About TV Drama Exam

Notes

 - 2 hour long exam
 - 50 marks per part - 2 parts
 - You get to see the clip 4 times
 - Each time the clip is shown
    - First time you just watch it
    - then the key areas
 - The question will ask you to focus on one area
    - e.g. Class and Status

Class Work

Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs the representation of Ethnicity using the following: 

 - Camera Angles

 - Editing

 - Sound

 - Mise-En-Scene

The ethnic workers are presented as lower class workers, being cleaners, maids etc, they were all dressed in uniforms.

The English African man that was seated on the sofa was spoke to with respect, seen in the foyer, dressed in a smart suit, this shows he is respected and had a high position.

In the closet another English African was shown to be a doctor as he is shown to have a high understanding of medical knowledge.
Sit in separate groups, depending on where they were from.
Immigration officers look liked thugs/ gangsters if they weren't in there police uniform.

Composition of the shot always makes sure that the immigration officer in charge was always in the centre and the main focus.
Camera Angle shaky to show the fear in the immigrants.
Ethnic people always have more than one person in the shot with them that belittles there power.

As the immigration officers come in the music gets lower and faster to build suspense.
Waiting for something to happen/ build up.
Music stops to build an eeriness when they show the immigrant not hiding.
Music resembles a clock, ticking, waiting for something to happen.
Builds gets louder and faster as they get the immigrant not hiding.
When scenes of suspense build up the music gets louder for a second as the people on the screen pause to add an extra effect.
Sad Music to show the loss that the people feel for there friend that has been taken, even in the busy lively surroundings.
Different languages.