Series 5 so far...

OK so here's whats happened so far this series...

Meredith and Derek have decided to move in together, after Meredith finally overcame her fear of committing. George passed his residency exam and can now join the other residents, rather than the interns. Lexie tries to express her feeling for George but he is oblivious. Alex has put his bad boy days behind him and is dating Izzie. Callie think about being a lesbian with Dr. Hahn who has a crush on her, and ends up dating her (but sleeping with Sloane).

Can't wait to find out what happens next!!!

My TV Drama of choice is.....

....GREYS ANATOMY

as you can see from my blog design, I LOVE Grey's Anatomy and am an avid watcher.
It mixes complex medical issues with complex relationships!

Grey's Anatomy is a hospital drama that focuses on Meredith Grey, one of several first-year surgical interns, at a Seattle Grace hospital. Along with her colleagues, Meredith struggles to maintain relationships while staying sharp at her new job.She makes friends with fellow interns Christina, George, Issie and Alex. Merideth struggles to live up to the reputation of her legendary surgeon mother and if that wasn't enough she finds herself accidentally falling for her boss! With a mixture of love, sex and medicine, Grey's Anatomy is sharp witty and fun.

AND I LOVE IT
:) xx

Hovis Ad analysis

The sections

1. In the bread shop

• dialogue "here we go lad"
• bread wrapped in brown paper bag with string
• Boy about 12 years old
• boy wearing a cloth cap with old brown clothing with a jumper and a shirt underneath his coat -represents working class, late 1800s/early 1900s
• baker all in white-traditional
• old man in morning suit

2. The Cart

• sound of horse neighing-then you see the horse and carriage- also showing the time period: obviously before cars were invented
• guy in the cart yells at him
• women looks shocked as he runs past her-wearing a white pinafore and a bonnet
• Tracking shot-we are with him
• boy running through the street of a city-city, working class
• runs through the gate with a chain on and loses his cap.
• his shirt and costume has changed slightly showing the change in time
• we then see a poster for the titanic and can assume it is early 20th century

3. Women's March

• Boy leans on wall and we see his costume has changed slightly again-his brown jacket now has lapels
• we can see a woman dressed in a long blue skirt with a hat on fighting with a guard (or police officer). Another man is standing in a tall top hate and smart attire
• There are placards with 'Votes for Women' showing this is 'the Suffragettes'-this shows the time which is approximately 1913
• We can hear screams from the women indicating their suffering
• man with moustache
• LOADS of women marching with banners and placards
• The boy runs through the people watching the march

4. Soldiers

• All together with guns and old fashioned uniforms-WW1
• Boy looks up at the soldier aspirationally and proudly
• Soldier looks young-sending out young people to war
• Young girls with hats on with ribbons'
• Boy sits on the wall-his costume has changed very little as the time period has not really changed
• He salutes the soldiers showing respect

5. Street with car

• Boy jumps off the wall
• runs past 3 people standing by a car
• The car appears to be slightly more modern-indicating the time has progressed through to the 20s.
• We can also see this by the clothing-bowler hats and camel coats.
• Dog chases him.
• The boy runs down an alleyway and kicks a can down not knowing where it will go

6. War-bombs, plane etc...

• He follows the can out into the mayhem
• There are bombed buildings surrounding him and old furniture in the street-he looks very shocked and worried
• We see people evacuated from there houses carrying there worldly possessions-including portraits of family members
• Little boy looks sad.
• Clothing is simple and in dull colours as it is during the war; rationing
• Speech of Winston Churchill through the radio 'We shall never surrender'-encouraging and determined.
• Boy stands on top of a mountain of debris
• Plane passes by-shows it is the second world war as planes were used.
• The colours are very drab and dull to show the sadness of this era

7. Street Party

• Everyone happy and cheery
• People wearing hats and paper crowns
• A boy wearing a pirate costume-shows how joyful everyone is. He waves at the other boy. This shows a great sense of the community coming together to celebrate the Queens coronation
• Lot's of flags across the road. The table is packed with food and lemonade and all things which were rationed during the war-showing thjis is a happier and more afluent time.
• Also the change in monarch showsthe change in peoples attitudes. The people in the war scene looks miserable and sad, whereas everyone here looks happy.
• The boy takes a glass of lemonade off the table
• He is wearing socks and shorts, as the Queen was crowned in June (summer)
• The colours used are much brighter which also show how it is summer and everyone is much happier

