Luther Textual Analysis
Camera Angles/Movement
foreground shot - when the villain sits by the wall
Editing
straight cuts - every new camera shot
Sound
diegetic sound - cars and buses
non-diegetic sound - music
Mise-en-scene
Miss-en-scene is used in the clip in many different ways. Firstly, near the beginning of the clip, we see London buses. This gives the audience an idea of where the scene is taking place as the red buses are iconic in London. Then we see the villain wearing black clothes and sunglasses, a common representation of a villain. Luther then puts on a hat and sunglasses as a disguise. He also puts on plastic gloves. They meet in an alleyway in the middle of the day, which challenges the representation of criminals being nowhere to be seen during daylight. Luther punches the villain and collects his blood and uses it to take DNA as he puts it in a Ziploc bag.
Representations
a black guy is the hero - this challenges the stereotype that black males are criminals
white guy is the villain and he gets beaten up - this challenges the representation that white people are the heroes and also the fact he is being beaten up challenges the representation that white males are in power
Theory
Luther: Hero
White man with sunglasses: Villain
Sound is used in the extract by having diegetic sounds. The diegetic sounds include the noises the cars and buses make when they are being driven in the background when the came the camera zooms in on one of the agent's vehicle. The cars and buses help retain reality amongst the audience and the red buses help the audience understand where the show is set, as the double-decker, red buses are an icon of London.
Some good notes here. Use your notes and within this post you must write your two textual analysis paragraphs answering the question posted on Insight.
ReplyDeleteAlso, at the end of this post you have written that diegetic sound is mise-en-scene.
Mise-en-scene includes locations, settings, costumes, props, facial expressions etc and Sound refers to diegetic/non diegetic sound etc. Don't get confused between the different types of media language.
Miss C.
Benji, this needs to be reflected and perfect by our next lesson on Wednesday. Miss C.
ReplyDeleteI've done it at home the day I was ill.
DeleteThis has been improved, but be careful not to make it too descriptive.
DeleteAlso from now on, all reflect and perfect work must be highlighted using a green font please.