A fatherbrings a babyhome from hospital for the first time and is alone in the house with the baby because his wife died in hospital.

A teenager wakes up the morning after the night before. They are clearly badly hung over and in pain. A text message arrives saying. ‘You will pay for last night.’

A mother and daughter are sitting at the bedside of the father, who is on life support. A nurse comes in and tells them to say their final goodbyes as the machine will be turned off.

A man and woman are at the top of the stairs arguing. The man is becoming increasingly irate and pushes the woman who loses her footing and falls down the stairs.

A young couple have decided to split up because the girl is going to uni and they think it won’t work. She goes to catch the train but he realises it’s a mistake and runs after her to try to stop her.

Two girls fancy the same boy at a party. He is new to the town and they are both trying to catch his attention. They both move in on him at the same time and they end up brawling.

A girl of 13 finds out she is pregnant. This happened when she was drunk and she has no idea who the father is. She has to tell her parents.

A homeless man is sleeping rough in an abandoned warehouse. Some youths set fire to the building in the middle of the night and he has to try and escape.

A teenage boy has decided he is gay and he confides in one of his ‘friends’. The ‘friend’ then spreads the word and the whole school gangs up on him.

Sound

•Last lesson you studied sound, and were able to differentiate between Diegetic and Non-Diegetic.• Today we are going to take this further by categorising sound further.

Task...•  Rally Robin all

of the different types of sound you can think of used in television dramas.

Quiz Quiz Trade - Technical Terms

• Synchronous Sound• Asynchronous sound

• Sound Effects • Sound Motif • Sound Bridge

• Dialogue• Voiceover

• Mode of address/direct address• Sound Mixing

• Sound Perspective

Synchronous/Asynchronous Sound

• Synchronous sound refers to sound that matches what happens on screen.

• Asynchronous sound refers to sound that doesn’t match what happens on screen. •Hustle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzAoCsvvFBY (also a sound bridge)

Sound Effects• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=XjOtGgxaX5g&feature=related

Sound Motif• Sound motif is a sound or piece of

music associated with a character, setting or idea.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8

• Darth Vader

Sound Bridge• Sound bridge refers to the gap between

two scenes being filled by sound. • Hustle from first scene to second

• Hustle riverside scam:• Riverside• From 31 seconds

Sound Mixing• Sound mixing refers to the

constructed combination of music, sound effects and dialogue.

Sound Perspective• Sound Perspective refers to the

sense of a sound’s position in space, shown by volume, timbre, direction etc.

• For example:

Dialogue, Voiceover (Mode of Address)

• How the media producer communicates with the audience, e.g script and voiceover is just a voice for the audience.

Let’s give it a go!Hotel Babylon

•As you know in the exam you will watch the clip four times. The first time will be for viewing only, and thereafter note taking is allowed.

•You are now going to watch a clip twice: first time without making note and the second time making notes about the use of sound.

•Make sure your notes are through as you are going to be writing a focused paragraph afterwards.

Focused paragraph• Using the crib sheet to help you I

would like you to write in silence, about the use of sound in the ‘Hotel Babylon clip.

• Success Criteria • Always give a specific example• Make sure you refer to the effect the

sound creates.

Time to reflect• In groups of four you will

each take responsibility for filling in one section of the thought circle with your response to the following question:

• Excluding dialogue what is the most effective use of sound and why?

• Can you come up with an overall group consensus?

Match Up!