Analysis's

The Spy Who Loved Me

Codes and Conventions

• Build of suspense followed by an action packed chase.

Suspense and Enigma

• Message comes through for Bond, leaves woman.
• Woman radio's group of men, unclear who they are - ominous
• Bond skiing down mountain  men seen loading guns

Titles

• None, they follow in a separate section

Narrative Construction & Storyline

• Message from HQ, Bond needs to report back, interrupting him in bed with a woman.
• Very little is said, 'I need you' 'So does England'
• All linear storyline
• Men shown are obviously a threat from the start
• Chase ensues
• Cliffjump

Musical Soundtrack

• Music first heard when Russian spies are seen walking over the mountain - ominous
• Additional notes play after 'So does England' line is delivered
• Cut to POV shot and 70's funk is playing, worked into this is a rendition of the famous Bond music. This music carries on throughout the chase scene
• Various extra parts are added in conjunction with actions on screen (villain being shot)
• Music finally changes and intensifies as cliff is seen
• No music as Bond leaves cliff
• Classic Bond theme plays as Union Jack parachute opens

Camerawork

• Shots get wider as scene progresses
• Opens on close up of Bond and woman in bed
• Close up of watch printing message
• POV of skis
• Arial shots at various points through chase scene.
• Lots of movement, fast cuts through chase scene
• Slow pan, hardly any cuts, during cliff jump scene, builds suspense and lets audience take in what they're seeing

Editing Techniques & Pace

• Cuts back and forth from Bond to villains to show where each other are
• Pace picks up fairly quickly, with Bond dashing out the door and building up until cliff jump finale. 
• Shots are put together to show whole picture, i.e. 1 or 2 mid shots will then be followed by a long shot, then back to the mid shot.

Setting

• All one location, on mountain side, variation could be made between the comfort and security of log cabin and cold, exposed mountainside

Characters

• Limited, Bond, Russian Spies and female (presumably Russian Spy)

Inglourious Basterds

Codes and Conventions

• Convention broken here, large majority dialogue.

Suspense and Enigma

• Very suspenseful near the end of conversation as the fate of Jewish family under the floor is decided.
• Enigma of both characters is present, although part is explained about SS captain, many questions still unanswered

Titles

• Titles are presented before, with different music behind them.
• date is shown - 1941

Narrative Construction & Storyline

• Peaceful countryside, family going about chores
• SS arrive, questioning inside house begins
• Jewish family are shot, one escapes

Musical Soundtrack

• Composition of 'The green leaves of summer' behind credits
• 'The verdict' featuring the piano part from 'Fur elise' is played when Nazi's are approaching
• Large, epic orchestra music plays as family are killed

Camerawork

• Establishing shot of farmhouse and man cutting wood
• close ups used a lot
• pull focus used for first shot of approaching Nazis
• two shot during conversation
• slow zooms as plot point is revealed
• shot of Nazi's feet as they walk through door
• high angle shot/birds eye when floor is being shot
• low angle shot as SS officer is looking at the floor
• Slow downward pan to reveal family underneath floorboards

Editing Techniques & Pace

• Pace very slow, builds up to very tense end of scene
• Mainly cuts back and forth between the two men
• Fewer cuts than expected in say an action scene, longer length of shots to concentrate on reactions, facial expressions etc

Setting

• One location, mainly shot in a single room

Characters

• French man, his three daughters, Cpt. Landa, three SS soldiers

Kill Bill Vol 1

Codes and Conventions

• Thrown straight into aftermath of action with no explanation at present

Suspense and Enigma

• Audience wants to know who the character is, what happened to her
• Man speaking remains a slight mystery although Bill is written on handkerchief. However, intent and actions are unknown

Titles

• None shown in 

Narrative Construction & Storyline

• Very little story presented, woman bleeding and hurt, man talking to her, then shoots her in the head

Musical Soundtrack

• No music

Camerawork

• Single, static shot used for majority of opening
• Close up of woman's face

Editing Techniques & Pace

• Picture is black and white
• Pace is slow, single shot, yet already overwhelms audience as a straight cut from black with heavy breathing and woman in pain to close up of her mangled, bloody face.
• Sudden increase of pace as woman starts to talk and is shot in the head
• One cut to panning shot of feet walking.

Setting

• One location, this is unknown as the camera does not move from a close up.

Characters

• One woman in bride outfit and man, out of shot.

Pulp Fiction
Conventions and Codes

• builds up to a robbery at the end of the opening scene.

Suspense and Enigma

• a small amount of suspense is built from when the 2 people decide to rob the restaurant and when they actually do. 

Titles

• the robbery is freeze framed then when the music starts the titles come on
• titles have a black background, with actors names in white and the name of the film in yellow writing.

Narrative and Storyline

• in the opening scene we are introduced to the first 2 characters.
• they are robbers and discussing robbing banks and liquor stores.
• then they decide to rob the restaurant they are eating in.

 Musical Soundtrack

• No music until it cuts to the titles after the opening scene
• misirlou - dick dale

Camerawork

• mid shots of the both of them
• close up on either one as they are talking
• mix of them 3 types of shots all the way through

Editing Techniques & Pace

• cuts from shot to shot at a slow pace

Setting

• And american 'diner' or restaurant. 