8. Girls/Football players

• One girl is wearing a short yellow dress and red boots, and the other is wearing a white top and a brown mini-skirt - indicating that it is the 1960s. Also their hair is typical of the 1960s. The boy is wearing a brown leather jacket and a t-shirt underneath it, showing the fashion has moved on to the 1960s.
• The bread is still wrapped in brown paper.
• There is no dialogue between the boy and the girls, but he eyes them up in a cheeky way, suggesting he likes them.
• The boy runs past a car with British flags and you can hear men cheering "Champions!".
• This suggests that it is 1966 when England won the World Cup. The flags show their patriotism.
• The car is petrol blue and is a classic car of the 60s.
• The houses are fairly small and terraced, which suggests a working-class area, and one house has a massive flag of Great Britain hanging outside it's window.

9. Street with Asians and TV Shop

• The boy is now wearing an open-collared square-patterned shirt and a sweater-vest with diagonal orange, blue and green stripes. This shows he is now in the 70s.
• An Asian couple walks past showing England has started to become more multi-cultural.
• The woman is wearing a long floral-patterned dress, and the man is wearing a beige corduroy jacket, showing it is the 70s.
• They walk past a TV shop, indicating that technology is becoming more advanced and that the time has moved on.

10. Coal not Dole strike/protest

• Miners chanting "Coal not dole" because they don't want the mines to be shut down as they would then have to go on the dole.
• Police have riot-shields, suggesting it was 1984-5 as it was the miner's strike.
• The boy has run in-between the two sides, and one man says to him "Eh lad, is it past your bed-time?" which shows that the nights were a bit dangerous for young people
• The boy's jacket is now a brown bomber jacket, still indicating it is the 80s, and he is wearing a bright blue t-shirt.
• The boy runs across a field of wheat, connoting to the bread which he is delivering to his house.

11. Fireworks

• Now it is night-time and the millenium (fireworks).
• It is a tracking shot showing him running home past a river (perhaps the River Thames)
• He jumps over a bench that is in his way, suggesting that people were overcoming the obstacles of the 90s to reach the new millennium.

12. Home

• Suddenly it is day again, and there are two teenage boys leaning against a car with a football at their feet.
• The boy is now wearing a brown hoodie, showing fashion in the 2000s.
• The boy comes home through the back door and sits down at the kitchen table with the loaf of bread which is wrapped in a brown plastic bag saying "Hovis".
• His mum says "Is that you home love?". She has a slight northern accent, suggesting they live up north, and not in London.
• He says "yeah" and smiles to himself in a way that tells the audience he is thinking that his mum has no idea what it took to get Hovis bread home.
• The bread is then on a bread-board, some of it sliced, and a hand grabs a slice - presumably the boy's.
• The loaf is then shown on a pinkish white background with the tag-line "As good today as it's always been"

13. Sound throughout the sequence

• There is chattering when there are people in the scene, and you can hear footsteps from the boy running
• There is some dialogue, onscreen, offscreen and from the radio (Churchill giving encouragement)
• You can here the sound of a plane, cars, cheering, chanting, a horse neighing
• The music is quite quick-paced, and climaxes after dialogues ("Eh lad, is it past your bedtime?") when the boy is running
• At the end, the music calms down, and finishes with gentle piano.
• The music is mostly in a major key, showing hopefulness.
• The music starts with just piano, then includes violins.
  

14. Narrative/Story development through whole advert

The advert starts in 1886 and spans over 122 years - to 2008. The boy gets the bread from the baker, and runs home, through all the time that Hovis has been around. It shows what Hovis has survived through, and how it is the same quality as it's always been (tag line).

Woahhhhh!!!!

TV drama blog up and running
As you can see my layout is out Grey's Anatomy- one of my favourite dramas.
I ADORE tv drama and am so excited about this task. TV drama is my fave thing to watch on tele and here are a few examples of the ones i like:

• Grey's Anatomy
• ER
• CSI NY
• CSI (Las Vegas)
• House
• Gossip Girl
• Gilmore Girls

and more... like Doctor Who

and TV Drama specials such as 'Lost in Austen'

I'm VERY excited to get going and i hope you like my blog :)

xxx