Doc Martin - Regional Identity

Doc Martin - Regional Identity

Regional identity is constructed in the extract to reinforce the stereotypical binary opposite between those who live in the city (selfish, impatient and stressed) and those who live in the countryside (caring, unhurried and clam) positioning the audience to find humour, rather than challenge traditional representations, in the differences between Doc Martin and the locals.

Camerawork

In this clip, we see a variety of camerawork which is being used. At the start of the clip, Doc Martin and two other people are in a room with a low, medium camera shot towards the two men but Doc Martin is seen as the one with more authority over the other two because of the camera angle making him look more powerful. High camera angled shots are used when the dog is about to be taken to the police station. This suggests that the dog has a low amount of  respect and doesn't have a choice in shat he wants to do, he has to do what ever the person wants to do. For example, in this clip, the dog is pulled to the police station and is kept there until we believe, the owner will turn up. Another camerawork technique is the crab. The crab technique is used when Doc Martin is walking towards the police station to hand in the dog. The crab technique is when the camera moves side to side following the character in the scene. There is also wide camera shots in the clip to get the views that are where the TV series is set. During the clip, there is a two shot where Doc Martin and the women are talking but the women looks up to Doc Martin because he stereotypically has more authority due to his background.

Editing

The editing in the clip is fast paced at times. Towards the start of the clip, Doc Martin and the two men who help him with the sink are just having a conversation to which everything suddenly goes wrong causing Doc Martin to become stressed and angry that no one is helping him with the sink. The editing in this scene is fast paced with a short duration to create suspense during this scene. Then This part of the editing is fast paced which cases tension for the audience. The editing then becomes slow paced with long duration as these scenes don't involve any suspense or dramatic scenes. 

Class and Status

Class and Status

In the series, Downton Abbey, we can see from the establishing shot from the start of the clip is upper class due to the very large building, the way the people inside the building dress and the amount of land which surrounds the building in the background.However, the contrast between the boy on the bicycle and the people inside the building suggests that the boy on the bicycle os from a lower class compared to the upper class people in the building due to the way he dresses and the fact that he possibly is having to do job to earn money for himself instead of his parents helping him with money. Also, the bag that he is having to use to carry the newspapers perceives to be old and run down which could suggest that that's all he can afford to use to carry his newspapers in.

Further on in the clip, we see how the more lower classed people have much of respect to the upper class people. We see this through the lower class women rushing around, stressing to complete their job for the upper classed people such as making them breakfast on time and cleaning the house. Whereas the upper classed people are relaxing, enjoying themselves waiting for their breakfast patiently. The way the lower classed servants treat the upper classed people is through words which shows their power such as "Lady Mary" compared to the lower classed servants who are known as "Mrs" or "Mr". The editing then swiftly changes to fast paced editing which could possibly suggest how the servants are having to rush around to complete their jobs.

Towards the end of the clip, the oncoming scene changes with a sudden difference in sound where violins and pianos are majestically playing in the background which could suggest how relaxed the upper class people are with them not having to stress or worry about any jobs being completed in time because they can rely on their servants completing it all for them. The lord is introduced and therefore the music is also playing to show his importance in the house. With the Lord being on a higher floor compared to the servants, this suggests that he is the highest on the hierarchy and therefore is the highest in the building being separated from anyone else within the house.

In the last scene of the clip, we are introduced to the ladyships room where she is doing nothing at all besides relaxing in bed with breakfast brought to her. With her not having to move out of her bed, she is able to not help at all around the house because the servants do it all for her at a minimum wage which allows her to do what she wants when she wants to. The ladyship is seen as the highest of them all on the hierarchy scale throughout the whole clip due to her importance in the house. Because she is so importance she is looked at with respect and honour with her name as the "ladyship".

Common Stereotypes - Luther

Common Stereotypes - Luther

The TV drama, Luther, on BBC is example of a common stereotype of gender with the male in a higher hierarchy position with the camera shots being lower just sowing the power he has compared to the women who had lower camera shots which suggests that she has less power and is in a lower position on the hierarchy. 

Binary opposition is when 2 things relate which are the opposite for example, in Luther, the binary opposition would be that the 2 genders relate to each other but are opposite and the male is seen as more powerful giving them more authority with lower camera shots which suggests that they have more dominance. 

This is an example of a low camera shot giving the male more power which is stereotypical because men shouldn't have more power over women, it should be equal. occasionally, the women has more power and dominance as the male is frightened of her but the camera shots are lower on the male making him look more dominant which would be expected but isn't the case.

