1. introduction to representation
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Wednesday 19th October 2011
• Today’s Learning Objectives are:
• To understand the exam• To identify TV drama sub genres• To understand the term ‘Representation’• To analyse representation within TV
drama
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Half Term Work
1. Complete your analysis of representation for your TV Drama – 150 Words and upload it to your Blog
2. Read your Exam Booklet and complete one blogging task
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Year Breakdown
50 % exam 50 % coursework
1st half termIntro to Media concepts and theories
Practical and textual analysis skills
3rd half termJanuary – AS Media ExamBegin Thriller – 50 % cwk
5th half termSubmit cwk – finish course
4th half termThriller cwk
2nd half termAM – Music industry exam prep
AD – TV Drama exam prep
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Friday 13th JanuaryTV Drama G322
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Don’t spend lots of time exploring the genre
Do spend time looking at each technical aspect
in detail particularly editing and sound.
Do look at a wide range of TV Drama, US can be a rich area of study but you will be examined on a British text.
Exam Board Advice: TV Drama G322
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But enough about the exam…
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What sub genre are these TV Dramas?Fill in the mindmap in your booklet
Ext: Can you think of any others?
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REPRESENTATION
Who is being represented?
How are they being represented?
In pairs, answer the questions for each image
Ext: Why have these social groups been represented in this way?
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Representation is…
• Write down your own definition for Representation
“ The way a media text re – presents or constructs a particular group of people,
place or situation”
‘A Construction of Reality’
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Why is The Media called The Media?
• Because it mediates between the information and the audience
MEDIA
PRODUCERS
AUDIENCETEXT
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How do you remember Mise en Scene?
• C – Costume• L – Lighting• P – Production Design• P – Props• S - Space
MES = CLPPS
RECAP
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How do you remember Cinematography?
• A – Angle• M – Movement • P – Position• S – Shot Type
AMPS
RECAP
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In pairs, analyse one of the following TV Dramas to present back to the class
• The Wire – Representation of Ethnicity
• Skins – Representation of Age
• Bleak House – Representation of Social Class
What is the sub genre? How do you know this?
How are the characters represented? Does it conform to typical stereotypes?
Analyse using mise-en-scene and cinematography
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You have 3 mins to present
• Audience: Think of Questions to ask the group• What else would you like to know?
• Did the group describe or analyse?
• What media terminology should they be using when analysing?