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  • Mr North – Moving Image Analysis – 26/2/14 – Life of Pi

    Symbolism – Faith,nonsense – Challenging his faith Sound Transition/ Ending Moving Image Extract Choice of shots Theme ( Religion/Diversity) Content Mes- Lighting – Shadow – Sound Life of Pi. Diegetic – Sound present in the scene – Dialogue Non Diegetic – sound that the characters cannot hear – V/0, Soundtrack In this extract it is…

  • Mr North – Exploring archetypes – 4/2/14

    1. Mise en scene has been used to show the archetype of the chosen charater by having dark lightening in the recording of the angel, having dark grey miserable clothing which symbolises a dark attitude/Bad attitude which shows him as a type of villian, Evil face gestures which show a villianous atitude, Tense camera angles…

  • Mr North – 3/2/14

    Charater type: Mes Costume: Reflecting actions Portray character Colours – personality – symbolism Implicent Meaning Using props or costume to reflect charater + tone. How is status shown In the given extract? Archetypes are show in given extract by: The way they act, The costume/props they wear, their age, their personality etc. The doctor is…

  • Mr North – dont call me a teenager – 23/01/14

    1. Emotive language has been used to strengthen rebecca grants agruement by using: words qhich describe teenagers like: Stroppy, Spotty, Unreasonable which are used to get accross what people think about teenagers, Statments like ‘Teenagers dont get privalage is also used to show that she is quite angry. 2. When zooming in it is quite…

  • Mr North – Crime Scene – 22/1/14

    1. I believe this emotion is stern because: their isnt anything in the face to suggest anger or happy but sherlock does look stern in the straight mouth, his eye are staring at you and lastly the cheeks are not in a certain way. 2. The woman is a mistress of sir jeffrey patterson 3.…

  • Mr North – Camera Angle – Hw

    1. In monsters inc during a chase scene their are different shot used like the: Close up, Extreme Close up, Long shot and back shot. These are all used to set the tension. 2 The shot that I chose was the extreme close up which is used to show the face full on. In monster…

  • Mr North – Introducing Sherlock Homes – 21/1/14

    1. From these qoutations we can see that the characters are: Caring, Scarcastic, Interesting, Intelligent and Easily fooled. 2. I) ‘How are you’ this qoutation show that the charater a caring when.it comes to emotions and feelings. II) ‘ How on earth did you do that’ This qoutation shows that the charaters of sherlock and…

  • Mr North – Showing vs. Telling – 20/1/14

    Key Term: Mise-en-scène This is a french tern that refers to everything in the scene. Mise-en-scène In the scene – camera angle, lighting, setting, props. -What you choose to show. Keywords Representation -Status -How will the audience interpret the character? Different audiences have different interpretations Representational clues 1. Mobile phone: Messages, Pictures, Diary Accounts, internet…

  • Mr North – Emotions – 16/1/13

    Starter: Sherlock looks quite horrofied in this picture because: his mouth is wide open which suggest that something has happened and also his eyes are also wide open which sugest that he is shocked or horrorfied of sonething that has happend. 1. The two shots are: close up and also long shot. 2. I think…

  • Mr North – Identifying Emotion With Specificity

    Independant Enquirer: Write 3 questions qbout your favourite tv drama that I want answered. 1. Why are the newer drama mainly revamps of previous shows . 2. Why does tv drama reuse certain plot points like death and birth. 3. Why does tv drama use lots of cliches like: Continous story, Real life eventuallities etc.…

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