Starter: Fill in the spaces on the gap handout provided which is to do with Happy Valley and genre.
Exam Question:
“Media representations of people are often simplistic”.
How true is this of the representations of people in your three main texts?
[30]
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:
Exam Question:
“Media representations of people are often simplistic”.
How true is this of the representations of people in your three main texts?
[30]
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.
1. Genre – Make detailed notes on the
codes and conventions of the genres of each programme: crime, drama, sitcom,
documentary, reality. Additionally look for where the genre has been treated in
an unconventional way i.e. Always Sunny in Philadelphia. We’ve already looked
at Drama in Film (Whiplash and Theory of Everything) so you should
understand how Drama works but research and make notes first, if you’re not
sure, on the conventions of the other genres then analyse how they are present
(or not) in the Case Studies. There are plenty of texts books and web sites
that will explain the conventions of the genres if you cannot work them out.
2.
Representations
– Make detailed notes on how Characters
are represented based on their age and gender. Remember that representation is
about how People, Places, Events or Issues are
re-represented in media (a version of something we know from real life, based
on real life, or actually taken from real life e.g. First Date) and they can be positive or negative. If they are
negative they may well be stereotyped or under-represented or the
representations will be very biased. Look for how much narrative time a
character is given, what status they have, how they are costumed, how they are
directed to perform, how much dialogue they are given, how important they are
to narrative events and cause-effect logic etc. Make notes on the significance,
if any, of Place
(locations/settings) e.g. Happy Valley and
British Social Realism, First Date
and London, Philadelphia/Paddy’s Bar and Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Make
notes on Issues such as drugs and
poverty, gun laws and gun ownership in America, the ideology of romance in the
UK (e.g. heterosexual, homosexual etc).
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.
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.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/first-dates/on-demand/61921-024
Task 1: Plan and write a response to the following exam question (Around 1000 words).
“Media representations of people are often simplistic”.
How true is this of the representations of people in your three main texts?
[30]
This question invites a personal opinion (which needs to be coherent and backed-up with examples), but it also invites candidates to discuss the construction of representations within their main texts. Candidates may also discuss any aspect of ‘people’ and ‘representation’. For example gender, ethnicity, disability, youth etc.
Points covered may include reference to:
Selection, construction and mediation; agendas
The relationship between the narrative and the representation
Characters, roles and attitudes
Construction through technical codes
Appearance – dress codes, body language, mode of address
Stereotypes, traditional or unconventional representations
Theory as appropriate – for example Mulvey
Task 1: Plan and write a response to the following exam question (Around 1000 words).
“Media representations of people are often simplistic”.
How true is this of the representations of people in your three main texts?
[30]
This question invites a personal opinion (which needs to be coherent and backed-up with examples), but it also invites candidates to discuss the construction of representations within their main texts. Candidates may also discuss any aspect of ‘people’ and ‘representation’. For example gender, ethnicity, disability, youth etc.
Points covered may include reference to:
Selection, construction and mediation; agendas
The relationship between the narrative and the representation
Characters, roles and attitudes
Construction through technical codes
Appearance – dress codes, body language, mode of address
Stereotypes, traditional or unconventional representations
Theory as appropriate – for example Mulvey
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