Dramas

1. Unit 22
Dramas

2. Cyberbully
(Ben Chanan, 2015)

3. Cyberbully
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller could be considered a Docu-Drama (dramatised reenactment of real life events)
Format: One Off/Single Drama (no follow-on episodes, has a resolution at the end although not closed)
Narrative Structure: Linear/Chronological and Realist (believable narrative). The Narrative Structure is appropriate as
it is telling the story of something that actually happened, meaning it has to be believable.
Based entirely on real-life experiences, One setting throughout the drama (Casey’s bedroom), Casey and the Hacker
Technical: Editing - Cutaway to phone when she was trying to ring Megan, Eyeline match when Casey was looking at
the screen. Continuity editing throughout - told in real time. Scripting - providing and withholding information.
Language used suits the nature of the drama.

4. Casey and her
friend chart
online and
Megan tells
Casey her ex
boyfriend has
tweeted an
offensive tweet
about her.
Setting:
Typical girls
teenage
bedroom. Low
key lighting,
Casey starts to chat
with someone online
but soon realises
that their identity is
unknown. Realises
they have pictures of
her.
Parent leaves the
house which makes
the audience feel
that Casey is
vulnerable.
Casey breaks
free from the
hacker and open
the door (high
key lighting)
Hacker gets Casey to
confess to being a bully
and then asks her to take
her medication.
As Casey takes pills
the hacker post
pictures of her friend
online.
Father shouts that
Megan is on phone
and Casey has a
realisation that her
real identity is more
important than her
online identity.
Casey realises that
Jennifer Li committed
suicide after being
trolled online via her
online video and
Google search.
Casey realises
that the language
used links to a
tweet she had
seen earlier.
Hacker calls
Casey a
cyberbully.
Casey realises
that it was the
hacker who
sent the initial
tweet.

5. Micro-Analysis
Mise en Scene – The lighting in Casey’s room tends to be quite dark, although you can tell it’s dark outside, the
lights in her room are not bright at all. This gives off the tone of the drama. When Casey gets attacked by the
hacker her emotions change dramatically. When chatting with her friends she’s laughing and is quite upbeat
listening to her music, but when she posts on her ex-boyfriend's Twitter account and then gets hacked herself,
she gets worried and freaks out, she even begins to cry.
Sound – When Casey enters her room she goes straight to her laptop and beings to play some diegetic music out
loud, singing along to it. This is diegetic as the characters along with the audience can hear this.
Camera – The drama is filmed from the girls perspective so even though it’s not filmed from a POV shot all the
time, you still see everything from Casey’s prospective. We also get a bird's eye view shot of her room setting
the scene and showing just how claustrophobic her room is and there is pretty much nowhere to go.

6. See No Evil: The Moors Murders
(Christopher Menaul, 2006)

7. See No Evil: The Moors Murders
Genre: Docu-Drama, Crime, Thriller
Format: Two-Part Serial
Narrative Structure: Linear and Realist (believable as it's a drama-doc)
Serial Drama because the second episode continues from the first
It tells the story of the Moors murders, which were committed during the 1960s by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady, from
the view of Hindley's sister Maureen Smith and her husband David.

8. Micro-Analysis
Mise en Scene – Clothing of the characters are quite old fashioned and because of this you can tell it is set in the
60’s. Ian Brady likes to wear suits which shows dominance. The lightening in the show is dark and gloomy.
Sound – The music (instrumental) plays out of time. They have a lot of diegetic music playing. Throughout they
have a lot of naturalistic sounds.
Camera – Close up of characters faces to show reaction/emotion. A lot of high/low angles are used to show
dominance, especially with Tom Brady. When the characters are sat on the grass they use shallow focus to make
the characters stand out.
Editing – Shot reverse shot to show the characters faces when in conversation. The moors were dimmed to add
more effect.

9. The X-Files
S5 E12 February 22nd 1998
(Cliff Bole)

10. Bad Blood
Genre: Science Fiction Horror Drama
Format: Series (A set or sequence of related television programmes) Same main characters throughout (Mulder and
Scully) but different storylines for each episode of the seasons.
Narrative Structure: Linear, Anti-Realist because it is Sci-Fi so it is not a believable narrative
The opening scene to the episode shows two characters in the dark running through a forest at night
The next slide is the analysis of the opening scene

11. Micro-Analysis Opening Scene
Mise en Scene – The clothing of the characters is not very visible or focused upon due to the lighting of the scene
being very dark. The only light of the scene is the moonlight shining through the trees which occasionally gives
a glimpse of the characters in the scene.
Sound – The dramatic score plays to make the scene feel more intense, we also can hear the sound of the
characters footsteps and the sounds of leaves and bushes as they run through the forest.
Camera – The camera work for the opening scene are mainly tracking shots as they follow the chase through the
forest, the camera and lighting are used to obscure the view of the characters so that it is a surprise to find that
the chaser is the main character Mulder and not an unknown antagonist. The camera also does not show
Mulder’s face until his name is called.
Editing – Fast editing is used in this scene to keep with the fast pace of the action chase, different wide shots and
angles are used to emphasise the vast landscape of the forest and to also emphasise the isolation of the
characters in the woods