The Mise en scene for this TV drama is outside in the busy town but then goes to what we think is the women's apartment. The women is wearing red lip stick which could suggest love because the colour red symbolises love and affection. During the clip that we watched, the women questions the male about his marriage which could suggest that the women is interested in him with the

Camerawork

In this series, the two main characters are a a male and a female. There are many common stereotypes on the characters which are represented either through the camera work, miss en scene, editing or sound. The camerawork has stereotypes on the 2 characters as the camera angle on the men suggests that they have more authority due to the positioning of the camera compared to the women which is a higher camera angle suggesting that they have less power. Low angled shots on the men in continuously used throughout the clip. Although the common stereotype is that men have more power and authority than women, the establishing shot in this clip could suggest that the women haas more power than we believe she has and has more to offer than they think.

Mise en scene

The mise en scene in this clip on the women could possibly be her red lipstick and how the colour red suggests love or danger. his could mean that the women is trying to impress the male but could also suggest that she is a dangerous women in some way. The female also dresses well which could also hint to the audience that she is trying to impress the male. when the two characters go to the apartment, the women flirts with the male asking him for sex and other personal questions to know whether she has a chance with him. Later on in the series the two characters may fall in love with each other.
When the two characters visit the women's apartment, the apartment is kept tidy and clean which suggests that she takes care of her place but has many items in her apartment which are odd for a women and are not stereotypical of a middle aged women such as telescopes and computers which you wouldn't expect to see in her apartment.

Sound track

During the clip, there is a sound track throughout the whole clip which slowly increases the tension between the two characters. We expect an argument to occur soon due to the woman and the man having a clash in personality. The occurrence of a sound track in TV series are common and progressively builds up to be a dramatic scene in the series but in this case, we believe it will be an argument.

Ethnicity textual analysis: Hotel Babylon

Ethnicity textual analysis: Hotel Babylon

During the TV series, there are many examples of ethnicity and stereotypes towards the workers at the hotel. One prime example of stereotype would be that the all of the workers in the kitchen and cleaners around the hotel are mostly immigrants which suggests that the hotel pays these workers less than they should be paid and gets them to work for them for less. During the start of the episode, the women behind the computer appears to be an intelligent Asian woman as she has the power behind the desk but the stereotypical powerful person would be a British white women compared to the women who is currently working behind the desk. In the TV series, Hotel Babylon, the man is helping the women who is diabetic and needs sugars because she collapsed. The man is stereotypically a violent man who is only seen to be able to be a cleaner because he is an immigrant. What they didn't know about him is that he is intelligent and knew a lot about medicine which could suggest that he had a job which involved a lot of skill and intelligence. This man is a counter stereotype because he is not what would be expected of an immigrant who has had a cleaning job in the hotel for what we expect, a long time because immigrants find it harder to get work because they shouldn't be where they are.

The camerawork in this TV series vary. Low angled shots are focused on the police man to show their authority compared to everyone else in the hotel. This could possibly be because of the stereotypical white men have significantly more authority and are higher on the hierarchy than other groups of people. Black people have a negative stereotype of being criminals and being violent causing trouble but the clip where the women who is diabetic collapses and the immigrant saves her life by giving her the sugars that she needs to save her. In this clip, the black immigrant is a hero which is a counter stereotype to the stereotype which they are given. Over camera shots which occur during this clip are over the shoulder shots to make you feels as if you are involved in the conversation or action which occurs during the scene.

The mise en scene in this episode varies but when all of the immigrants are working in the kitchen, it shows that they are working in a cramped environment which would be hard to work in. On the other hand, all of the white, British women on the upper floors work in an environment which is a more spacious area. With the immigrants on the lower floor and the white, British women on the upper floor, this could suggest that the level of floors which the members of staff work on, it could represent the hierarchy

The sound track that it is a dramatic scene due to the music being quite cynical and tense. Also, the sound track could suggest that something bad may happen to one of the immigrants which we know as the immigrant which is cleaning doesn’t receive the message that the migrant officers were coming to inspect the hotel. Whilst Jackie rounds up all of the immigrants in to the staff only room to keep them safe, the sound track speeds up creating tension because the immigrants are under stress due to the migrant officers coming which could mean that the an immigrant is taken away.

