Thursday, 4 October 2007

TASK FOUR

Keywords x10


1) Ambient sound : This is the natural sounds we might hear in a moving text, for example a bird singing. It then becomes diegetic. Relevance to my study: This will be very useful for my study as i can use this to describe the Mise-En-Scene and how it relates back to the audience. So in this case, ut gives a sense of realism and makes the audience identify with what is happening.

2) BCU (Big Close Up): This is when the camera gets a extra zoom shot of an object, it may be a eye and goes in detail. Relevance to my Study: I can use this while I am analysing how the pratagonist Aishwarya gets abused by her husband, and how the camera focuses on her marks. This again gives the target audience to identify with her.

3) Chiaroscuro: When sharp lighting is used and dark shadows are created. We will often find this is horror films. Relevance to my Study: The opening of 'Provoked' alot of dark colours are seen and shadows are seen of Aishwarya, it creates alot of Enigmas and makes the audience think who is behind the shadows.

4)Dominant Ideology: This is when a society is dominant through being elite and passes down norms and values to the lower class. Relevance to my study: Provoked focues on alot of 'White culture' and the whole idea of White being dominant. I can talk about how the Asians are seen to be inferior comapred to them and how inequality is seen.

5) Enigma code: It's a structure of a narrative, alot of riddles and confusion may be left, in order for the audience to solve the problem it also gains their attention. Relevance to my study: Provoked shows alot of enigma codes such as Aishwarya crying in the blue, dark shadows, we see black screens with Aishwarya crying, the whole purpose of this is to gain the attention of the audience and make them think what is happening.

6) Feminism: The whole idea of a status of a women and how her role can be challenged by men: Relevance to my Study: Provoked's main genre/theme is about Feminism and how they are no longer seen to be inferior towards men, as they now can be seen as being Active and not subordinate due to the rights out now.

7) Gender: Behaviour and cultures of Femininty and Masculinity and how they behave towards the society: Relevance to my Study: Provoked looks in depth at the gender roles of both males and females. In this I will be able to see how both are portrayed for example males seen to be breadwinner and female seen to be Housewifes? The whole idea of cheap labour.

8) Hero: This can either be a male or female, one of the main Pratagonist and the audience look upto and can identify with. Relavance to my Study: This is one of the main parts to my study as Aishwarya is seen to be the Hero as she fights for her rights and fights back her husbans abusive behaviour.

9) Long Shot: The camera has a far distance of the object, this shot is often used in a scenery such as parks or buildings. Relevance to my study: There is a long shot of where Aishwarya lives it gives a idea to the audience of the area and can identify with it.

10) Narrator: An individual tells the story it can be seen as a voice over: Relevance to my Study: Aishwarya tells the story in her voiceover it makes the audience feel as if she is directly talking to them, gives a sense of identification.

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