AS Media Studies

G322: Key Concepts in MediaSection A: TV DRAMA

Date: 25/02/2014 Term Sp2, Lesson 1 1

CONNECTConnect

• What are the most common representations of AGE in the Media?

• Move round the room and label each with the most common representations you’d expect

Discovery Question

Date Term ?, Lesson ? 3

Discover

• What is AGE REPRESENTATION and HOW is it constructed?

Date Term ?, Lesson ? 4

Learning Objective/ Outcome Level

All: Will understand the exam question and be able to relate it to TV Dramas

Level 2

Most: Will explain the uses Camerawork, Editing, Sound and MES in a TV Drama to create Representation

Level 3

Some: Will analyse the the uses Camerawork, Editing, Sound and MES in a TV Drama to create Representation

Level 4

Discover

G322 Media Exam

• Textual Analysis and Representation:

– Camera shots– Camera Angle– Movement and Composition– Editing– Sound– Mise-en-Scene

Discover

7 KEY AREAS FOR TOPIC

• Gender• Age• Ethnicity• Sexuality• Class and status• Physical ability/disability• Regional identity

Discover

Representation

• Representation refers to the construction in any medium of aspects of ‘reality’ such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. Such representations may be in speech or writing as well as still or moving pictures.

• A key aspect in the study of representation concern is with the way in which representations are made to seem ‘natural’.

Stereotypes

• The easiest way for the audience to relate to a character or characters is to use Stereotypes

• Stereotypes are when a character is created using a common set of ideas about a group of people. These ideas can be both positive and negative and can influence the way we view groups of people

Age

• If you are asked to focus on Age, you need to look at the following

– Physical Appearance– Stereotypes– Associated Behaviour

• Age generally focuses on 4 groups:1. Children2. Teenagers3. Adults4. Old Age

Develop

Age: ChildrenDevelop

Age: TeenagersDevelop

Age: Old AgeDevelop

Age

• As Adults tend to be the dominant audience for TV drama, the representations of their group tend to be fairly accurate

• The less dominant social groups tend to have differening and less accuarate representations

• Can you think of any examples of this?• Are there any TV drama shows which Adults aren’t the

target audience?• How does this change the characters representation?

Develop

Exam Practice

• Watch the following extract and make notes using the grid to help you prepare you answer to the question

How is Age represented in Waterloo Road (Lake, 2009)?

Delight

Exam Practice

• Watch the following extract and make notes using the grid to help you prepare you answer to the question

How is Sexuality represented in Flashforward (Roth, 2009)?

Delight

Exam Practice

MES CW ED S

Point

Evidence

• What is the Representation• Is it positive or negative?

Practice Pieces

• Lip Service (Aprahamian ,2012 )

• Skins (Clough, 2007)

HOMEWORK!

• Watch the Clip from the January 2009 exam from Monarch of the Glen

• Monarch of the Glenn (2009)

• Write an essay answer to the question