Monday 4 May 2020

TV DRAMA

It's Monday so we will work on our skills analysing the film language of TV drama
The text is very short: BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES on Claremont's ClickView 
Find it under Media > Film Openings > Bonfire of the Vanities
Email me what you manage to write (Header with your name + Bonfire) between 11.30 and 12:55 please. I will be at my desk in case you are stuck and would like to email me a question.

SUPPORTING INFO
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma and starring Tom HanksBruce WillisMelanie Griffith, and Kim Cattrall. The screenplay, written by Michael Cristofer, was adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Tom Wolfe

Trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896Yk-JmCGo
Film synposis here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities_(film)

CHARACTERS: Peter Fallow - author

SETTING & CAMERA MOVEMENT The 330-second Steadicam shot of Peter Fallow arriving at the Palm Court of the Winter Garden was a tour de force for operator Larry McConkey. He had to track backwards, get on a golf cart, ride it for 380 ft, get off it again, track backwards 234 ft, get into the elevator, get out again, and track for another 250 ft.[17]

The huge party scenes were shot at the L.A. Natural History Museum.





This is the format for every question:

1 Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs meaning through the following:
  • camera shots, angles, movement and composition
  • editing
  • sound
  • mise-en-scène.
Here is the media language (open this link) terminology to refresh your memory. 
We usually attempt to formulate an introductory sentence that shows our grasp of the whole.
We usually find the terms 'establishing shot' useful in starting our writing.

Remember our essay technique:
  • T identify the terminology
  • E examine the example
  • EAA explain / anaylse / argue how the example creates a particular representation

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