Introduction

2 hour exam

Section A: British TV Drama

Section B: Film Industry

Each section worth 50 marks

Section A

Textual analysis of TV drama focusing on representation of:

Gender

Ethnicity

Disability

Regional Identity

Social Class

Sexuality

Age

Analysis

Mis-en-scene

Camerawork

Editing

Sound

Construction and representation

Media representation

The way in which people, events and places are portrayed in the media

What is ‘representation’?

However realistic media images seem, they never simply present the world as it is

Media images are always a construction or a re-presentation of people, places or events.

Issues raised

The media can re-present certain images or stories over and over again, making them seem ‘natural’ and familiar.

Self- fulfilling prophecy when you see the same thing over and over again, you start to believe it and start to behave how they see themselves behave in the media.

Stereotyping

Widely circulated ideas or assumptions about particular groups of people

Usually negative judgements made on a whole group of people based on a few characteristics