include 3 police cars driving down a dirt road, bottles being thrown at a wall.
Police life has been portrayed as difficult and full of action also challenging.
Personal dramas have been shown in Cuffs as each character is going to involved in their own individual story that is also embedded into the main story line.
It uses fast paced editing with montage cutting which causes an increase in pace and intensity this appeals to the audience as they may be looking for an action series and thats what Cuffs is. It also uses non-diegetic sound e.g. the rock music in the background, this is used to fade out the in episode sounds and partially distort the reader, making the show seem that it is full of action.
A passive audience will take things as they are given. They will just observe events but will not actively respond to it. This was more common in the 60's they either watchd it or they didn't.
A active audience will not just receive information passively but are actively involved, often unconsciously, in making sense of the message within their personal and social contexts.
The Avengers had a passive audience as in the 60's they could either watch it or turn it off. Cuffs has a active audience as they are actively reviewing and would express their views whilst watching or after watching.
Comedy elements- Younger adults and teens as they have a more relaxed sense of humour.
A range of multicultural characters- this widens the range and variety in the film so it allows for all those in ethical and cultural minorities.
Authentic location- Makes the episode more relatable and more realistic.
Exciting police procedural scenes- This is included to intrigue a wider audience and entice them into watching the rest of the series.
Cuffs and Social values:
L/O: to explore todays values and analyse how these are represented in Cuffs.
The BBC is a public service broadcaster, It is created for the benefit of the public, not for the use commercially. It is funded through the license fee, this make them have to follow a set of guidelines to justify where our money goes. Commercial companies are funded through product placement, paid partnerships and ads.
The pre watershed scheduling of 8pm effected the representation of gender, ethnicity and sexuality. The representation of these factors was significant as the pre water-shed timing restricted the directors in how dark and detailed the representation had to be, as Cuffs had to match the darkness of other police crime dramas but they had to nullify the content and sensitivity. In Britain nowadays it would be out of order to have a only white male cast but in Cuffs they use a mixed gender cast with multiple different ethnicities.
Trope- a common or overused theme or device; a cliche.
Ryan is brutally honest.
Jake is trying to prove himself as better than just the bosses son.
PSB Remit
L/O: to evaluate how effectively the BBC meets its PSB remit.
Broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to purely earn money. Communications regulator OFCOM requires that certain television and radio broadcasters fulfil certain requirements as part of their license to broadcast.
These are all the purposes of a PSB station.
Cuffs meets the BBC's PSB remit due to the representations of the UK's cultural identity and how it represents alternative viewpoints and cultural diversity in the UK. It does this by using a wide use of cultures in the cast of Cuffs, it uses multiple different cultures like Dona Prager and Misha who is a muslim officer. This broadens the diversity of the cast in just one city alone, this presents the rest of the Uk as highly diverse. This informs the public of the ethnic diversity in the UK as it has one main character who is black,and is highly considered in the force, and one main character who is white. it informs the public of the hardship and challenges of being in the police force, it shows that the life is not easy and that many problems can occur at the same time. It shows that the police are not aways going to be the ones winning as people are only human and the police have a lot to deal with. For example the single police officer, Ryan, who is trying to separate the stag party.
MEANING- What is the message the show trying to put across.
Notes on camerawork and editing:
In the building the camera is handheld making the footage slightly shake as it shows how Jake ill be perceiving it.
The camera is held on the face of Jake in a close up taking things in when they first enter the building to show confusion and jakes panicking
As they enter the pace of the clip slows down to a slow motion, and it shows how jake is taking things in. Slow zooming not Jakes face.
Blurry haze inside the party to show how much is going on.
Focus pull to jake and ryan in the car to show jakes nerves and worries.
Notes:
The term "public service broadcasting" refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests.
Great notes Max! Detailed and thorough.
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