1. Introduction to Representation
Transcript of 1. Introduction to Representation
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
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
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
Friday 13th January
TV Drama G322
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
But enough about the exam…
What sub genre are these TV Dramas?Fill in the mindmap in your booklet
Ext: Can you think
of any others?
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?
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‟
Why is The Media called The
Media?
• Because it mediates between the
information and the audience
MEDIA
PRODUCERS
AUDIENCETEXT
How do you remember Mise en Scene?
• C – Costume
• L – Lighting
• P – Production Design
• P – Props
• S - Space
MES = CLPPS
How do you remember Cinematography?
• A – Angle
• M – Movement
• P – Position
• S – Shot Type
AMPS
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
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?