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*Connect to [[JCM212_Film_and_Media_Theory#Study_groups|your study group]]'s Google doc
 
*Connect to [[JCM212_Film_and_Media_Theory#Study_groups|your study group]]'s Google doc
 
**Write ''another'' a seven-word (or fewer) review of the last film or TV show  episode you liked.
 
**Write ''another'' a seven-word (or fewer) review of the last film or TV show  episode you liked.
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==Analysis of ''The Big Sick'': Editing and sound==
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==Group in-class exercise: Identify stylistic elements in ''Shakespeare in Love''==
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*Each student must draw their own diagram of the scene's camera positions and blocking--as in the diagram for ''Grey's Anatomy'' (below), but without the drawings of frames. '''Be sure to indicate which shots are done from which camera positions--using the numbers of the shots from your list above.'''
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|File:ShakespeareInLove006.jpg|alt1=Opening shot.|Opening shot.
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|File:ShakespeareInLoveqq00 30 26qq00011 adjusted.jpg|alt2=Viola.|Viola.
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|File:ShakespeareInLoveqq00 30 33qq00018 adjusted.jpg|alt3=Will Shakespeare.|Will Shakespeare.
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*Groups 4, 5, and 6 move to Group Study Rooms in the Phifer Learning Commons.
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*Connect to your study group's Google doc (above).
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*As a group, describe how select elements of mise-en-scene and cinematography (from lecture) are used in ''Shakespeare in Love'' to help construct the narrative. Copy specific questions from below.
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**[https://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ShakespeareInLove.php View ''Shakespeare in Love'']
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*Identify each contribution you make by putting your initials after it. Use three initials if your group has students with the same two initials.
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*For example:
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**Exposition: The exposition of this ''Friends'' episode starts with Rachel and Joey discussing a previously established storyline (Monica and Chandler getting together). The exposition for a second, related storyline and this episode's main story is when we see Monica and Chandler at a work party and it's established that he has an obnoxious "work laugh." A third storyline is introduced when Ross is angry about his ex-wife getting married. (JGB)
  
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'''Draw examples from scene to discuss your answers. That is, refer to specific shot numbers when you answer these questions.'''
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===Discussion questions===
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How do mise-en-scene and cinematography help to communicate the story in this short scene from ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/ Shakespeare in Love]'' (John Madden, 1998)? (See [http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ShakespeareInLove.php video clip].) Or, in other words, how does mise-en-scene function to help construct the narrative?
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#What narrative functions does the set design by Jill Quertier serve?
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#*How does it use "iconography"?
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#What narrative functions does the lighting design by Richard Greatrex serve?
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#*Does it use three-point lighting (explain what three-point lighting is)?
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#*Is it high key or low key?
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#What narrative functions does the "blocking" by John Madden serve?
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#*Does ''Shakespeare in Love'' use "composition in depth" in this scene?
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#What narrative functions does the costume design by Sandy Powell serve?
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#Considering the first two shots and Richard Greatrex's cinematography:
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#*Is the focus deep or shallow? What narrative function does the focus choice serve?
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#*How would you describe the framing (long shot, medium shot, close-up)? What type of camera movement is used? What narrative function does framing/movement serve?
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#*Is the camera angle low, eye-level, high? What narrative function does camera height serve?
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#*The theatrical version and the DirecTV version have different aspect ratios. Which aspect ratio is used for each? How did the DirecTV version alter the theatrical version?
  
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#How would you describe the sound perspective in this scene? Judging from how it sounds, what conventional position of the microphone was used? Explain.
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#Does your scene contain nondiegetic music? If so, then what function does it serve? If not, pick a piece of music and imagine that it was laid under the scene. What impact would your music have on the scene?
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|title=''Shakespeare in Love'' on DirecTV
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#Does your scene contain sound from a different diegetic time (earlier or later)? If so, what impact does it have on the image? If not, then choose one shot from your scene and ''invent'' some sound (dialogue or effects) that could be laid over it from another time in the story.
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#How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place, introduced to the viewer? Does an establishing shot occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
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#Do your scene's camera angles adhere to the 180° rule? Is screen direction maintained? If not, why is the viewer not disoriented? Or if the space is ambiguous, what narrative purpose does that serve?
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#Does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion or does it raise more narrative questions? Explain.
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|File:ShakespeareInLoveqq00 00 35qq00001.jpg|alt4=Opening shot.|Opening shot.
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#Choose one of the following three questions, based on elements that are present in your scene:
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|File:ShakespeareInLoveqq00 00 49qq00004.jpg|alt5=Viola.|Viola.
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#*7A How are match-on-action cuts or eyeline match cuts used? Are there jump cuts?
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|File:ShakespeareInLoveqq00 00 57qq00007.jpg|alt6=Will Shakespeare.|Will Shakespeare.
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#*7B How does the camera relate to the characters' perspectives? Are there point-of-view or subjective shots? If so, how are those shots cued or marked? That is, what tells us that they are subjective or point-of-view shots?
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#*7C How is shot-reverse shot used? Are there re-establishing shots? What narrative impact do shot-reverse shot and re-establishing shots have? That is, how does the choice of shots help to support the development of the story?
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#Do you feel the editing of this scene was effective? Why or why not?
 
