Camera angles and shots

Establishing shot:

• Setting the scene
• allow the audience to notice certain things
• Show contrasts
• Show the setting

Close-ups shots:

• Show emotions of characters
• Influence audiences response

Mid shots show:

• Relationships between characters
• Conversations between characters

Zooming shots:

• Can show how a characters see the scene 
• To allow the audience to take in a number of details

Planning shots:

• Establish more of the scene, allow the audience to see things that may seem less important. How a character lives for example.

Extreme close ups :

• Highlight key important parts for an audience so that they can make like with what happens later. 

Two shots:

• Establish relationships between characters and who heir Archy

Introduction to Media Coursework

My initial research involved investigating the types of local station.


Obviously, the major differences is between Independent (ILR) and public funded BBC stations. ILR stations rely on local business for advertising funding.

Conventions Of TV Dramas

Characters

• The Hero
• The Villan
• The Criminal
• The Troubled Family
• The Psycho
• The Mentaly Disturbed
• The Background Characters
• The Young and Old
• The Slag

Plots and Storylines

• Death
• Affairs
• Violence
• Kidknapp
• Arguments
• Fallouts
• Special Occassions
• Accidents
• Promiscuity
• Sex/ Relationships

Dialouge

• Regional Accents (I.e Eastenders characters speak a lot of cockney)
• Slang

The Set

• Usually in run down areas
• Lower Class
• Soap operas always have a local pub
• Council Estates

Dramas

Eastenders (Friday 2nd September 2010) - Becca revealed her true colours in a shocking showdown with Stacey, smashing a jar containing her late husband's ashes all over the still greiving widdow. Elsewhere, Peggy finally tracked down Phil after a few weeks, finding him high, drunk and living in a grotty flat and in his own filth. Meanwhile, Ryan had a romantic surprise for Janine ahead of their wedding day.


The Bill (Final Episode Ever) - Supt Meadows is determined to secure a confession to murder, but Insp Smith and DC Dasari are unable to persuade the gang-rape victim to co-operate with the investigation. Meanwhile, murder and rape suspect Gary Wilson holds Sgt. Stone at gunpoint after Stone finds a victim that Wilson has recentley shot.