The editing in this episode is slow paced editing towards the start but gradually increases in speed to create fast paced editing to create tension throughout the episode. This was done to show the difference between the two different ethnic backgrounds. For example, the white British workers on the upper floors are more relaxed, serving customers in a polite manor compared to the immigrant workers working on the lower floors are more stressed, rushing around trying to get as much completed as quickly as they can as they are racing around for their own safety to make sure that they survive and aren’t taken by the migrant officers. They also create scenes where they use over the shoulder camera shots to create tension as if you are one of the characters overlooking the conversation which is occurring.

43 Questions about Star Wars: The Force Awakens

48 Questions on Star Wars - The Force Awakens

1. Who owns LucasFilm? Walt Disney
2. Who formed LucasFilm? George Lucas
3. What year was LucasFilm formed? 1971
4. Who is the president of LucasFilm? Kathleen Kennedy
5. What other major film have they worked on? Indiana Jones, the pixar story, the land before time
6. How much was LucasFilm sold for? $4.05 billion
7. Who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
8. Who wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
9. What other major films is the director responsible for? Star trek, mission impossible, super 8
10. How many Star Wars films have been made so far? 1977 - A new hope, 1980 - The Empire strikes back, 1983 - Return of the Jedi, 1984 - Ewoks Caravan of Courage, 1985 - woks The Battle for Endor, 1999 - The Phantom Menace, 2002 - Attack of the Clones, 2005 - Revenge of the Sith, 2015 - The Force Awakens
11. How much money have they all made at the global box office? $2.066 billion 
12. When was the first Star Wars film released? December 27th 1997
13. What does ILM do? People send movies scenes to the company for CG effects 
14. Who created ILM? George Lucas
15. What does ILM stand for? Industrial Light and Magic
16. Why did they create ILM? George Lucas wanted special effects that know has ever seen in films before but the 20th century fox special effects department wasn't operating so Lucas and a small team set up ILM.
17. What do casting directors do? These organise and facilitate the casting of actors for all the roles in a film. This involves working closely with the director and producer to understand their requirements, and suggesting ideal artists for each role, as well as arranging and conducting interviews and auditions
18. Where were the first scenes Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed? Abu Dhabi
19. What format was Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot on? Film
20. What types of camera were used to film Star Wars: The Force Awakens? 
21. What studio was used to film a large portion of the film?
22. Where is the studio? Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Iceland
23. What major franchise is famously filmed at this studio? 
24. What does said franchise link to Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
25. Who was the inspiration for the character Maz Kanata? JJ Abrams
26. What technology was used to create Maz Kanata? CGI
27. Who played General Stoke? Andy Serkis
28. What is he renowned for in the movie business?
29. Where is the final scene filmed? Ahch - To, lonely island
30. Who composed the film score? John Williams was the composer for not just the force awakens but for them all
31. How many Star Wars films has he composed the music for? He has composed for all the films, which at the moment is 7 films
32. What other films has he created the music for? John Williams has also composed music for all 7 films
33. How many times did John Boyega audition for the film (according to JJ Abrams)? John Boyega auditioned for the film 9 times
34. Over what period of time did these auditions occur? The auditions process lasted 7 months long
35. How many people operated B-B8? The manual version is the main version
36. What colour suit did the B-B8 operator wear? Blue
37. Why did he have to wear such a suit? As it is like a green screen, they use this suit so yo can't see the person controlling the droid
38. What type of special effects (SFX) were employed on Star Wars: The Force Awakens? CGI was used a bit but most of it was real props or sets because JJ Abrams wanted to keep the effects like the original films.
39. How many people were behind the monitor watching the scene when Han and Chewie returned to the Millenium Falcon? 100-200 people were watching because it was such a monumental moment.
40. Why was Simon Pegg thanked in the credits for Star Wars: The Force Awakens?Simon Pegg helped the film in general by being part of the cast, helping with the screenplay and for some of the resons below: “[Pegg] was a sounding board. He would drop by the set because he wanted to, and when he could, he would help… We could talk about things, and he was a perfect combination of incredibly smart screenwriter, fan of the series, critical fan of the series, and friend of mine – but not just blindly supportive. He was an honest, critical friend. And he wasn’t so close to it that he became immune to things. He would come in with fresh eyes and very smart ideas. He’s one of a handful of people along the way that has been really priceless.”
41. JJ Abrams shot part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in IMAX. What is IMAX? IMAX a technique of widescreen cinematography which produces an image approximately ten times larger than that from standard 35 mm film. JJ Abrams most likely used this because it is a most prestige way of filming a film and he thought star wars was the right film to do it on as star wars is so popular in western and now global culture.
42. How many IMAX screens was the film available on? 
43. What was the age rating of the film in the UK? The certificate for the film was a 12