TV Drama - End of Module Lesson

Sexuality

1. Victim/Sympathetic
2. