Summary of key theory and terminology

Representation

There are 7 areas of representation

• Class & Status
• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Religious Identity
• Disability
• Sexuality

Class + Status - How rich and poor people are represented. This is done through the use of costumes, setting and characters. A lower class character is represented as having old tatty clothes and live in council houses (Shameless/My Name is Earl) And upper class people tend to have jewelery and live in big houses. (Made in Chelsea)
Gender - The different representations of male and females. Males can be heroic/unintellegent/unclean/nerdy. Females can be unintellegent/clever/sex symbols/bossy.
Age - Representations on age; youths are nuisances (Inbetweeners) and old people are grumpy (Vicar of Dibley)
Ethnicity - How people from different parts of the world represent their home place (British people drink tea)
Religious Identity - How different religions are represented - (Masood - Eastenders) Very strict and bossy.
Disablility - Disabled people are normally portrayed as being good people who get a lot of sympathy (Glee) However the one from (The Inbetweeners) contradicts this sterotype and is portrayed as someone who takes advantage of being in a wheelchair.
Sexuality - This portrays how homosexuals are represented. There are two main types; strong, manly homosexuals (Christian - Eastenders) and then there are camp homosexuals (2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps.)

Media Language

Camera shots

• Extreme wide shot
• Very wide shot
• Wide shot
• Mid shot
• Medium close up
• Close up
• Extreme close up
• Over the shoulder shot
• Point of view shot

Camera Angles

• Birds eye view
• High angle
• Eye level
• Lowe angle
• Oblique

Camera Movement

• Pans
• Tilts
• Dolly shots
• Hand held shots
• Crane shots
• Ariel shot

Sound

• Asynchronous - Sound that isn't relevant to the visual image
• Contrapuntal - Sound that seems strange in comparison to the film

Editing

• Action - Continuation of a scene in different shots
• Continuity - Presents the text in chronological order
• Montage - A series of clips that happen over a long period of time.

Genre
Comedy/Action/Horror/Romance/Thriller/Physcological/Sci-fi/Adventure/Crime/Documentary/Educational

• Links with audience

Narrative
How a story is organised and presented

Audience
Male/Female/Old/Young

Mise-en-Scène

• Costume
• Lighting
• Props
• Extras