Connect…

• Read the factsheet CAREFULLY

• Can you highlight any relevant information about REPRESENTATION

EXT: Is there any new information you don’t recognise?

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Discover

CW A Field In England & REPRESENTATION [08/06/2015]

A Level Media/MS4 Case Study

Learning Objective/ Outcome Level

All: will make observations and suggest links with key concept 1

Most: will apply key terminology from previous learning to your area of study

2

Some: be able to apply a media theory from previous learning to your area of study

3

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Text

Genre• Signifiers

• Conventions

• Iconography

Narrative• Structure

• Conventions

• Key codes

Representation

• People

• Places

• Events/Issues

IndustryIssues

Production

Background/Context

Marketing/Promotion

Regulation

Global Implications

Distribution/Exhibition

Audience/Users

Targeting Positioning Debates Responses

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Today!

A Field In England

• A FIELD IN ENGLAND is a 2013 British film.

• It is written by Amy Jump and directed by Ben Wheatley

• It stars British actors Julian Barratt, Reece Shearsmith and Michael Smiley

• It was filmed over 12 days near Guildford

Discover

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What is representation?

• Representation is concerned with the way that people, ideas and events are presented to us.

• This could be representation in magazines, news, soap operas, films and so on.

• It may include representation of people, places, events.

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For Media Analysis

• Richard Dyer (1983) posed a few questions when analysing media representations in general.

– What sense of the world is it making?– What does it imply? Is it typical of the world or deviant? – Who is it speaking to? For whom? To whom?– What does it represent to us and why? How do we respond

to the representation?

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A Field In England– Representation

• Can you attempt to identify the representation of some key Characters and Events in A Field In England?

• Think Carefully – You might have to consider more than one Point of View!

• Do they symbolise a larger idea?

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Representations of Reality

• A key term in representation is VERISIMILITUDE

• Verisimilitude is the construction in a text of a plausible (believable) world. The “reality” in the text.

• This “reality” is constructed through Mise-En-Scene, Characters, Sound and Editing

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Examples Presentations

• Around the room are 6 AFIE extracts selected to give you specific examples to help with your writing!

• In 2/3’s, watch each sequence carefully and make notes on PEOPLE, PLACES and EVENTS in each sequence

• Ensure you take specific examples to support your homework!

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Examples Presentations

• Once you have viewed the clip and made notes you need to regroup yourselves

• Combine your research to create a hand out for the rest of the class

• Consider the layout and presentation – is it easy to understand and follow?

Extension: create a short test to ensure everyone has read and understood the hand-out

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Example ScenesScene

NumberTime in

Film Brief Description of Scene1 00:18 -

02:55

2 23:24 – 27:35

3 31:29 – 36:19

4 39:08 – 45:45

5 01:01:06 – 01:07:17

Trailer N/A

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Representation Revision hand-out

Technical Codes• Camera Shot• Camera Angle• Framing (Rule of Thirds,

Symmetry)• Focus• Special Effects• Dialogue• Diegetic/Non-Diegetic Sound• Editing

Symbolic Codes• Mise-En-Scene

– Setting,– Lighting,– Props, – Costume, – Make-up/Hair, – Body Language/Facial

Expression

• Colours Used• Music – tempo/pitch

Combine Notes

• Swap notes with a partner

• Read their ideas carefully

• Do you understand their ideas?

• Have they justified their choices with evidence?

• Can you combine ideas?

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Develop

Applying Representation to A Field In England

• Past Question:Explore the different ways in which

people are represented in your three main texts[Jun 2012]

• Try to:– Use specific examples from the text: how are the characters

constructed through Technical and Symbolic Codes– Consider links to the three main topics of GENRE & NARRATIVE– How might different audiences have different readings of the film– Use media terminology– Use theory where relevant

Specific points to consider for A Field In England:

• Different Audience Readings• How do different elements

appeal to different audiences• How does the representation of

characters appeal to the audience?

• How are MEN represented• How are DRUGS represented to

the audience• What TECHNICAL CODES affect

the representation of People, Places and Events?

Key Terms and Theories• Stereotypes• Historical Accuracy• Positive or Negative

Representation• Challenge or Conform• Verisimilitude

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Homework

• Write an essay answer to the question

• DUE: ??/6/2015

Develop

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Plenary

• Can you tweet me something you have learnt in today’s lesson?

• Use only 140 characters!• #AFieldInEngland #representation can be extra

to make it a bit easier!

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Celebrate