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AS Media Studies
Textual Analysis TV
Drama
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Exam unit: 50% of yourAS grade
Highexe!tations: Everyone has the opportunity to get an
A
Everyone will be given the opportunityto get an A Its up to you to decide if you want an A!
There will be home"or#every week
You mustput in around 4 hours The more work you put in the more likely you are to get
an A grade.
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Exam unit: 50% of yourAS grade
Two uestions
ne will focus on the $ilm ndustry"you will do this on a #onday $orningwith #ary
The other will focus on TV Drama" you
will do this with $e on a Thursdayafternoon
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ntrodu!tion toTele&ision Drama
1 ea$ uestion -ased on an unseen clip
)& $inutes viewing ti$e plus 4% $inutes writingti$e 5et to watch a % $inute clip fro$ an unseen television
dra$a6 pportunities to $ake notes between thescreenings
7ill focus answer on an area of reresentation
7ill write about how media language constructs$essages about representation through fourmi!ro areas of .a$erawork 8 editing 8 sound 8 $ise en s!ene
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Exam ' !ontinued
You will be $arked on: 9ow well you use examlesfro$ the
clip of the four technical areas /&;%&
$arks< 9ow well you exlainhow
representation is constructed in the clip
/&;%& $arksippedlearning
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Tal#ing of terminology)*r who did their reading week activities?
7hat is a sound $otif?
7hat is the di@erence betweendiegetic and non*diegetic sound?
7hat is a canted angle?
7hich of the four technical areas
would body language be an ele$entof?
ist % ele$ents of $ise*en*scene
7hat is asynchronous sound?
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Terminology test!ontinued:
7hich ele$ent of ca$erawork doesan eye*line $atch belong to?
7hich of the four technical areaswould =perfor$ance co$e under?
7hat is a $otivated cut?
7hat is the di@erence betweentracking and panning?
7hat is foley sound?
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Tal#ing of terminology)*r who did their reading week activities?
7hat is a sound $otif?A sound or musical rerain which usually accompanies a character and introduces
them to the audience
7hat is the di@erence between diegetic and non*diegeticsound? 0iegetic sound has the source within the world of the Bl$6 'on*
diegetic sound is added in post production such as a $usical score
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Terminology test!ontinued:
7hich ele$ent of ca$erawork does an eye*line $atchbelong to? Editing
7hich of the four technical areas would =perfor$ance co$e
under? #ise*en*scene
7hat is a $otivated cut? #otivated cut is put to connect two scenes: the subect wanting or
searching the obect of interest and the obect of interest6
7hat is the di@erence between tracking and panning?Tracking is when the ca$era $oves with the subect
Fanning is when the ca$era pivots fro$ side to side +ut remainsstationary
7hat is foley sound? 'atural sound enhanced in post production
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,nit: "hat "ill youstudy-
(eresentation: 7hat is representation?
De.newith the person sitting net toyou and "rite your de.nition on the+oard
/hat is this- /hat is this-
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(eresentation
Fresentation or re*presentation< of an eventG group ofpeople or idea in a way that appears =nor$al or like=reality
Hepresentation is always constructed fro$ the point of
view of the person who $ade the representation egwriter or director< and will therefore always re>ect thevalues of the creator
These =creators often fall into the do$inant group in oursociety
7ho is the do$inant group in society? 7e are conditioned to accept the point of view of the
creator preferred reading