  
 
==Post-group work free-time activities==
 
==Post-group work free-time activities==
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*Put on headphones and watch remainder of ''The Big Sick'' (on Blackboard)
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*Put on headphones and watch remainder of ''Shakespeare in Love'' (on Blackboard)
 
*Start reading, for 2/28 the keywords:
 
*Start reading, for 2/28 the keywords:
 
**production, copyright, brand, censorship
 
**production, copyright, brand, censorship
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations.htm Mise-en-scene Illustrations]
 
#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/VisualStyleIllustrations.htm Mise-en-scene Illustrations]
 
#[http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ShakespeareInLove.php ''Shakespeare in Love'' video clip]
 
#[http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/ShakespeareInLove.php ''Shakespeare in Love'' video clip]
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#[http://shotlogger.org/ShotListV2.php?recordID=780 Shot Logger: frames from every shot in ''Shakespeare in Love'']
  
 
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Post-quiz free-time activities

  • Start reading, for 2/28, the keywords:
    • production, copyright, brand, censorship
  • Connect to your study group's Google doc
    • Write another a seven-word (or fewer) review of the last film or TV show episode you liked.

Group in-class exercise: Identify stylistic elements in Shakespeare in Love

Template:Gallery

  • Groups 4, 5, and 6 move to Group Study Rooms in the Phifer Learning Commons.
  • Connect to your study group's Google doc (above).
  • As a group, describe how select elements of mise-en-scene and cinematography (from lecture) are used in Shakespeare in Love to help construct the narrative. Copy specific questions from below.
  • Identify each contribution you make by putting your initials after it. Use three initials if your group has students with the same two initials.
  • For example:
    • Exposition: The exposition of this Friends episode starts with Rachel and Joey discussing a previously established storyline (Monica and Chandler getting together). The exposition for a second, related storyline and this episode's main story is when we see Monica and Chandler at a work party and it's established that he has an obnoxious "work laugh." A third storyline is introduced when Ross is angry about his ex-wife getting married. (JGB)

Discussion questions

How do mise-en-scene and cinematography help to communicate the story in this short scene from Shakespeare in Love (John Madden, 1998)? (See video clip.) Or, in other words, how does mise-en-scene function to help construct the narrative?

  1. What narrative functions does the set design by Jill Quertier serve?
    • How does it use "iconography"?
  2. What narrative functions does the lighting design by Richard Greatrex serve?
    • Does it use three-point lighting (explain what three-point lighting is)?
    • Is it high key or low key?
  3. What narrative functions does the "blocking" by John Madden serve?
    • Does Shakespeare in Love use "composition in depth" in this scene?
  4. What narrative functions does the costume design by Sandy Powell serve?
  5. Considering the first two shots and Richard Greatrex's cinematography:
    • Is the focus deep or shallow? What narrative function does the focus choice serve?
    • How would you describe the framing (long shot, medium shot, close-up)? What type of camera movement is used? What narrative function does framing/movement serve?
    • Is the camera angle low, eye-level, high? What narrative function does camera height serve?
    • The theatrical version and the DirecTV version have different aspect ratios. Which aspect ratio is used for each? How did the DirecTV version alter the theatrical version?

Template:Gallery

Post-group work free-time activities

  • Put on headphones and watch remainder of Shakespeare in Love (on Blackboard)
  • Start reading, for 2/28 the keywords:
    • production, copyright, brand, censorship

Individual stylistic analysis

Details here: JCM212/Stylistic Analysis

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2011).
  2. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 8th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007).

External links

  1. Mise-en-scene Illustrations
  2. Shakespeare in Love video clip
  3. Shot Logger: frames from every shot in Shakespeare in Love
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