Merlin on BBC 1

YouTube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3oJzs_k5I

Camera shots

• Close up of a sword and then zooms out
• Camera tilts up to the surface of the water
• Zoom in to persons face and then it is an extreme close up
• Long shot of a knight on a horse holding a pole and then the camera zooms in to a mid shot
• Close up of a knight swinging a weapon
• Mid shot of the knight striking another knight with a sword and the camera is zooming in
• Long shot of a castle with an extreme close up of a flag on the right and the flag is on fire
• Mid shot of an army charging at the camera
• Mid shot of a mystical monster zooming in to close up of monsters face
• Mid shot of a knight jumping down with a sword in hand and the camera is zooming in
• Mid shot of a knight on a horse running
• Extreme close up of a snake attacking
• Close up of a dog type thing’s mouth
• Close up of dragon flying at the camera and turns into an extreme close up
• Establishing shot of a castle on a mountain

Music

The music that is played is very medieval and mythical

Mise-en-scene

• All of the different clips have either fire or light around them
• A sword in a lake / stream
• Plants / routes in the stream
• Person (Merlin) looking at the camera
• A knight on a horse holding a weapon in the forest at night and it is very foggy/misty
• Knight in red war robe and shining silver armour helmet and shoulder armour holding sword and shield
• Two night’s, the one in red and a another in yellow fighting each other
• Castle and flag on at the same time, castle is on the left and the flag is on the right
• Army of knights in red war robes and all have shields and swords running in a castle yard
• Monster wearing all black and has grey skin
• Knight jumping down slashing a sword and looks to be wearing all black
• Knight in red cheering with a sword in one hand
• Knight on a horse in red and holding a shield charging possibly to war
• Snake biting at the camera
• Monster dog like thing barking
• Dragon fly’s out of mist at the camera
• Castle and its surroundings

Lighting

All of the lighting in the background is dark and misty and then there is fire around a clip of something related to the TV drama

Genre

The genre of the TV drama ‘Merlin’ is medieval and mystical.

Characters in the scene

Dr who – he is an alien species called a time lord and he is the only one left of his species

Rose Tyler- she is a human that is helping out the Dr and is known as his assistant

Music

The music that is used in this scene is both diegetic and non-diegetic. The diegetic music that is in this scene is when the Dr starts up the tardis and this makes a noise that both the audience and the characters can both hear. Then the non-diegetic music that is used in the clip is at the beginning when the tardis is travelling.

Lighting

The lighting that has been used in this scene uses many colours and brightness. The first light that is seen is when the camera focuses on the Dr and this is in the tardis, there is then a green light in the centre console of the tardis and this is the first lighting that is used in the scene, then the second light that is used in the scene is all of the yellow lights on the wall of the tardis and these are all over the wall, then the next light is when the Dr transforms into another person and this bursts out of his body making the background black and the foreground white. When the camera focuses on the Dr the background is dark.

Characters

Dr Who

He is an alien time lord and he is the last of his king

He is dressed in a leather jacket, with black t-shirt and then there is black trousers and black shoes

Rose Tyler

Rose is a human and she is the Dr’s assistant

She is dressed in a red jacket, with a white t-shirt, black trousers and black shoes

The story

The story of Dr Who is all about 1 man and he calls himself the Dr. The Dr is an alien that is the last of his king and he is travelling through time and space to save planets that are in danger for great evil, but the Dr is not alone on all of these quests because he has an assistant and in this episode his assistant is called Rose Tyler and she is an average human female.

Camera shots

The camera shots that are used in this scene are:

• Mid shot
• Looking up at the Dr
• Looking down on rose
• Close up
• Establishing shot
• Low angle shot
• Changes quick

props

The props that are used in the scene are:

• The background which is the tardis
• Computer screen
• Cables
• Watch
• Towel
• Cushions
• Chair
• Clothing

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes

From 4:00 to 7: 15

Characters

Old Women (Marry Maberley) – in a grey dress with white trim

Mystery Women (Isadora Klein) – with big brown hair in a Black carriage with golden frame, wearing white dress with white or grey shawl, gold earrings and Beauty spot bottom right on chin

Sherlock Holmes – Main character, Famous Detective (Hero)

Dr. John Watson-(Helper) well known practitioner of Medical and Forensic science, wears Grey overcoat with white shirt

Mrs Hudson- House keeper

Steve Dixie- (Boxer) Hired goon, Dark skin with Black moustache: Wears brown striped hat, light brown jacket, with a plain grey shirt and red handkerchief in left Jacket pocket.

Sir Duncan Maberley- (Dead) Writer, partakes in sports, Blonde hair, Black overcoat and white shirt.

Duke of Lawmand- Blonde curly hair

Camera work

Shot reverse shot- used during conversations

Close-up – used to put enthuses on a person’s emotions or an object of importance

Pan Shot- Used to put enthuses on someone or something

Mid shot - Show all characters involved in the scene.

Over the shoulder - used during conversations to emphasis on the faces of the character

Wide angle shot –establishing the location

Story

The story starts with an elderly women tending to her garden then there is a pan shot to a lady in a carriage that pulls away, then it cuts to the scene of Watson and Mrs Hudson entering Sherlock Holms room to find the room in a mess and Holms been held up against the window By Steve Dixie name known to Holms. Dixie proceeds to threaten Holms not to go to Harrow when Holmes questions him about a murder at the Howburn Bar he denies involvement, Holmes mentions the name Barney Stockdale then Dixie is removed by Mrs Hudson. Holms then gives a letter to Watson which he reads then it cuts back to the Garden and pan shot to a old wooden sign marked Three Gables .Holms then announces that this meeting with Steve Dixie has intrigued him and they set off for Harrow. The final shot is a wide angle shot as Holmes and Watson walking toward the House.

Music

At the beginning of the clip there is Non Diegetic music playing over the scene.

Lighting

The main source of light comes from the sun shining through the window this gives the scenes a more natural warmth and old fashioned feel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kToBuwEo82E