Mise en scene - Micro analysis

Simon smoking drugs with a student. the student is not wearing the correct uniform, but Simon's tie is also very loose and he looks unprofessional. 

Simon talk to Jenny in the corridor, while Simon is under the influence of drugs and seems a lot less nervous than their previous meetings.

Students run out of the lesson and barge and push each other in the corridor showing excitement and relief.

Susan is wearing a necklace, maybe trying to impress someone because she is trying to get the head of years job.

Coke cans, crisps, bottles on the teachers lunch table

Biscuit dropping into tea - not concentrating on what a teacher is doing

Weird women wearing baggy clothes - she's not attractive and is represented as being not very fashionable

Simon eating doughnuts – munchies after taking drug?

Ken – keeping face value – but he didnt want to go to the conference!

Headteacher  bigger than simon – higher position - this could represent the position and power of the headteacher and the comparison to Simon.

Jenny laughing in simons vision of being caught by the police. adding to their rivalry going on.

Simon having sex with Maggy - simon getting what he wants.

Wriggling feet after sex??? this could show him being a bit scared and anxious because Maggy is a police officer.

On different sides of the bed in the morning - could show simon being nervous about taking drugs again.

Susan holding pad and pen… simon arriving after her and holding nothing. This could represent women being more professional than men.

Narrative Sequence

TV mini series.

Starts off in the Pub - Susan breaks the new of applying for the head of years job. Simon tries to convince her not to.

Simon wakes up in the morning at a girls house - tries to have a lay in but gets late for school.

It cuts to Simon on his way to school on his bike.

Simon then meets Jenny in the school corridor, who says that she is also applying for the head of years job. This provides the twist in the program. It cuts to Simon dreaming of Jenny in some sort of sexual fantasy, where she is more dominant than him. He then gets out of the daze and goes to his classroom.

The scene then goes to the staff room where Simon is confronted by Jenny but is interrupted by another teacher.

Notes on tv program 'Cracker'

The scene begins with a establishing shot showing a crowd of people around a car. The camera then zooms into the car which allows the audience to sence the anxiety of the people who are being mobbed. At this time the camera swiches from lots of multi-shots and zooming shots which show the faces of the people in the car and some of the people around the car.

Another interesting shot was when the policemen were running out of the police station. This shot seemed as if the camera was placed on a crane becuase the camera goes upside down and does a 360 style turn to show the policemen approaching the car that was being vandalized.

There are also high angle shot which is used to great effect to show havoc when the car enters the police station and the police are trying to restrain people from passing through the gates.

Representaion of Men and Women

In the clip for 'Bodies' men and women are represented in completly opposite ways. The women were portrayed to be caring and very proffesional with their job. However, the men are seen to be very stereo-typical in the way they were acting. For example one of the surgeons who said "you don't half see some freaky fanny's these days". this shows that the surgeon was not really paying attention to his job and wasn't taking it seriously. 

Representation Task

All media texts are re-presentaions of society/reality. This means that they are made - (written, cropped, branded, targeted, framed) on purpose by their producers. These are entirley artificial versions of reality we percieve around us. The media can be minipulatave and make people believe what they want. For example the media can alter stories and pictures to change the opinion of the public.