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TV Drama
A Definition: A story that is presented in a dramatic way
and explores a range of genres, from soap opera to science-fiction to costume drama.
A piece of film that engages with the issues of the day in an accessible fashion, i.e. through believable characters, through fantastic locations or plots.
Why do we watch Television Drama?
Think about your own response to the drama you watch.
Cranford, BBC1
Dr Who, BBC1
Dr Who, BBC1
In pairs, discuss the above question and come up with two possible reasons.
Why do we study Television Drama?
What can we learn about society as a whole, and ourselves, from studying representation in TV drama?
Construction and
Representation
Sexuality
Skins, C4
Gender
The Bill, ITV1
Ethnicity
The Bill, ITV1
Social ClassShameless C4
Representation
Representation – How groups, individuals, institutions, places or social changes are portrayed in the media; how they are re - presented.
The way someone or something is represented is not reality.
It is a version of reality.
Representations are subjective rather than objective and are constructed.
Representation
RealityThe real world
MediationThe process of
producing a media text.
RepresentationThe text itself.
A ‘representation’
of the real world.
If you could create your ideal man/woman, what would he she be like?
Discuss this with the people sitting next to you.
Not all men/women look or present themselves like this. The producers believed these would be popular/sellable images of men/women so chose these representations over other possible ones.
Representation
Key points to consider in terms of representation
What is being represented? How is it being represented? Who is responsible for the representation? How can the representation be interpreted?
A Reflection of Reality?
Remember: always from a particular point
of view with a particular motivation
behind it.
A Marketable Product
Influence on Society?
Skins, C4
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Analysis
Mise-en-scene
Camerawork
Editing
Sound
Key Skill Requirement
Become an expert on how short drama sequences employ a variety of technical and symbolic elements at a micro level to create representations at the macro level
Characters
Narrative
Genre