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At the beginning of the title sequence it shows a shot of a painting of Henry VIII and a photo of one of his wives, they ear close up shots at the beginning there is a voice over and it says ‘you think you know the story but you only know the end, to get to the heart of it you have to go back to the beginning’. This suggests that the T.V drama goes back to the start when Henry was first king, when he was young and that is why they have a short of a young man on a thrown at the beginning and then a close up shot of a crown at the beginning and a mid shot of the crown on the thrown, then an extreme close up of the crown at the end.
During the title sequence there was single shots of the characters doing thing and then there would be a shot of them looking to the side and the gradually facing the camera they there name would appear.
At the start there was a shot of a castle, People fighting and boys and girls together the shots were very fast in changing.
The music to the title sequence was quite fast and the shots changed in time to the music, a lot of the shots would be a mid shot and then maybe to a big close up and different angles of things. There are shots of love, fighting, ruling and candles to show it was set a long time ago.
When there is a voice over at the beginning that suggests to me that people don’t know Henry for who he was so this T.V drama will tell you what he is really like and what went on in those times.
It draws the audience in because you want to find our more about what is going on because they only show you little glimpses so you want to find out the whole story.
Showing him slapping a mosquito at the begining indicates murder.
Lots of jump cuts.
The title of Dexter, writing is blood red the background is very pale like it has been carved on a dead body, this is show after he has opened his eyes to show hes awoken and ready for the sequence of his day.
Jump cut from one blood spot to another two, creates more drama and tension.
Lots of jump cuts adds mystery and addiction making you asking questions.
Shows him locking the door maybe to show hes's locking away secrets, it shows him pulling the key out relating to him pulling aknife out of somebody.
The sequence jumps from one thing hes doing to another mainly emphasing things that relate to murder or are simlar that make you think of murder.
Also using the jump cuts it makes the routine seem more odd and unatural which relates to the fact that he himself is a bit weird and unnatural.
Textual analysis is the process of breaking down a text into its various elements and studying them to analyse how meaning is created. When analysing moving image media (such as film or television) we must examine the following areas: * camerawork (shots, angles, movements)* editing (how shots have been put together)* sound (both digetic and non digetic)* special effects (if there are any)* mise-en-scene (costume, make-up, facial expression, props, setting, performance)
The name of show is Wellington High (well high). The Style/tone is realistic and social realism.
There are 7 key characters in the show;
Elley, 16, white. She is flirty girl but also is a trouble maker. She has a Boyfriend called Jay, but she also has an affair with Jay's best friends Kai and ends up pregnant but she has no idea who the dad is.
Elizabeth, also know as lizzie, is also 16 and white. Lizzie is a geeky girl who is very smart, she gets peer pressured into things. The only thing she wants is not to live in such high standards set by her mum.
Krystal, 16 and she is mixed race. Everyone believes that she is a rich girl with her dad sending her lots of money but really her dad is in prison and she actually steals things instead.
Brooke, 16 and white. Brooke has a drinking problem and she gets into a lot of fights, she also tries to impress everyone.
Jay, 16 and white. Popular boy but his uncle gets him to fight other kids, he gets into trouble a lot, which makes it hard for him to make time for Elley his girlfriend.
Kai, 16 and mixed race. He has affair with his best friends girlfriend, he loves elley and decides to tell Jay but it breaks into fight which leads to someone being killed, but the audience will not find out.
Tyler, 16 and white. Tyler has an eating disorder and is also addicted to steroids. The mum knows about his problem and tries to help, he switches and they both fall apart.
Narrative Structure: 1 hour episode each week and each week its focuses on a character each week. This show would run for 8 weeks.
An example of one story line is about Jay, Kai and Elley a love triangle happens which has a nasty turn and things get ugly. Elley and Jay have been together for a long time, Jay's best friend and Elley have an affair, this leads to Kai falling in love with Elley who then decides to tell Jay and this leads to a fight and someone dies but we will never find out..............
Another story line is also about Elley who becomes pregnant but doesn't know who the father is.
The scheduling for this show is at 9pm on Thursday nights on E4.
A list of different things that are represented in television Dramas:
*Gender (Masculine/Femininity)
*Race (White/Asian/Black)
*Regionality (Cockney/Northern/Irish/Scottish)
*Sexuality (Straight/Bi/Gay)
*Class
*Age
*Nationality
*Religion
