TV Industry 3 case study analysis

Identify use of iconography, visual and technical codes in specific scenes of the three case studies.

In preparation for an audience positioning question on TV industry.

Starter: Use the white boards to allocate 'production roles' for each of the students on your table.

Sound, editing, lighting, framing. These will be rotated.

Happy Valley

First Dates

Always Sunny

In order to appeal to their audiences, television texts use conventions and construct representations using visual and technical codes.
Your responses to exam questions need to refer to specific extracts from the 3 texts.
This means you should be able to discuss the relevant iconography, visual and technical codes whether you are answering a Text question (genre, narrative, representation) or an Audience question.

Task 1:
You adopt a department role. One of the following:

• Sound
• Editing
• Lighting
• Framing
• Costume (include make-up, hair and jewellery)
• Props / Setting

Watch the clips of Happy Valley, First Dates, Always Sunny and indicate on white boards the approach taken by your 'department' to that specific clip.

Task 2: Note on the master sheet (middle of the table) the observations that people have made about their department.

Task 3:
You adopt a different department role. One of the following:

• Sound
• Editing
• Lighting
• Framing
• Costume (include make-up, hair and jewellery)
• Props / Setting

Watch the clips of Happy Valley, First Dates, Always Sunny and indicate on white boards the approach taken by your 'department' to that specific clip.