Anchorage - 20/09/09

A reader could be said to be lost in a sea of possible codes. By juxtaposing certain often familiar signifiers, they act as connotations for an audience to extrapolate the intended meaning. This is how anchorage works.

Analysing skins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMbbdT7r2o

in this clip from skins they are showing the first day of college. The mise en scene is of the college slightly exaggerating youth culture, but making sure the audience can relate to this scene. One of the shots used in an over the shoulder shot, this is used to put the audience in the point of view of the person speaking, another shot which is used is a close up this is used to show the audience the characters reaction to a certain comment made. The audience of skins is generally a passive audience as the audience can constantly relate to the story and is led along with the characters throughout their journey.

This is an example of an over the shoulder shot.

C- the class in this scene is for working or middle class teenagers/students.

A- the age is between 16-21.

G- there is no specific gender for this TV drama.

E-there is no aim for to any ethnic group in this TV drama.

Differences between TV drama and cinema

The difference between Tv drama and cinema is that...

1. The film being watched in the cinema has to entertain the audience in a certain period of time.
2. TV dramas use hailing/interpolating which means drawing you in. As TV dramas normally play weekly they have to make sure that at the end of each show the audience wants to watch next weeks episode. The best way of doing this is by leaving them at a cliff hanger.
3. TV dramas let the audience bond with charachters over time so when something happens to them there is more of an impact, where as Cinemas only have a limited period of time to get the audience to relate to the characters.
4. Cinemas view all sorts of different genres of films, unlike TV dramas where they have a certain criteria to set to as they have to always make sure they are entertaining their main target audience.

To what extent does the nature of an institution affect the representation of CAGE in a given text?

To what extent does the nature of an institution affect the representation of CAGE in a given text?

CAGE stands for class,age,gender and enthnicity. The nature of different institutions affect the representation of CAGE for example for an audience for 'skins' the age is very specific as it is aiming at one target audience, although the gender and ethnicity is irrelivant in this TV drama some shows specify on one gender for example 'sex and the city' is targeted at just women.

If a piece of TV drama is aimed at a higher class audience then the language would be slightly different. The use of semiotics would also be much more frequent as the people making the programme would expect their audience to understand the hidden codes within the dialouge.

21/09/09

This image signifies female culture, the lipstick shoes and dress connotates all womans loves. The colour red also signifies love and passion for these things. They stand out on the black and white background which gives a emphasis on these being a womans priority.

The picture is very elegant which puts across that females are also of this nature.

TV drama - Waterloo road

Below i have posted a video of a piece of dramatic TV drama. It shows how a significant character in the series is killed off. In the first of the clips shown, a large amount of close ups are used to show the audience the characters emotion. A tracking shot is also used to follow one character down the stairs this gives the audience the feeling that they are moving with her, meaning they are also going into the room where the murder takes place. An over the sholder shot is also used to give a sense of intimidation from one character to another just before the character is shot. This creates a huge impact on the audience as the shot then changes to a close up so we can see the characters reaction and pain.

08/09/09

During todays lesson we learnt how different camera shots help to show emotion or relationships between different charachters and how each shot is purpously done to help the audience to relate or feel sorry for the charachter. One example of this was in the tv drama clip we watched, 'Grafters' we felt sympathy for the flat owner. A recaction shot/zoom in was used to make an impact of the event.
A two shot cut with single close up was used to create opposition, tension and conflict between the charachters, this makes feel sorry for the man on his own although we are feeling sorry for the man who owns the flat, the shot makes him seem intimidating to the man on his own.