Characters in TV Drama

TV Drama Topic for Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd November 2011

Characters in tv_drama

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Narrative and tv_drama

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Tv drama and_constructed_realism

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Please use this extract from The Wire to answer the question on Slide 3

Youth TV Drama

TV Drama Topic for Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th November 2011

Presentation1

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Youth drama youth_tv

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Teen drama with misfits activity

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Follow the link below to access Misfits Season One, Episode One:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/misfits/4od#3018432

Charlie Brooker on Youth TV

Key Media Concept: Audiences

TV Drama Topic: Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th November 2011

Audiences in tv d rama

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UK TV Drama Commissioning

TV Drama extension task: Tuesday 18th and Wednesay 19th October 2011

Uk tv drama_commissions

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Characters in TV drama

The Key Concept of Representation

TV Drama Topic: Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Representation in the media

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Hotel Babylon Extract:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw68eolT39A

Questions:
1) Jot down notes under the key MICRO headings - Camera, Mise-en-scene, Editing, Sound
2) How are the illegal immigrants represented in the extract - give specific technical examples
3) How are the Police represented in the extract - give specific technical examples.

Key concepts representation

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Blackpool Extract

TV Drama Topic for Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th October 2011

Directed Writing Task:
Answer the following question using specific MICRO terminology:

"What do we learn about the characters in this scene? How is this reinforced through the key MICRO elements?"

To do this task you will need:
1) To view the extract at least twice and take notes;
2) To watch the Basic Camera Shots and Basic Camera Angles videos (below);
3) To use the Camera and Editing Workbook (below).

You must write an essay style response in continuous sentences. Please include screen grabs (print screens) from the extract to help illustrate the points you are making.

Blackpool Extract


Basic Camera Shots Video



Basic Camera Angles Video



Camera and Editing Workbook

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Cutting it Extract: Homework Activity

TV Drama Topic: Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th October 2011

Please re-watch the extract from 'Cutting It'.

Jot down some of the key MICRO elements that you think are important or significant in the extract. Make notes under the headings: Camerawork; Sound; Mise-en-scene and Editing.

Essay Question: How are the audience positioned to respond to the characters in this extract? How do the MICRO elements encourage this positioning? Aim for a 500 word essay style response that addresses the two questions above

A Guide to Using Analysis

TV Drama Topic: Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th September 2011

Using Analysis

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Introduction to TV Drama

The Basic Conventions of TV drama

Camera and Editing Workbook

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UK TV Drama Extracts and Discussion Points

Have a read of some student responses to the Cranford extract. Note how each student has used the technical elements such as camerawork, lighting, aspects of mise-en-scene as a basis for their analysis. They state the ways in which the key technical elements create a representation of class, status and gender.

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Download a PDF version of the essays.

Narrative and TV Drama

TV Drama and Constructed Realism