Unit 22Dramas

Cyberbully(Ben Chanan, 2015)

CyberbullyGenre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller could be considered a Docu-Drama (dramatised reenactment of real life events)

Format: One Off/Single Drama (no follow-on episodes, has a resolution at the end although not closed)

Narrative Structure: Linear/Chronological and Realist (believable narrative). The Narrative Structure is appropriate as it is telling the story of something that actually happened, meaning it has to be believable.

Based entirely on real-life experiences, One setting throughout the drama (Casey’s bedroom), Casey and the Hacker

Technical: Editing - Cutaway to phone when she was trying to ring Megan, Eyeline match when Casey was looking at the screen. Continuity editing throughout - told in real time. Scripting - providing and withholding information. Language used suits the nature of the drama.

Casey and her friend chart online and Megan tells Casey her ex boyfriend has tweeted an offensive tweet about her.

Setting: Typical girls teenage bedroom. Low key lighting,

Casey starts to chat with someone online but soon realises that their identity is unknown. Realises they have pictures of her.

Parent leaves the house which makes the audience feel that Casey is vulnerable.

Casey breaks free from the hacker and open the door (high key lighting)

Hacker gets Casey to confess to being a bully and then asks her to take her medication.

As Casey takes pills the hacker post pictures of her friend online.

Father shouts that Megan is on phone and Casey has a realisation that her real identity is more important than her online identity.

Casey realises that Jennifer Li committed suicide after being trolled online via her online video and Google search.

Casey realises that the language used links to a tweet she had seen earlier.

Hacker calls Casey a cyberbully.

Casey realises that it was the hacker who sent the initial tweet.

Micro-AnalysisMise en Scene – The lighting in Casey’s room tends to be quite dark,

although you can tell it’s dark outside, the lights in her room are not bright at all. This gives off the tone of the drama. When Casey gets attacked by the hacker her emotions change dramatically. When chatting with her friends she’s laughing and is quite upbeat listening to her music, but when she posts on her ex-boyfriend's Twitter account and then gets hacked herself, she gets worried and freaks out, she even begins to cry.

Sound – When Casey enters her room she goes straight to her laptop and beings to play some diegetic music out loud, singing along to it. This is diegetic as the characters along with the audience can hear this.

Camera – The drama is filmed from the girls perspective so even though it’s not filmed from a POV shot all the time, you still see everything from Casey’s prospective. We also get a bird's eye view shot of her room setting the scene and showing just how claustrophobic her room is and there is pretty much nowhere to go.

See No Evil: The Moors Murders(Christopher Menaul, 2006)

See No Evil: The Moors MurdersGenre: Docu-Drama, Crime, Thriller

Format: Two-Part Serial

Narrative Structure: Linear and Realist (believable as it's a drama-doc)

Serial Drama because the second episode continues from the first

It tells the story of the Moors murders, which were committed during the 1960s by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, from the view of Hindley's sister Maureen Smith and her husband David.

Micro-AnalysisMise en Scene – Clothing of the characters are quite old fashioned

and because of this you can tell it is set in the 60’s. Ian Brady likes to wear suits which shows dominance. The lightening in the show is dark and gloomy.

Sound – The music (instrumental) plays out of time. They have a lot of diegetic music playing. Throughout they have a lot of naturalistic sounds.

Camera – Close up of characters faces to show reaction/emotion. A lot of high/low angles are used to show dominance, especially with Tom Brady. When the characters are sat on the grass they use shallow focus to make the characters stand out.

Editing – Shot reverse shot to show the characters faces when in conversation. The moors were dimmed to add more effect.

The X-FilesS5 E12 February 22nd 1998

(Cliff Bole)

Bad BloodGenre: Science Fiction Horror Drama

Format: Series (A set or sequence of related television programmes) Same main characters throughout (Mulder and Scully) but different storylines for each episode of the seasons.

Narrative Structure: Linear, Anti-Realist because it is Sci-Fi so it is not a believable narrative

The opening scene to the episode shows two characters in the dark running through a forest at night

The next slide is the analysis of the opening scene

Micro-Analysis Opening SceneMise en Scene – The clothing of the characters is not very visible or

focused upon due to the lighting of the scene being very dark. The only light of the scene is the moonlight shining through the trees which occasionally gives a glimpse of the characters in the scene.

Sound – The dramatic score plays to make the scene feel more intense, we also can hear the sound of the characters footsteps and the sounds of leaves and bushes as they run through the forest.

Camera – The camera work for the opening scene are mainly tracking shots as they follow the chase through the forest, the camera and lighting are used to obscure the view of the characters so that it is a surprise to find that the chaser is the main character Mulder and not an unknown antagonist. The camera also does not show Mulder’s face until his name is called.

Editing – Fast editing is used in this scene to keep with the fast pace of the action chase, different wide shots and angles are used to emphasise the vast landscape of the forest and to also emphasise the isolation of the characters in the woods