TV DRAMA: DOC MARTIN

Starter activity:

• What is a crane shot? https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/crane-shot-definition/
• What is an eyeline match?
• What is the difference between a POV shot and an eyeline match?

Create a Media folder entitled TV DRAMA
Put your marked essays in it along with the guidance below in point 3
Guidance: 

• start with a very brief overview sentence that shows your grasp of representation in the extract as a whole.
• work through the extract on a scene-by-scene basis, dealing with the 4 areas as you go; some may be of more significance than others depending on the scene 
• use T, E, EAA technique
• your first T is likely to be 'establishing shot'
• look back at my marking of your analyses!

January 2013 video

June 2013 Doc Martin, Series 1, Episode 1, written by Dominic Minghella 
In point: Chapter 3, 2 minutes 8 seconds (Lady and man exit cottage in rural location walking along garden path. He says “I do have a surgery to run”). 
Out point: Chapter 3, 7 minutes 5 seconds (Lady talking to Doc Martin as conversation ends). 

Answer the question below, with detailed reference to specific examples from the extract

only.

1   Discuss the ways in which the extract constructs representations using the following:

  • Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

  • Editing

  • Sound 

  • Mise-en-scène [50]

From the OCR exam June 2013   

CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION 1: How does your film opening use or challenge conventions?

• There are 2 sets of genre conventions to consider: the fact that you are making a film opening and the fact that your film is a specific genre (like detective, thriller, romcom, film noir, disaster) so first identify the specific genre.
• A film opening will feature a BBFC age-rating. Explain what yours is and why the age-rating is chosen.
• The Production Company ident follows. Comment briefly on yours.
• A film is likely to open with an establishing shot, likely to be a wide shot, setting the scene.
• From the start, the genre will be signalled by the mise-en-scene, lighting, sound and narrative. Is the narrative (characters and action) made up of easily identifiable stereotypes?
• The protagonists appear early on. Their relationship with each other is established. Their clothes and props have meaning. Are they stereotypes that are easily identifiable by the audience?
• Credits identify actors by name.
• Sound codes are important parts of characterisation and plot. The musical soundtrack creates a particular atmosphere.
• The director, director of photography, producer and other credits appear. (Think about the analyses of title sequences that you have done.)
• The film title is in a font or style that creates significance.
• The audience expect a film opening to 'hook' them, to grip them, to present an enigma?

http://mediaclaremont.blogspot.com/p/1-forms-conventions.html