Walking Dead:
Gender:
-Men are presented to be more brave and outgoing by their willingness to put themselves at risk in order to create some form of safety for the group (S02E01 [min 20-23])
-Women start off as scared and have many close to death experiences but through the process of the series' become more careless and 'rebellious' than some of the men e.g. Carol (S01E03 [min 41:30-42:30]) , (S05E01[min 17-19])
Education:
-Characters who may of had a higher level of education before the apocalypse now seem to be more vulnerable and less able to fight and attack meanwhile those who didn't have as high of an education are now better off as they can fend for themselves (S05E05 [mins 36:30-40:00])
Freedom:
-Freedom is never guaranteed as whenever the group find a safe haven of some sort it is only temporary. (S02E02 [mins 5:00-8:30]) , (S02E13 [mins 6:00-18:40])
Relationships:
-Relationships have to be close as trust is a very precious and rare thing to find however relationships are also easily broken mainly by death. (S05E02 [mins 10:30-13:30])
Ethics:
-Ethics are very different as the world is different. Trust is a hard thing to find and many things are required to build it up. Death is what usually tears this apart, either natural death or being killed by the living. Consequences are made up on the spot usually on some sort of bias. (S04E04 [mins 37:20-39:40])
Mis en scene:
-Often items will be found turned over or in a place of devastation, this shows the mise en scene is revealing a form of disaster has occurred. An example of this is the pilot episode. This is important as it is trying to set a scene for a brand new audience so it has to communicate effectively what level of destruction the audience can see from the beginning. (S01E01 [mins 0-3])
-Another form of mise en scene is when cars are seen driving on the road there are often leaves all over the road, this show the lack of care for the earth. It also represents the lack or organization and of leadership as man is always traveling and does not have time to make the earth look presentable, let alone the fact that it has no one to make the location look presentable to. It establishes the real anarchy in the earth. (S05E09 [mins 40:00-41:00])
Sound:
-A common form of diegetic sound used in the show is the groaning the Walkers (zombies) make. This shows the anarchy seen in the show or rather the warnings of anarchy as it represents life with out some form of organized leadership will lead to a mindless, killing race of beings. Hearing a human voice is even something that isn't usually seen outside of the main group of characters seen in the show. As the show goes on a human voices gets so rare that the appearance of other humans often creates some form of suspicion within the group as the expect the worst from these other humans.
For an example click here.
The representation of gender types as explained, portray a clear difference between the personalities of the characters in the show just by the way they respond to situations. However there is no explanation about the importance of sound used in the show. As sound adds significance to the TV show.
ReplyDeleteThe comments on relationships and ethics were fairly similar, focusing mainly on trust. For a world of essentially anarchy, some explanation on how ethics have changed and how this is represented would be helpful, instead of just stating that the world has changed.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good idea to reference the seasons, episodes, and times of the segments, and the reference to characters.
It would be a good idea to make reference to the use of sound, and how it adds meaning and how it adds to the show.
There is a good and logical layout to this post, making it easy to read and follow. However there could have been further explanations on some points (for example when you said "Life or Death is also a very serious problem" why or how is this so? And it would be of interest to mention the role audio plays. But it was good how you referenced individual points in the series. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThis post is very well set out and easy to navigate. It also covers many topics, listing many important and relevant points, although I feel many of these could have been covered in more detail. Also, the effects of sound in the show were covered very quickly with only one example given and not explained very thoroughly, causing it to feel somewhat rushed.
ReplyDeleteKeeghan-
ReplyDeleteClear effort has gone into a comprehensive exploration of representational groups and societal values. Consider also why these messages are being encouraged to viewers. Think deeper! What do you mean by ‘careless’? Are women crazy? If so, why? Both of these groups are responding to …what? Possibly fear, or death. You say men are brave and outgoing where women are careless – so fear is being presented as an empowering force for men but a destructive force for women. (See what I mean now?)
That same logic should then be applied to all the other representations you bring up. What is being represented, and what are the messages we interpret as a result?
(By the way, ‘Badass’ is not acceptable vocabulary for analysis.)
Mise en scene:
WHY are we given shots of destruction? What is the meaning this constructs for us?
Second bullet is slightly better yet still just touching the surface. Mise en scene explores EVERYTHING in a given shot; shot composition, lighting, timing, actors and their acting, etc. Use your course book for more information.
Sound:
I think the groan is more like a warning of the dangers of anarchy. Good example, yet always look for ways to extend your observations!
I’m not sure what you meant by human voices not being heard “outside of the main group.”
Overall you’ve gone to a great deal of effort to consider the values of the story world that is being represented. You now need to consider what the message of those representations are!
Limited explanation 7
Wide range of examples, though not explored with respect to audience interpretation or mediation of meanings 13
Limited use of terminology 3
TOTAL MARK: 23/50
- T. Marcus