Monday, 30 September 2013
Severed head in the fridge - Sherlock - BBC
This clip is from the distinguished television series that is SHERLOCK that brings the world-known famous detective into a modern day-twist.
Sherlock Holmes is presented through an upper class demeena. The director has chosen for us to be aware for this for the representation of his tall frame and how he casually dismisses most people around him. He can easily be seen as a stereotype for the representation of his upper-class accent as well as the stiff body language that juxtaposes with his friend John Watson. we are also given this idea of upper class by the way of which how he pompously strolls in his blue silk dressing gown (silk being an expensive material to buy, as well as the colour of blue connoting the idea of conservative Views).
john seems to be the much more warmer and approachable figure, by the way he always starts the conversations with the cold Sherlock, as well as this, is relaxed slumbering body language is also supported to an affect, with his red shirt, which connotes a sense of peacefulness, tranquillity, as well as the love that his true friendship between his flatmate, Sherlock Holmes.
the director has carefully chosen so as to represent the close friendship between these two, a sit is a main theme that runs throughout the television show. for example the black comedy situation on where John discovers a head being stored in the fridge, although seems rather dark and grotesque, is moved onwards through the narrator by the comical dynamic between two characters as Sherlock casually dismiss the dully fact to his awaiting friend. the director also manages to cross cut between the two characters while each one is talking, as again to present the strong bond that the pair share between them.
I particularly enjoyed the shot on when the director had chosen for the camera to have been placed from within the actual fridge where the had is amongst the main section of our view, to conjure the oddity, thus resulting in the oddity as the audience member who is watching can truly submerge themselves.
Mrs Hudson posses the repsentation of atge; her steryotype is of a foolish and agiated young lady, yet becuase sher is old, she is a side charcter as welll as inferior and weaker when it come sdown to an argument wiith the youthful Sherlock.
Monday, 16 September 2013
Camera Angles/ Shots:
In this particular post I will be sharing and discussing a range of photos displaying various camera shots and why they are specifically effective on an audience:
Point of View:
Point of view is when the camera conjures the odd illusion of having the audience see the world through the perspective of a certain character. Generally the camera would be seen through eye level, as seen above, so as the audience can fully get to grips with how that character really sees the world.
Over the Shoulder:
Over the shoulder shot is when the camera is set quite close from behind the shoulder. This is normally used in a conversation, especially for it creates a sense of dominance for one character and the other inferior ( for one looks figure looks bigger and taller than the other).
Weather Shot:
The whether is used in this angle shot so as to capture the mood and setting of the specific scene being shot. This shot also helps to connote a sense of feeling a pathetic fallacy; for example the shot above consists of calm happiness for the bright primary colours, where as if this shot was taken in the middle of an autumn night it might be dark and wet connoting a sense of evilness and misery
Close up and Extreme Close Up:
A close up is used to illuminate to the audience of an important scene that is often used to create a sense of danger or tent ion. A close up is used to help mark the moment of that particular act of the scene.
An extreme close up is the same, only that the camera is in a far more deeper focus to further exemplify the situation. For example the extreme focus could illustrate to the audience of just how troubled I am as I am torn between the deduction of cutting the blue or the red wire when dismal tiling a bomb:
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
US and UK Film Comparison: Intro:
It was with a great deal of hard work, hours on the internet, revising, revising the page some more, and having dully realised the reality that I had been reading the same sentence over and over again- but finally the day is here. The day that I share to you, dear reader, the two films that will be close to my heart for the remainder of the year as I scavenge all the information on these two films so as in the hope to aid me in my A-Level Media Studies.
Ladies and Gentlemen I give you my international film...
The Family:

Followed by the British:
Diana:

I am very pleased with the two films I have chosen. As you can see I have selected these films in particular for not only are they very different from one another, but they are also likely to gain the same amount of success as well as popularity. Arguably there will be many comparisons as well as differences.
I will now keep you regularly updated on the 'course' of these two films and how the will voyage from production, all the way up to the release of both films.
Ladies and Gentlemen I give you my international film...
The Family:
Followed by the British:
Diana:
I am very pleased with the two films I have chosen. As you can see I have selected these films in particular for not only are they very different from one another, but they are also likely to gain the same amount of success as well as popularity. Arguably there will be many comparisons as well as differences.
I will now keep you regularly updated on the 'course' of these two films and how the will voyage from production, all the way up to the release of both films.
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