Learner Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxEQYqo7no This is a scene from the Mentalist, whereby there is a character that is playing dumb and attempts to get away with murder. You are able to identify that Patrick (Protagonist) is wearing his suit which he is most well known for and gives off a sense of professionalism. His character seems intrigued by the antagonist for this particular episode, Tommy and wants to know how and why he has committed this brutal murder. The lighting in this scene suggests that Tommy is indeed hiding something because of the shadows across his face. This suddenly changes at 2:11 whereby his facial features and expression changes because he realises that he has been caught and this creates a sense of shock to the audience because it dawns on them that they have all been duped by someone who has pulled off a character who pretends to be mentally sick. The costume also applies to this character because you are able to see that he is dressed with a child's mentality and therefore reinforces this character's image to the audience. Posted by Aqeel at 02:17 No comments:

Self- Evaluation

I felt that the presentation went well in general, however there was still room for improvement. For example, the ending could have been stronger as it seemed to just end and therefore could have implied to the audience that it wasn't rehearsed at all. Furthermore, I should have rehearsed more as I found myself lost for words at some point within the presentation and knew exactly what I was going to talk about next. Something I forgot to do was including some things that weren't on the slides such as Todorov's theory of equilibrium as this text doesn't follow a common narrative. Posted by Aqeel at 02:08 No comments:

Presentation Feedback

Significance - 2 Structure - 2 Simplicity - 1 Rehearsal - 3 What Went Well: - Well designed slides - Good institutional overview - Very good knowledge of text - Well explained, fluent - Good discussion of characters - Reference to mise-en-scene - Links to other texts - Genuine enthusiasm Key terminology used: - Protagonist - Police procedural - Antagonist - Uses and Gratifications - Identification - Mulvey - Reformers - Aspirers - Succeeders Even Better If: - Refer to narrative theories (Todorov, Levi Strauss, Barthes) - Interaction with audience - Stronger, more memorable ending - Include textual analysis of a scene (camerawork etc) - More explicit media terminology