Tuesday 24 January 2012

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Motif

The Doctor's Theme original score



And anchoring the music on a moment and a character...



Brilliant :-)

Major key, minor key, dissonance

DALLAS: Katherine Kills Bobby Ewing
(This is awesome.)


http://youtu.be/vM3UT5hFMiA

Contrapuntal Sound

Watchmen Opening Sequence

Pinpoint the moment when the sound changes from diegetic to non- diegetic, and notice how it changes the tone of the scene


http://youtu.be/8Afk_onUh_s

Sound bridging and dialogue.

Friends: Chandler quits the gym.

Sound bridging is used to link two scenes or locations, or to let the audience know that the scene and setting are changing.

It is often accompanied by an ESTABLISHING SHOT

http://youtu.be/C_ESeEZD_OY

Sound: Voice Over/Narration

Is this type of sound diegetic or non- diegetic?


Voice Overs, or narration takes place outside the scene you are watching. The effects added to the sound are the CODE to let audiences know that this sound is not in the main scene and cannot be heard by all characters.

Use of sound in Dynasty

Deconstruct the sound in this BRILLIANT clip from Dynasty. Pull it apart and note which sound is diegetic or non- diegetic, and then state how each layer of sound combines to tell the audience how to feel.

Media Languages: Sound

The following document contains most of the terms you need to analyse use of sound in media texts. It is important that you understand the terms and can use them fluently, so when discussing/writing you need to use these terms.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Introduction to TV Drama and Representation

Introduction to TV Drama and Radio

Happy new year!


Between now and June we will be preparing for the summer exam. This is worth 50% of your AS grade and requires thorough preparation and independent research.

It is TWO hours long
There are TWO questions worth 50 marks EACH

SECTION A: TV Drama- 50 marks

You will be shown an extract from a contemporary British TV Drama and asked to analyse the representations of one of the following groups:
-Age
-Gender
-Sexuality
-Ethnicity
-Regional Identity
-Ability and Disability
-Class and Status


You will be shown the extract FOUR times and then you will have 45 minutes to write

SECTION B: Institutions and Audiences- 50 marks

For this section there is only ONE question to answer.


We will be looking at THE RADIO INDUSTRY, focusing on BBC Radio stations and Absolute's stations.

  • PLEASE START LISTENING TO ANY OF THE STATIONS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT TAKE YOUR FANCY.


  • DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTE'S APPS TO IPODS/SMARTPHONES


  • FOLLOW DJS AND STATIONS ON TWITTER


  • GO TO WEBSITES

Please especially listen to Radio 1 and Absolute's main station.