George Wing Television Blog

Ask the Lonely Genre:  Drama Pitch:  What is it to have dementia? Father McLarry, a man who served most of his life as a vicar is now lost, but will his doctor help him find himself again? Characters:  Father McLarry- A 67 year old ex-vicar who suffers from dementia is stuck in a world he once knew. He gets these hallucinations which make him imagine things that aren't there. I'm terms of clothing he wares a smart shirt with jogging bottoms. This is because of their elastic  waste makes them easier to put on without messing with flys and buttons as well as keeping him warm (older people tend to get colder). It's out of the ordinary too, a mixed up outfit which reflects his mind. Doctor-Middles class man of an Indian ethnicity. Smartly dressed and tries to look into the mind of McLarry.  Locations: Most of his scenes are based either in McLarry's cottage or his doctors office. Cottage is slightly cluttered with pictures from mag...

Contextual Studies-lecture 2 Morning Mis en scene Mise en Scene is crucial to what television and film are about - a visual medium. It is important to be able to understand and interpret mise en scene (e.g. Semiotics) Definition: What is actually being seen on the scene or visual frame. Mise en scene originates from theatre, defining the placement of objects and characters within plays. 4 Key Elements of Mise en Scene: Costume: what the visual look of characters conveys (e.g., good vs bad) Staging/Stage Directions: The placement of characters and props - the way in which they act with body language. Props/Production Design/Setting: This includes items that are used by characters, purposeful decisions on the design of the set/location as well as colour choices. Lighting: how it affects setting and character (e.g., shadows for villains and thrillers) Game of Thrones example Setting-cold, austere, masculine Costume-uniform Lighting-cold blue key lighting ...

Morning-Brainstorming  New ideas? Moving house for the first time at the age of 17  Weird time in someones life to move New Sixth form and new surroundings  Meeting new people Opening could be the first day of sixth form in the morning getting ready. Mikey wakes up  Birthday the night before-  Late for work  Had a late night out  Calls boss in late Charismatic and charming Has a smile on his face until the phone rings  His mom has been sent to hospital  Throws clothes on panicking  Runs out the house and starts to run to the hospital  Another car hits his side and he goes down.   Vicar-Based on Father mackenzie from the Beatles song 'Eleanor Rigby'  in the sense that he's a lonely Vicar. After doing some more research I discovered that the song is often described as a lament for lonely people or a commentary on post-war life in Britain. This has given me the idea of setting my piece in th...

At the start of the day we split up into groups of 2 (A and B). Being in group B, my first lecture was taught by Simon. We set off watching a short film called 'Sundance'. I made some initial notes when watching it, and we then went onto talking in depth. My first impressions were that this was a typical short film based on gang culture- something rather generic. However, as the film progressed I realised there was more to it than this. The beginning was filmed on a mobile phone, so you could tell this was a modern piece produced around 2007. This became more significant later on when the camera kept switching from a professional high quality lens to the low quality, amiture phone footage. I also found the fact that the establishing shot was the same as the closing shot. It was almost as though after all the drama everything resumed as normal for the rest of the world. When it came to working as a group to analyse this short film we found the following: Genre: Drama/suspense...

Three Variables: Forest ----- Borneo Soldier ----- Name (Sgt Rajesh) Photographer ----- Name (Oakley Quake) Story: 1. Oakley enters forrest with his dog, when suddenly his dog starts barking. Knowing his dog well, he realises he must not be alone... Whilst taking pictures he notices a figure in one of the trees, but looks up to find nobody there.. 2. Sgt Rajesh is over watching the process of deforestation. Oakley is an avid campaigner for the conservation of wildlife in the forrest... But does the soldier agree with the way the forrest is treated? 3. Photographer goes on a walk for inspiration, and comes across a former decorated militant/Veteran suffering from PTSD, and is sharing his story...           [The soldier is a stern short asian man, he is unclean and has cataracts in one eye] A soldier is on duty on the outskirts of the Borneo Forrest maintaining the flow of work within the area. [This man is large man of all proportions ...

Monday 19th September 2016 Today was my first official lesson, where course leader Simon discussed the details for our course and the first unit. We were also lectured on the process of story telling in script writing which I found to be particularly useful given that I was unaware of the detailed 'ingredients' of a good script: Characters Action Dialogue Setting Whilst this list is fundamental, it was also important to include change somewhere throughout the plot. This may be a change within the character(s), usually the protagonist. An example of this was with Walter White, protagonist in what is now one of the most successful television series. His character changed, in his original intentions. He started off wanting to raise money for his cancer treatment and his family, but in the end he discovered it was about having the respect, which producing and selling crystal meth gave him.  After this lesson my thoughts and ideas had changed. I had an in...

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