Defenitions

Denotation - what you can detect from a shot - eg two children playing can suggest innocence

Connotation - how the scene has been put together to influence your response - eg an over the shoulder shot of the children from the perspective of a man hiding in the trees, for example gives a different impression

Angle - high and low

Shot - mid/close up ect..

Essay On Corination Street

Examine the two openings of Corination Street. how have the programme-makers aimed to represent the lives of the people on "the street" and manchester in general through their selection of images.

Firstly there is a huge difference between the titles in the 1960 ones and the 2010 version. The 1960 version is in black and white, and goes on for around 2 minutes, and the newer version in 2010 is in colour and goes on for around 30/40secs.

One of the things that the two opening titles have in common, is that through out the forty years worth of titles, they have both always included the pub the has been in cornination street from the begining, "the rovers return" it shows people standing outside in both and shows that it is a welcoming pub, i also think that it shows that this is a very working class area, as in very upmarket areas, i dont think that there would be a local pub in the middle of the street with people stood outside. Also another thing that the two opening titles have it common, is that all the way through both of them have always had a cat, i feel that this shows that it is a family area, because most areas that have pets are seen to be more family orientated.

One of the main difference in the titles is that in the newer titles, they dont actually focus just on "corination street" in now has scenes from actual manchester, rather than keeping it all about the actual street.

Analysis of Heart FM Breakfast show 9 - 10

from my analysis of heart fm's radio breakfast show (9am - 10am), the high majority of adverts advertised are for cars, eg saab and alot more are for new singles coming out. there is also advertisments for for wedding fares, this suggests that alot of these advertisments are aimed at the more middle aged female type. also the type of music that was being played would suggest that again this is more for the middle aged females, listening to, justin timberlake, beyonce, jamelia and daniel beddingfield.

Camera Angles

establishing shot  - setting the moment/scene for the scene ahead                       
                          - gives you an idea of wealth of people/area           
                          - show the setting

close up - show emotions of characters
             -  shows things that need to be noticed for later on in the scene
             - can influence the audience

Mid Shots - relationships between people
                 - spercific parts on the body

zooming in can - take you to the important parts of the scence
                       - can allow the audience to take in a number of details

panning shots can - establish more of the scene, allows them to see things that may come importat later on in the scene

extreme close ups - shows key and important highlights

two shots - establish relationships

Introduction To Media - Coursework - Local Radio

My initial research involved investigating the types of local radio stations. The major difference is between Independant (ILR) and public funded BBC radio stations. ILR stations rely on local business for adversitments and funding.

TV Drama - Sub - Genres

Soap Operas or Continuing Dramas - eastenders, corination street

Crime and Police Dramas - the bill, csi

Medical/Emergency Dramas - ER casualty

Sci-Fi/Fantasy - dr who

Literary Adaptions - Oliver twist, pride and prejudice

Contemporary Melodramas - skins waterloo road

Comedy's - shameless, desperate housewives

Conventions Of TV Drama

Characters - genuintly in a TV drama you will always come across a villan, the person who you are supposed to feel alot of sympathy for, familys, the person who everybody just automatically hates, promiscuity.

Storylines - birth, death, marridge, affairs, love.

Dialogue - people tend to speak using a regional accent, slang.

Setting - more run down areas, so that they dont come across as being very upmarket ect.

Themes - (see storylines)

Music - opening and closing credits, real everyday music that you would are most likely to get in a pub/shop ect.

Eastenders and The Inbetweeners

Eastenders - Sam Mitchell has her new baby boy, but the family are still undecided on who the father is, is it Ricky or is it Jack? Peggy walks into Phil'shouse and finds out how much trouble he is actually in through his drug problems.

The Inbetweeners - Will is supposed to be going on a date with a girl and taking out on a boat for a trip around the harbour. But instead the gang jumps into the boat and go for a ride instead. They then end up with a hole in the boat and also Simon falls in leaving everyone to see him naked as they come back into shore.