Possibly get started on Age…

What sub genre are these TV Dramas?Fill in the mindmap in your booklet

Ext: Can you think of any others?

What sub genre are these TV Dramas?Fill in the mindmap on handout

Ext: Can you think of any others?

TV Drama

REPRESENTATION

Who is being represented?

How are they being represented?

In pairs, answer the questions for each image

Ext: Why have these social groups been represented in this way?

Representation is…

• Write down your own definition for Representation

“ The way a media text re – presents or constructs a particular group of people, place

or situation”

‘A Construction of Reality’

Why is The Media called The Media?

• Because it mediates between the information and the audience

MEDIA

PRODUCERS

AUDIENCETEXT

In pairs, analyse one of the following TV Dramas to present back to the class

•The Wire – Representation of Ethnicity

•Skins – Representation of Age

•Bleak House – Representation of Social Class

What is the sub genre? How do you know this?

How are the characters represented? Does it conform to typical stereotypes?

Analyse using mise-en-scene and cinematography

You have 3 mins to present

• Audience: Think of Questions to ask the group• What else would you like to know?

• Did the group describe or analyse?

• What media terminology should they be using when analysing?