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.