Independent Study Lessons.


Listen to 3-5 different radio dramas and produce a written analysis (Post on your blog). Try to select radio dramas from different radio stations so you have a good comparison model.

Listen to the radio drama below and explain the four elements that will be included in the exam. Remember to link to audience, genre, representation and narrative.

In the exam you will be played a 5 minute radio drama extract and be expected to comment on the following:

• Speech
• Music
• Sound effects
• Editing

Mise en Scene

If mise en scene is not completely clear watch the following youtube clip (36 mins long). 

Remember: Your September assessment will be a clip that you need to analyse using mise en scene. You may bring 1 page of notes e.g. the five key elements, or key words. As well as including all the elements of mise en scene in your assessment you will also be expected to analyse the effect on the audience. Again the audience can be the preferred audience - the audience that the director expects to watch their programme or film and the alternative audience which reads each media text from a different point of view. 

In preparation - Keep watching 5 minute segments of TV programmes or films and explain how all the elements of mise en scene create meaning. 

Prelim Tasks - Watch the following and evaluate what has been done well and what could be improved.

Prelim Task 1

Prelim Task 2

Prelim Task 3

Prelim Task 4

AS Prelim Task

Task Brief:

Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180-degree rule. 

Mise en scene

 

 

More mise en scene.

 

 

Mise en scene - Lighting and Camera Shot Focus

 

 

This power point focuses on the lighting and different camera angles. It is quite detailed but should enhance your understanding of mise en scene

AS Media Studies Introduction Lesson