Editing representations - classwork

Game of Thrones - editing task

In order to improve your knowledge and application of editing, look at each of the clips from the Game of Thrones mock exam video. For each section of clip, complete the following tasks:

• Watch the clip
• Identify the editing techniques used in the clip
• Use your glossary
• Don't forget about post-production editing (soundtrack, sound effects, etc.)
• Explain the purpose of the editing technique in relation to the representation of gender. Does it reveal anything about:
• Stereotypes/anti-stereotypes?
• Relationships?
• Characters?
• Is it manipulating audience perception? What perception? How?
• Don't forget about other purposes of editing as a whole - narrative, pace, rhythm, etc. How can these link to gender? 
• Look particularly at characters 'thinking' and 'fighting'.

• 0:00-0:27 - start of clip to where Jaime Lannister says "Which will she choose?"
• 0:27-0:36 - Brienne of Tarth and Jaime Lannister walk along the bridge to where he sits down in the middle of the bridge
• 0:48-1:00 - Jaime Lannister says, "I never used to get corns!" to where he steals Brienne's sword
• 1:03-1:22 - Brienne removes her sword to where they look at each other over their swords eye to eye
• 1:39-1:50 - Jaime Lannister attacks Brienne to where he pushes Brienne backwards over the bridge
• 2:00-2:30 - Jaime Lannister holds his sword towards Brienne to Brienne kicking Jaime in the gut
• 2:31-2:48 - Jaime says "If you were willing to hurt me..." to Jaime leaning back on the wall with his sword out
• 2:49-3:11 - Jaime strikes out from the wall to Brienne standing over the fallen Jaime
• 3:13-3:42 - Jaime gets up off the floor to Jaime looking back at Brienne
• 3.45-4.05 - Jaime says "Let us go..." to the men on horses proceeding over the bridge

Gender representation - Sherlock Holmes

Gender in TV drama

Task: Produce a written exploration of gender in TV drama and post this to your blog.

Your written piece should include, but is not limited to, discussion of:

• Gender stereotypes and their countertypes
• How gender is presented in TV drama through the 4 areas of textual analysis
• How gender links to the other 6 areas of representation (positively and negatively)
• Examples from TV dramas to support your points (including pictures)

Wire in the Blood - gender representation analysis

Task

• Analyse this clip looking at how gender is represented.
• Embed the clip in your blog along with your written analysis.
• Include the 4 areas of textual analysis
• Include the theories of male/female gaze in your analysis

The gaze - female and male

Task

Embed this Slideshare into your own blog.

Trevor Millum - gaze facial expressions

Trevor Millum (1975) identified male facial expressions:

1. Carefree: nymph-like, active, healthy, gay, vibrant, outdoor guy, often smiling or grinning
   
2. Practical: concentrating, engaged on the business in hand, mouth closed, eyes object-directed, sometimes a slight frown, hair often short
   
3. Seductive: similar to the cool/level look (indifferent, self-sufficient, aloof, confident, lips slightly parted, usually looking the reader in the eye), eyes shaded, confident, self-sufficient, may include a slight smile
   
4. Comic: deliberately ridiculous, exaggerated, acting the fool, pulling faces for the benefit of a real or imaginary audience, sometimes close to archness
   
5. Catalogue: neutral look, artificial, waxlike, eyes open wide, smile, look remains vacant, personality removed

Beyonce - 1+1 male gaze analysis

Task:

• Analyse the music video to look at how gender / sexuality is represented - use the four areas of textual analysis to explain your ideas. 
• Use what you have learnt in lesson about the gaze theory (Mulvey and Ferguson) and apply those theories to your analysis.
• Embed this video and your analysis to your blog. 

7 areas of representation and 4 areas of textual analysis

7 areas of representation

• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity

4 areas of textual analysis

Camera shots, angle, movement, composition

• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide show, two-shot, aerial shot, point of view shot, over the should shot, and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field - deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.

Editing
Includes transition of image and sound - continuity and non-continuity systems.

• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
• Other transitions: dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.

Sound

• Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound, synchronous/asynchronous sound, sound effects, sound motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound perspective.

Mise-en-Scène

• Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and makeup, properties.
• Lighting: colour design.