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TV DRAMA

Course Intro



Your television viewing

� What are your favourite TV programmes?

� Why do you like them?

� Is there a particular genre you prefer?

Genre: a way of categorising a particular

media text according to its content andstyle. For Example: - science fiction, soap,

reality TV, chat show etc«



Can you name the TV drama?

Write the name of the drama inyour book.



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Answers1. Skins

2.Eastenders

3. Spooks

4. Doctor Who

5. Luther 6. Waterloo road

7. ER

8. Heroes9. Hustle

10. The Wire

11. Bleak House

12. Footballers wives

How many didyou get right?



In pairs write a definition for the

TV drama genre. Remember toconsider the style and content

of a TV Drama.



A Definition: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.



Can you divide the examples

below in into two groups or sub-genres?� UK and US drama



Can you think of any other ways

of grouping the shows you

guessed earlier into sub genres?� Police / detective / crime

� Hospital / medical� Science fiction

� Teen

� Serial� Literary adaptation

Can you add more ideas?

� Sensationalist

� Espionage/ spy



Why do we watch

Television Drama?� What pleasures do spectators experience through watching TV drama?

Think about your own response to the drama you

watch

Cranford , BBC1

Dr Who, BBC1



What would you expect to see

in a TV drama regardless of thesub-genre, ie what are the

conventions of TV drama?

� Engaging Characters (Good & bad)

� Enticing Narrative (story)

� Carefully constructed sets and settings

(mise en scene) to create the desired

atmosphere

� Camerawork to suit the type of drama

� Dialogue, sound and music (as above)



Homework:

Watch an episode of Eastenders and

answer the following questions:

� What kinds of characters appear in it?

� Do you respond emotionally to some characters?

In what ways and why?� What do you understand by µidentifying¶ with a

character?

� Do you think all audiences respond in the same way to

characters?� Are the producer, writer and/or director trying to get you

to respond in a particular way to characters? How?

� Are the characters realistic? Why or why not?

This will be discussed at the beginning of next lesson.



TV Drama ± What and

Why?



Assessment Objectives

These are the assessment objectives for the unit. The

exam is worth 50% of your overall AS grade. Your

exam will be in May this year .

AO1(30%): Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of media concepts, contexts and critical debates, using

terminology appropriately and with accurate and

coherent written expression.

AO2 (20%): Apply knowledge and understanding to show

how meanings are created when analysing media

products and evaluating their own practical work.



TV Drama ± Exam Unit

� In the exam you will be asked to look at an

unseen extract from a TV drama.

� You will be asked a question which deals with

textual analysis of various technical aspects of the languages and conventions of moving image

media.

� You should link your analysis of the extract with

a discussion of some aspect of representation

within the extract you have watched.



The exam

The extract will be about five mins long. You will beshown it four times.

You will be expected to µclose read¶ the extract - break it

down according to: the use of camera angles, shot types,

movement and composition; Mise-en-Scene; Editing andSound and link these filmic elements to how meaning is

created for the audience in regards to how they create

specific representations of individuals, groups, events or

places and help to articulate specific messages and valuesthat have social significance.

For example: - Are women shown in a positive or negative

light in the extract? How do you know this?



Analysing representation

� Camera shots, angles, movement and composition

� Editing

� Sound

� Mise-en-Scene

We will be exploring each of these

areas in detail and analysing clipsfrom popular TV Dramas. It is very

important that you take notes each

lesson and that you carefully learn

the information you are given. If youwork hard, you will notice that this

course really helps your practical

work as well as prepping for the

exam in May.



Representation

You will be asked a question aboutthe representation in one of these

areas:



SexualitySexuality

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Gender Gender

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EthnicityEthnicity

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Social ClassSocial ClassS hamel essS hamel ess C4C4



Is TV Drama aIs TV Drama a r reflectioneflection of of

realityreality??



Or a marketable product?



Does it have an influence on

society and how we perceive types

of people?



Key Skill RequirementKey Skill Requirement

� Become an expert on how short dramasequences employ a variety of technical andsymbolic elements at a micro level to create

representations at the macro level.



Extension:

Answer the questions we discussed as aAnswer the questions we discussed as a

class in as much detail as you can:class in as much detail as you can:

�� IsIs TV Drama a reflection of realityTV Drama a reflection of reality??� Or a marketable product?

� Does it have an influence on society and

how we perceive types of people?

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