2.1 Resources for Exam Prep using Grids and Framework

To consolidate ‘gendering’ the technical areas and using terminology to prepare for the examination

Justify the construction of power, conflict and purpose (challenge/re-enforce)

Analyse the construction of gender stereotypes through all 4 technical areas

Examine characteristics of gender in MES and Camera with terminology

Starter:

Primeval questions:

http://leighmediaas12tvdrama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/g321-exam-prep.html

EDITING TERMS

_________________________ is a film technique wherein one character is shown looking (often off-screen) at another character, and then the other character is shown looking "back" at the first character.

An _________________ is a popular editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the premise that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing. The ________________-begins with a character looking at something off-screen, there will then be a cut to the object or person at which he is looking. For example, a man is looking off-screen to his left, and then the film cuts to a television that he is watching.

______________________ Two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements (e.g., color, shape). Used in trasparent continuity styles to smooth the transition between two shots.

A ___________________ is a cut in film editing where the middle section of a continuous shot is removed, and the beginning and end of the shot are then joined together. The technique breaks continuity in time and produces a startling effect. Any moving objects in the shot will appear to jump to a new position.

____________________ is an editing technique used in films to establish continuity. In a cross-cut, the camera will cut away from one action to another action. Because the shots occur one after another, ________________ is used to suggest simultaneity of action. However, it can also be used to link significant actions that do not occur simultaneously. Suspense is built by using _______________. It is built through the expectations that it creates and in the hopes that it will be explained with time. ________________ also forms parallels; it illustrates a narrative action that happens in several places at approximately the same time.

In film, a ____________________ is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else. It is usually, although not always, followed by a cutback to the first shot. ________________ usually do not contribute any dramatic content of their own, but help the editor assemble a longer sequence. For this reason, editors choose cutaways related to the main action, such as another action or object in the same location.[1] For example, if the main shot is of a man walking down an alley, possible cutaways may include a shot of a cat on a nearby dumpster or a shot of a woman watching from a window overhead.

In film, an _________________ is a shot of part of a scene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from the master shot. Inserts cover action already covered in the master shot, but emphasize a different aspect of that action due to the different framing. An insert is different from a cutaway in that the cutaway is of action not covered in the master shot.

action match,

crosscutting, parallel editing,

cutaway;

eyeline match,

graphic match,

insert.

jump cut,

shot/reverse shot, 

New Info

http://leighmediaas12tvdrama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/g321-exam-prep.html

- what are Units of drama

Divide the sequence up into Units by team. 

Create Meaning (build the grids)

Terminology that will come up – shortlist

http://leighmediaas12tvdrama.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/terminology-wheel-of-fortune-starter.html

‘Predicting the exam’ grids – connect these to gender (list)

MES

SOUND

CAMERA

EDITING

Task:

Create Meaning

Stage 1: Terminology, identify Stereotypes and Infer 'gendered meaning' (columns 1 and 2)

Masculine or Feminine?

•   Pan

•   Composition

•   Diegetic

•   Close Up

•   High Angle

•   Low Angle

•   Match On Action

•   Prominence

•   Long Shot

•   Cross cutting

•   Proxemic Codes

•   Shot Rev Shot

•   Tilt

•   Two Shot

•   Whip Pan

•   Handheld camera

•   Wipe

•   Location

•   Props

•   Costume

   

Apply to demonstrate 

Fill in Columns 1 and 2 on the grids for each piece of terminology 

MES Grid
CAM Grid
EDIT Grid

SOUND Grid 

New Info:

Framework for analysis - how to structure your responses

http://leighmediaas12tvdrama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/stereotype-roles-framework-step-1.html

Apply to demonstrate

Write your Primeval analysis – attempt units of drama as each paragraph, characters Framework for analysis

Framework for Analysis (How to structure your paragraphs)

http://leighmediaas12tvdrama.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/gender-framework-for-analysis.html