Tips for TV Drama Exam

Sunday 10 May 2009
  • Read the June 2009 C grade and A student essays from June 2009
  • In the exam you cannot write about every single element of the extract - pick a few MICRO elements that you think help construct representations
  • The extract in the exam will offer a constructed representation of one of the topics (age, gender, race etc.) Have an opinion; argue whether you feel the contructed representation is fair and accurate or unfair and stereotypical.
  • State the genre of the TV drama (Cop Drama, Hospital Drama, Soap etc.) State whether the typical codes and conventions of the genre are in the extract.
  • State the target audience for the extract
  • Remember that nothing is left to chance. Everything in TV Drama is planned in detail to communicate meaning to the audience. MICRO elements give the audience essential information about characters
  • Every scene in TV Drama communicates INFORMATION and EMOTION.

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