Editing Note Taking: Doctor Who

Denotation Connotation Work through the extract and describe the mise en scene. Explain how the mise en scene constructs representations of gender? Work through the extract and describe the camera work • shots/angle/movement/ composition Explain how the camera work constructs representations of gender? Identify the different types of sound used in the extract: Non-diegetic sound is used when she enters the room creating a hostile environment where she is facing her enemy. The villain changes the tone of his voice. He uses a deep voice to try and sound more scary and masculine. He says “kneel” showing that he has the power to command people in the scene. Diegetic sound is used when the villain turns the machine on. This is done to add more realism to the scene. A sound bridge is used when the villain is talking about launching the ships. Explain how the sound constructs representations of gender: The fact that Martha is silent while the villain is talking infers that there is a male dominance in the scene because the only person talking is male. The villain’s dialogue is very controlling against Martha who is a female. There is a diegetic sound of a man trying to step towards Martha as if he’s going to help her. This presents men as heroic. Martha rises in power as the scene goes on and this is represented by the high pitched choir music that is rising as she starts to take control of the scene. Identify the different types of editing used in the extract: When Martha is walking it cuts from her to a different person then back to her and then cuts again to a different person. This could be to show that the people in the scene are somehow on her side and are her friend. This editing is called cutaway. When Martha is walking she looks in several different directions and the shot follows. It is called eye-line matching to show that she is looking at them people to show that she knows them. We see what the character sees. A shot reverse shot method is used between Martha and the villain. This is to show that the scene is about their duel and creates a feeling that they are battling each other. When Martha takes the device out of her pocket, there is an action match to just show the realism of the scene. When there is a take of Martha walking through a blizzard, it is edited in slow motion to add dramatic effect and to get us to show sympathy for her. Explain how the editing constructs representation of gender: The fact that parts of the scene have been edited using the eye-line matching method for Martha, this shows that she is the most significant character in the scene because we are seeing what she sees so clearly she’s the most important. Even though Martha isn’t speaking, the editing still reverses the shot back to her. This shows that she has power in the scene because she has a lot of screen time even though she isn’t doing anything significant. The editing of Martha walking through the blizzard makes use see her in distress and maybe because she is a female that she is struggling to walk. However she overcomes this ordeal showing that females are strong enough to beat hard things.