Doc Martin

Camera
One significant camera shot is when Doc Martin is walking alongside a woman suggesting there is romance between the pair. The framing of the shot allows the audience to see the beautiful landscape behind the pair exacerbating their apparent romance. Contrastingly, it could suggest that the people are not civilised who live there because she mentions that her husband is waiting for her which means she does not have moral values.
In the scene where the dog enters through the window Doc Martin is looking out of the window onto the street below and the camera shot is a low angle when he looks down at a group of laughing girls. This conforms the idea of regional stereotypes because the shot suggests he has a higher status in society when he looks down upon them and they look up at him.
During this scene Doc Martin is in the centre of the shot suggesting he has power and status whereas the girls walk as a group out of the frame. This conforms the stereotype because the girls are not considered important characters because it is as if they disappear from society yet Doc Martin remains showing his authority as a Londoner.
Additionally, there is a tracking shot when Doc Martin walks the dog towards the police station suggesting he is an important figure. He walks down the road passing by all the irrelevant pedestrians while he is being tracked. This conveys he is more important than others because he is from a modern metropolitan city rather than a small unheard of village.

Mise en Scene
The costume of the actors portrays regionalism, for example Doc Martin is wearing a suit showing he is formal and intelligent whereas the girls that laugh at him are wearing casual pink tracksuits. This conforms the stereotype given to Doc Martin because he is from London where many major offices are based and the employees earn lots. Whereas in the small village, jobs are scarce and the girls are roaming the streets rather than being at school or college.
The actors in the clip conform to the stereotypes of the people who live there. One example is the overweight man who is sitting down attempting to fix a tap which he is clearly unable to do. This suggests that these people lack the skills to do the same jobs that others can do in more modernised towns and cities. Contrastingly, his son subverts the idea because he performs the manual labour which his dad cannot.
The props used in the scene with the three men in a dark house portray the regionalism stereotypes. The sink is a prop used to signify that many of the working people are tradesmen rather than businessmen, this is because there are not opportunities for these people who live in the area.

Sound
The dialogue in the scene conforms the idea that intelligence differs in various regions. When Doc Martin is listening to the father in the early scene he says "Treat yourself to a noun". This suggests that the people who live in the region are illiterate in contrast to the place where Doc Martin is from.
The diegetic sounds in the scene where the water leaks there are many diegetic sounds representing the chaos. These sounds anger Doc Martin who is not used to situations like this as it is not civilised like where he originates from.
When Doc Martin is walking the dog to the police station there is contrapuntal non-diegetic music playing. This suggests how Doc Martin cannot adapt to life in a different region because he comes across very angrily when he enters the police station.

Ethnicity - Hotel Babylon

Editing

Throughout the clip authority is represented through the amount of screen-time the characters have. The manager of the immigrants, Jackie, has more screen time than any other character. This portrays how the immigrants are not seen as important as Jackie who holds power over the large group of workers. It also implies that the immigrant workers are only present to perform a mundane job and not do anything else.
The order of narrative conveys how the people in the hotel with foreign ethnicities are causing trouble and are attempting to cheat the system. However, this is not the case because we feel sympathetic towards the workers who are trying to better their lives and work in a country with opportunity. When the officers enter the workers are peaceful and then Jackie panics causing the workers to fear for their lives if they are caught and this is why we feel sympathetic towards them.
The pace in the clip conveys the fear that the immigrant workers are feeling when the authorities enter. This is portrayed in two stages, it is very calm at the beginning and they are all performing daily routines however when the officers enter everyone starts to panic. Consequently, the audience is given the impression that the English officers are intimidating towards them and have much more power in contrast.

Task 4 - Independent Film

Brotherhood from campoccioantonio

Torchwood - Representation of Sexuality

Torchwood - Mise En Scene

In the clip, one of the homosexual men is wearing a uniform representing the British Royal Navy. This portrays how men who serve in the British defence are frowned upon if they are gay. Uniform portrays conformity yet he is acting against authority and society and this is the reason everyone surrounding the couple are staring at them in disbelief.

In the final scene, the lighting changes into a shade of red to represent the love between the two men. Contrastingly, the red lighting could represent the anger of not being able to freely express their love for each other because society in the past did not accept this.

Finally, in the opening scene where two different men confront each other there is use of props to convey the dominance and power of one man over the other. One of the men is standing up with a gun in his hand and points it towards a defenceless man backing down seeking cover. Sexuality is portrayed here because the man with the gun mocks the victim of how he has had sex with other men, therefore the gun is used to destroy the victim's dignity and self-respect because he cannot voice his opinion otherwise he may have been shot by straight man holding the gun.

Task 3 - Mainstream Film research

Mainstream film case study

Xmen Days of Future Past from campoccioantonio



 

Disability - Coming Down the Mountain

Sound

The music at the end of the clip was slow-paced and had a sad tune to it. The producer intends to portray this emotion in the music because it reflects the feelings of the boy with down syndrome. The boy is feeling isolated and disowned because he has to get the bus by himself while his brother is having fun. The diegetic dialogue between the parents and the boy with down syndrome is very sympathetic. In the kitchen the mum says "don't be so selfish" to the older brother. This infers to the audience that the boy with the disability is treated with more care than his older brother, this may be demoralising for the boy who wishes to live a normal life just like his brother. Additionally, the point of view is from the older and more able brother. The producer uses voiceovers of the older brother who tells a story of what it is like to have a disabled brother. At times the brother's tone of voice is angry and annoyed. This implies how it is frustrating for him and restricts his freedom to do things he wants to do, yet he has a huge responsibility to care for his brother. Disability is negatively depicted in the opening scene, when the brother says I want to "kill my brother" there is parallel music being played. The music is intense and portrays the anger in his feelings. This represents the contrast in emotions because the disabled brother is peaceful and does not realise how frustrated his brother is because he does not have the mental capacity to do so.



Editing

Representation of Age

Waterloo Road - Exam practise

 

Mise En Scene

 

The clip conveys how the students do not take education seriously and do not care about school rules and regulations. Most of the students are dressed in school uniform yet many of them have their shirts not tucked in, however one boy is dressed more smart than the fellow pupils. The boy who looks more smart than the other students is a character who seems very vulnerable and is confronted by a girl who becomes aggressive to him. As a result, the costume conveys that the students who look more articulate are vulnerable to bullying and feel uncomfortable in a school environment.

 

The setting of Waterloo Road shows a very chaotic school with misbehaving students causing the teachers stress. For example, the setting is constantly changing from different scenes which implies how there are always students causing trouble. The scene where the girl confronts the boy forces a teacher to leave his class and resolve the situation. This portrays the students as reckless individuals yet shows how the teachers are more mature and experienced to solve the issues cause by students.

 

The producer uses a camera as a prop to show the difference in the authority that some teachers have over others. When the boys break the camera the older teacher uses sarcasm to tell the boys off yet when a younger inexperienced teacher comes over she is embarrassed when asked if she has insurance on the camera. This shows that the older teacher has more authority simply because he is older and is therefore more powerful.

 

Camera

 

The producer uses different frames in the camera work to show the authority a teacher has over his students. When the teacher is giving orders to his class the frame is wide showing the entire class. As a result, the students are shown to be less important because of their age and are treated as a group rather than individuals.

There is a low angle in the scene where a teacher is wearing clothes that a stereotypical teenager would wear. However, when the camera is levelled out there are students who laugh at him. This suggests that there is a huge divide between students and teachers because he is represented as a powerful figure but once he returns to a level shot he is mocked by passing students.