My Boy Jack notes

Dialogue

• Short, formal conversation
• Poshly spoken - matches the characters
• Authentic - Deliberately old fashioned
• All rehearsed and realistic
• 'Sir' and last name shows relationships aren't strong

Sound

• Diagetic sound of clock
• Summery weather - jolly music
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Audience

• Primary audience would be older people due to war times
• Big star (Daniel Radcliffe) appears to mass audience
• Represents change in values from WW1
• Difficult if you weren't born into high class family

TV Drama - Genre

• Historical genre
• Music, costumes and props show the genre
• Stereotypical as its war time
• Daniel Radcliffe appeals to young audience rather than older

Characters and Performance

• Daniel Radcliffe is very well known
• Characters posh and rich
• A few are slightly snobby
• Realistic as its a true story
• Sequence is upper class and well educated
• White British
• Jack is less important due to fathers job

Narrative sequences

• Clock shows time passing by, narrative time
• Daniel Radcliffe suggests high value production
• Clock appears twice to show real time
• One off production drama

Backstory

• Drama premiere, WW1 England, 1914
• Language used, cars show this
• Non fiction character, good reputation
• Higher and lower classes

Mise en Scene

• Countryside and manor houses show typical England at this time
• Clothes and props traditional for this time period
• Bright sunny day represents mood
• Formal clothing eg. Suits
• Guards opening doors and gates - important place

Camera

• First shot is establishing show, wide shot
• Close ups of car and driver
• Mid shots used for realism and feelings
• Long shots and track shots for car
• Over the shoulder shot during conversations

Editing

• Close up of clock shows time passing
• Parallel editing shows two people doing different things
• Start says 'England 1914' - sets the time

Social Class

• Rolls Royce shows upper class
• Posh speech
• Suits
• Fade up on posh clock
• Extreme close up of second hand
• Lots of space (Countryside) shows freedom