TV Documentary Interview Exercise

Cinematic blog task

Cinematography blog task: Breaking Bad opening minutes. 1) The opening scene plays a important role to attract audience to the series. This episode is called "Pilot". Pilot isn't a name referencing something from the episode, a pilot is a standalone episode which introduces the viewers the characters, the plot and settings. It's called a pilot because a plane takes-off with the audience, it then stays airborne if the audience like the plot and character and wishes to stay. But if they don't wish to continue they land and get on the next flight. The way that breaking bad made their pilot episode should set a example on how it should be for every single drama series. The first seconds of the clip starts with long, establishing shots of deserts and cliffs. Then the camera tilts towards a piece of pants the came from the sky and lands on the ground but later for the camera to be fixed on a caravan that runs over the pants. Then for next 30 seconds goes over differen

Editing Analysis

Your final analytical blog task is to find a film or television clip on YouTube that you feel has been edited in a distinctive way and write a 750 word analysis of the clip. This clip is about Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent by the US government to rescue a group of politicians being held hostage in Guatemala. The clip starts with Dutch arriving to the base and meeting the general. We then immediately change the scene to inside where they talk about the mission. The interesting part now is the next scenes. The next scene is a long-zoomed shot of Dylan. Different mise-en-scene can apply in this shot. The lighting shows more shadows to portray mystery. The actor pose shows he is relaxed. When the audience is watching this for the first time this scene can build tension. Then the next scene where Dutch slowly turns around and looks at him builds even more tension. Then tension dies off in an exciting manner and goes to the iconic scene. In the next couple of scene, we can analyse t

Introduction to TV Drama

Introduction To TV Drama 1) What is serial television drama? Write your own definition. A serial TV drama is multiple drama stories expanded into a series of episodes. Like drama, the story mainly focuses on one narrative while the serial focuses on many stories with multiple beginnings and multiple endings. 2) List five of the TV dramas discussed in the history of the genre on page 1 of the factsheet. How has the genre evolved over time? The Avengers (1961-1969) and Danger Man (1962-1968) were discussed. They were aimed at the domestic market. This model of making television drama was not widely adopted by the industry until the 1990s. Today all television drama is all shot on film and made like a film, with the same high quality productions values. 3) List the sub-genres of TV drama featured in the factsheet. Come up with your own example of an existing TV dramas to fit each category. Police Procedural NCIS Medical Grey's Anatomy Period Chernonyl Science-Fiction / Fantasy

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