3.1 Post Mock Peer Assess & Sexuality

Overall the mocks were a very promising start so a good term's work well done. To improve some of the key issues are as follows:

• All units of drama (ie scenes) ought to covered across the clip - the guy with the alarm, the men in the bar, the confrontation between David Walliams and the Alpha Male character
• Shot Rev Shot will be a reoccurring editing convention in TV drama - it is how dialogue is filmed and crates conflict & therefore power & status - it also needs to be mentioned
• Props - the ring represents ownership, ie she is owned by her husband, when in reality she is in control of the whole situation
• The whole purpose of the clip is to that they are running a con - the dumb blonde/sex object is the same women at the end. They manipulate David Walliams by using stereotypes of Gender - this is highly relevant and for high Level 4 response ought to be discussed.
• Terminology was rather weaker and is an area for improvement for all students 
• There was v good discussion of power/status but little in terms of challenge/re-enforce stereotypes which would have opened up discussion of justifying this as 'working the con' (see point above)

Work your way through the following tasks to go over the review the Hustle clip

1. Read over the exemplar answer and match up the Explanation/Analysis/Argument to the Examples. In order words match up the Red & Blue statements - do this in teams of 4 to rebuild the exemplar essay response

This is to review how your point must be backed up by examples and analysis

2.  Identify print screen examples of the following terminology from the Hustle sequence - present this as a Prezi

• Pan
• Composition
• Diegetic
• Close Up
• High Angle
• Low Angle
• Match On Action
• Prominence
• Long Shot
• Cross cutting
• Proxemic Codes
• Shot Rev Shot
• Tilt
• Two Shot
• Whip Pan
• Handheld camera
• Wipe
• Location
• Prop
• Costume

3. Finally take what you have learned about gender & apply to the representation of Sexuality - record a Photobooth presentation of your groups analysis of the clips use of Stereotypes, Power/status, Who's POV/side are we on?

Consider how the following specific aspects create meaning:

Lighting
Costume (or lack of) & Location (remember attitudes/opinions change over time so what does it tell you about attitudes to sexuality in the time this is set?)
Colours
Camera use of close ups (Male Gaze? or Female?)
Editing (remember the basics - transitions, cutting, narrative, pace etc)
Soundtrack
Composition (space in the shot between characters)

Post this onto your TV drama blogs and email me the link so i can mark it - if your group thriller blog is not linked on my thriller blog then email me this link also - rbr@leighacademy.org.uk

Merry Christmas