AS Media Studies 2022

  PLANNING:   BIG PICTURE:   Age + gender   Teens: irresponsible, destructive   older men: Criminals in control   CAMERA:   Camera shots/angles   handheld/tripod/steady   panning   tracking   close-up   over shoulder   two-shot   low-angle   shot-reverse-shot     EDITING:   Continuity   match on action   180 rule   sound match (intensity)   shot duration   SOUND:   Music choices   diegetic (dialogue)   non-diegetic – soundtrack   score/soundtrack   MISE-EN-SCENE:   Shop   Setting/location/time of day   facials   props   colours   costumes   ESSAY:   In the crime drama, “Breaking Bad ,” age and gender are represented. The younger character is presented as nervous, incompetent, and out of his depth. He is a rebel on the wrong side of the law. Older characters are represented as more observant and knowledgeable...

  Essay: The scene begins with a two shot showing the doctors at the door to the hallway behind it. With some brief dialogue, “sir, you can’t go in there”, some information about the situation is given. Something is happening and the particular doctor can’t go in because of it. However another is allowed through and the ensuing dialogue between the two doctors is shown with over the shoulder shots and shot-reverse-shots. There is no music in the scene at this point as the atmosphere is still being set. The setting is obvious from the start. It is a hospital. What becomes apparent as the scene moves on is it is in the hallway to an operating theatre which a patient is going to go in. The scene moves to the other side of the door and we see some doctors find out why they’ve been asked to stand where they are. “A patient needs all of them.” This implies that the patient is going into a very serious operation and needs all the support that they can give. There is a shot of the doctor...

LOGO INVESTIGATION   DISNEY:   The first logo in 1937 was a profile of Mickey                                                                                           and would change colours. In 1995 the logo had a major transformation that shaped the logo seen today. That is the words Walt Disney Pictures and the castle in the background. This logo was in use until 2006 when it was updated again. This particular version was for Pixar movies and had a CGI rendered castle in it. This was the version that the other disney movies had. In 2006 a new logo was introduced that was fully CGI. It had the camera panning down over the castle as fireworks go off above it. The words Walt Disney Pictures then appear. Interestingly the visual effects studio that p...