Film short - character exposition and enigma

The following short by Jonathan Entwistle is an interesting and engaging example of short film making. Characters are established very quickly and enigma set up in the opening 30 seconds. This is the kind of filmmaking you should be becoming familiar with - ready to produce your own sequence...

HUMAN BEINGS from Jonathan Entwistle on Vimeo.

June 09 - Dr Who

Class and status - Oliver Twist

Analyse this clip looking at representation of class and status.

Monarch of the Glen past exam extract

Complete full response for HW. Remember to deal with each technical area separately, discuss in relation to representation and comment at end on whether the clip reinforces / challenges stereotypes. What ideological discourse is there in the clip?



This is the January 2009 extract for the OCR G322 Media Studies exam. The question was:
How is the representation of age constructed in this extract?
discuss use of
Camera shot frame, angle, movement, position
Editing
Sound
Mise-en-scene

Soap clips

In what ways is Hollyoaks a conventional soap? How does it break with conventions?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7I6XjkfFqw&feature=showob
Watch opening 5 minutes

Mise-en-scene - lighting

An example of lighting techniques

Camera techniques

Great example of Tarantino's use of tracking in this scene to create tension, position us in the scene