Characters

• We meet the characters Ringo and Yolanda in the opening scene

Dead Mans Shoes

Codes and Conventions

• Cuts from flashbacks to present day throughout.
• Doesn't give away any story line.

Suspense and Enigma

• Very little suspense until the line 'God will forgive them'  around 4 minutes in.

Titles

• Black credits fade into film, then the title Dead Man's Shoes appears in the corner of the film  a minute later as the intro is still ongoing.

Narrative Construction & Storyline

• several clips of old family videos
• camera follows 2 people walking through british countryside
• music played throughout

Musical Soundtrack 

• Music heard before any visuals
• Song called vessels in vain
• slow sombre music
• the whole song is played in the intro, start to finish

Camerawork

• mixed flashback shots 
• cut to distance shots of the 2 men 
• camera at mixed angles but follows them

Editing Techniques & Pace

• cut from scene to scene
• the flashbacks are edited so they look like old home movies. 

Setting

• One setting is a typical british countryside.
• the other is at a home

Characters

• There are 2 men that are concentrated on, nothing is explained about them.

Silence of the Lambs

Codes and Conventions

• It doesn't show any of the storyline or give any of it away
• It builds up suspense with non-diegetic sound and camera movement

Suspense and Enigma

• Suspense is built up by making the audience think she is being followed, as far as we know at the exact beginning is that she is just going for a morning fog
• She gets an order to go to the office

Titles

• Director and producers names appear throughout the scene

Narrative construction and Storyline

•  Women Jogging through the woods
• FBI agent approches her
• she goes back into the training building

Musical Soundtrack

• Suspense building soundtrack 
• Music dies down until you see the FBI hat
• Changes to tense music

Camerawork

• starts of the scene a steady cam is being used following the girl
• One shot for the majority of the start
• Panning shot of the trees and skyline pans to women 

Editing

• Not a lot of editing
• Cuts from scene to scene
• Titles are placed in the front of the scene

Setting

• Setting on an assault course 
• setting on training ground

Characters

• One main character that is shown at the start which the camera follows
• FBI Agents who speaks
• Back Up characters who are their to set the scene

The Effect of Legal and Ethical Issues

When producing content for television and film, the people involved must be aware that there are many issues to take into account and ensure they do not break various rules of broadcasting. For example, the One Show, High Crimes and Doctor Who must ensure they do not have copyrighted material in the programmes, the most likely of which to feature being music, and must therefore ensure the correct fees have been payed to the owners of these copyrighted materials before using them. Copyright applies to any medium and is a legal constraint under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. This means that you must not reproduce copyright protected work in another medium without permission. This includes, publishing photographs on the internet, making a sound recording of a book, a painting of a photograph and so on. Copyright of music applies when it is set down in any permanent form. Usually different types of copyright apply to songs, the composer will have the copyright to that song, the lyricist owns literary rights to the lyrics separately as they are considered literary work and the producer of the recorded work will own the copyright of the recorded track.

There are also less straightforward, more specific legal and ethical issues that must considered. One of which that may affect the One Show is representation of tribal peoples. There are various areas of this to then consider, the first of which being obtaining consent. The filmmakers must get full consent from the tribespeople and agree to any limitations on filming, ensuring that the tribes people understand the nature of their contribution, how it will be used and the potential impact of their contribution. A second area is accuracy, i.e. the filmmakers must not knowingly represent the tribe in a manner that does not reflect their daily life without addressing so, therefore misleading the audience. However, this is merely an ethical issue, while not illegal to stray from these guidelines, out of a basis of morality and both emotional and physical protection of the tribespeople, broadcasters and filmmakers agree to adhere to them. There are laws that limit content also, one of which being against defamation/libel where an individual can sue for any damage caused to them by broadcast material, the broadcaster must then provide decent evidence to back up what was broadcast in order to defend from this. One issue that may affect Doctor Who specifically is the 9pm watershed and what content they may show, obviously depending on what time they broadcast. As Doctor Who is broadcast at 7 pm and is aimed at an audience of all ages (therefore including quite young viewers) the creators and producers must be aware of the levels of violence and sexual content as well as the graphic nature of this and use of bad language. The issues addressed are not under any kind of legal constraint. They are under the BBC editor's guidelines, which are merely a code of practice that the employees of the BBC, and most other television companies, adhere to.

Although an American film, High Crimes is still affected by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification). This is a non-government body funded by the film industry that is responsible for national classification and censorship of films in the UK. Therefore to be shown in the UK, High Crimes must undergo classification by the BBFC. The BBFC analyses areas of a film’s content such as violence, sexual content, horror, language, imitable material, theme, drugs and discrimination. From the levels of these fields in the film, a classification can be made. As High Crimes is a thriller, common themes throughout these are sex, violence and bad language, as well as the plot usually involving more mature subject matter. Although High Crimes features all of these, the way they are presented (such as more implied violence rather than graphic) allow the film to receive a 12 rating from the BBFC. Although the BBFC does not affect the initial broadcast of Doctor Who, when released on DVD the BBFC will classify it for the release.