Wednesday, 30 December 2009

Merlin - Opening Theme 2008

The opening scene shows us that this tv drama is set in medival times by the sword and the knights, with a sword fight and the castle.This opening shows the actors and their names. You can see it is a supernatural program because of the monster face and the dragon. This is one of the genres that Mark and i will use in our film.

Tuesday, 29 December 2009

Casualty Intro 2009

The opening sequence shows you all the main actors. The opening doesn't give you any names of the actors or the director untill a bit later on, not in the opening.
It shows you the ambulance van, equipment they use in a hospital such as the hospital bed, medical scissors, which tells you it is a hospital drama.
The name of the tv drama, Casualty, is shown at the end of the opening.
The cuts are very quick and short. This shows us what it is like to work in a hospital.
The music is fast and it goes with the quick cuts adding more tension of a hospital tv drama.

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

The O.C season 1 opening credit

The opening for the O.C tells us that maybe the place is set in a seaside town because of the beach and surfers and there is a pier and you see a picture of a town on a cliff as the title The O.C comes up on the screen. The opening also shows the actors with their names and it tells us who the tv drama is created by.
The opening shows us what has happened already in previous episodes.
The cuts are quite quick.
The music is modern showing it definately is based around modern times and it is not a period drama, you can also tell this by the clothes they are wearing.
One of the pictures that comes up is a sunset with palm trees and it reminds you of what the song is called, California.





REASEARCH AND PLANNING FOR THE FILM

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

TV Drama continue

Why are lighting, location, props and costumes important to any tv drama?

1. They can help set the scene.
2. They can show the time (day/night/ time period).
3. The props are something for the actors to use to show what they might be doing.
4. The location has to match the storyline.
5. The costumes can tell you what type of tv drama it is, e.g. a period drama would have old fashioned clothes, women werering dresses.
6. It sets the mood.
7. It creates realism.
8. It represents the characters.
9. Tells us the genre.
10. It is a representation of different types of groups.

Monday, 7 December 2009

DSN (Digital Screen Network) sites

This is designed for distribution and exhibition.
They are donated to help independant companies.
These are encrypted so they can't get into the wrong hands. The server will only allow the content to be played when provided with a software key that is valid for the content.

Digital master- compressed content- Encrypted content- distribution media- cinema server- digital projecter- Screen.

TV Drama

It is a story that is presented in a dramatic way and explores a range of genres, from soap operas to science fiction to costume dramas.

Why do we watch tv dramas?
because:
1. entertaining
2. The actors
3. A sense of reality
4. Enigmas codes
5. Adapted from a book
6. Something to talk about
7. Escapism

Why do we study tv dramas?

Because we can learn about issues in society e.g. sexuality.

Cranford Episode 5 - part 1- 0:50 to 2:00

1. All good characters.
2. In a village, going into a house.
3. Unsteady camera work.
4. It is natural light.

Holby City - Just A Perfect Day - (1/6) - 26/05/2009

1. Quite a bit of dialogue.
2. All good characters.
3. In a hospital.
4. There is swift camera work. It builds a lot of tension.


Thursday, 3 December 2009

Doctor who, waters of mars part 3 on youtube- sc-fi drama from 2.11 to 3.02

1. There are good guys and bad guys.
2. Bad guys are chasing the good guys.
3. There are humans affected by the water.
4. On mars in the greenhouse compartment.
5. There is a bit of dialouge at the beginning.
6. There is non-diegetic music.