How did Roots and The Cosby Show challenge previous sterotypical representations of black people in TV dramas?
Roots- More realisitic views- slavery, rape, deal with racial predudence of black people started to change in 1984. Not that long ago in terms of history
Cosby- 'Focusing on the everyday adventures of an upper-middle-class black family, This family was unlike other black families previously seen on television in that it was solidly upper-middle-class--the Huxtables lived in a fashionable Flatbush brownstone' -The black man was a doctor- all of a sudden was showing an educated person living with a university degree with a profession. Living in a penthouse suite with money and had 5 children at private school. He was shown as being successful which was a really important stage of TV history.
What does the article say about the represntaion of black policman in programmes such as Miami Vice andHawaii Five-O?
Miami Vice- hawaii five-0- The black policeman in it his most frequent line was 'yes boss'- taking orders. shown as a position of not being in charge,
Sound - Up until 30 seconds into the clip, there is non diegetic sound in the background. The music has a fast pace and sounds like a clock ticking, which fits in well with them only having a certain amount of time to find the suspect. After the music has stopped other people's voice can be heard talking and a telephone ringing, this is diegetic sound.
Camera Work
When the camera shows this man a low angle shot is used. This implies that he is a dominant character and he is in charge of the team or the top inspector.
Reaction shots are used to show the expressions of the team when they are given their job to do. For example when Shaz is told to make a coffee she rolls her eyes and looks down.
This is a two shot which shows two of the team.
A close up is used to show the petition that some of the workers are talking about.
At the beginning of the clip the camera zooms out from the Inspector's back as he turns round to reveal the scene and who is talking.
Lighting - the lighting comes from the lights in the ceiling which are bright and look office lights rather then lights you would have at home.
Costume - The more important people in the team are dressed in their own clothing but some members are in police force uniform. The people dressed in their own clothing are wearing clothes from the 60s era. The main woman in the scene is also quite glamorous.
Conventions - Some of the conventions of a crime drama are shown such as it is in a police station and they are talking about an investigation. They are also been given tasks each to help find out information. The police uniform is also a convention.
Sound - Starts off with the speaking of the characters and diegetic sound of the rustling being trod on by people walking can be heard. When the inspectors bends down to the victim mysterious music begins to play which is non-diegetic. When the scene changes to the police station there is diegetic sound of Luther throwing a ball. Non-diegetic begins to play again which builds up tension.
Camera Work
this is an over the shoulder shot but it is a track camera movement because it seems like we are walking behind him.
this image shows a point of vie shot however the camera movement zooms into the victim.
this image shows a close up of the victims head and her belongings around her that the murderer has specifically put there.
Luther is looking quite coventional,
NOW SOMETHING THAT IS NOT CONVENTIONAL......
'VERA'
Subgenre-Crime
Sound- It begins with the sound of the radio whilst she is driving along at night. Once the body has been discovered and the detective is checking out the car there is noise in the background to create a sense of mystery . We have digetic sounds such as the noises the main detective makes walking. There also is the noise of running water in the river
Camera work-
Lighting- The lighting we see is off of the flashing of the police lights also by the moonlight. The headlights on the cars are not on so it leaves the audience hanging onto what the police man has discovered in the grass we only see the spotlights of the torches on the victim.
Costumes- We have the typical police jacket on the policeman who discovers the body.
Characters
The two characters in this clip are the pupil 'Vicki' and the teacher 'Mr Mead' Costume
Vicki is dressed in a stereo typical school uniform however she wears it roughly (top button undone, tie worn loosely) to represent her character which is naughty and rebellious. Mr Mead wears a slightly unusual 'teacher' outfit, He wears a casual polo unlike the teachers in my school wear shirts and ties this could relate to how he is represented because the whole clip is about his relationship with a pupil and his costume could represent he isnt what we would call a 'proper' teacher. Location
The clip is set in a school classroom and is a conversation of the teacher and a pupil Camera angles
The camera angles are all the same
Name of Drama: Eastenders Broadcaster- BBC 1 -Broadcasts at 19:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 20:00 on Mondays and Fridays. Writer- Various writers Director- Various Directors Producer- Lorraine Newmann Characters: In the clip it contains good characters, about family and friends gathering at a church wedding. Icons- Peggy Mitchell very famous in Eastenders because she has been there a long time and her iconic phrases such as 'Get out of my pub' Location: A Church Dialogue- There is no voiceover. Its just the characters speaking. Stories: Obviously its about a wedding in a church. We know this because she is wearing a wedding dress and there is a vicar, They get married and then Honey starts going in to labour, Camerawork:
Here at the beginning of the clip we see an EXTREME CLOSE UP of the wedding rings, so we know straight away that the programme is going to be about a wedding.
Also in the clip they used a TWO SHOT of the character 'minty' and his date.
An OVER THE SHOULDER shot was used in the clip, we can see the vicar conducting the ceremony.
This screenshot is a CLOSE UP shot but also could be a POINT-OF-VIEW shot from either Honey the bride or Billy the Groom.
Here we have the REACTION SHOT of Billy reacting to Honey going into labour.
There aren't any Medium shots because it is an intimate ceremony. There are no overhead or aerial shots. There also is no establishing shot because we have already know what the seen is about due to the extreme close up of the rings.
My picture is from 'Skins' series 3. The sub genre it would be in would be 'teen drama' because it is about following the lives of teenagers and what they get up to- which is mainly partying and drinking.
I chose this picture because i think it is a steriotypical of teenagers today. It demonstrates underage drinking and lads having a laugh.
We can clearly see its in a pub by the background of all the glasses and bottles and also a till.
I have chosen this particular slide because one of the main characters called 'Cook' is the one downing the pint and spilling it everywhere, he is one of my favourite characters in the series as he is always the one up to mischief.
We know he is a teenager by the way he is dressed and also because we know his real name isn't "Cook' its a nickname.
The background is blurred so we focus mainly on Cook drinking. His friend Freddie in the background on the left who is overlooking him thinking he is an idiot. There is also balloons in the background to show its his 18th birthday or a party. I think he is downing the pint because it is his first legal pint.
Freddie is to the side so we know its not going to be all about him, its all about Cook.
This shot is at the start of the programme so we know it is going to be all about Cooks birthday because he is the main focus of the shot.
