Monday, 18 March 2019

TV DRAMA: HOUSE

We analyse the opening sequence from an episode for HOUSE .
In particular, we use the exam technique of dealing with all aspects of mise-en-scene first, then camerawork, then sound and editing. This enables links to be made across the whole extract about how meanings are made.

Mise-en-scene

  • Follow the TEE exam technique: terminology, specific detailed example, explanation / analysis, as in the example below.
  • The hospital setting shows a modern, expensively equipped medical facility with monitors, intravenous drips, hospital gowns. This creates verisimilitude - authenticity - realism
  • The difference in dress codes contributes to the representations. House is unshaven, with unbuttoned shirt and scruffy clothes that are not pressed. This reveals how much of a rule-breaker he is, contributing to the persona of a cantankerous, awkward, Vicodin-addicted misfit. 



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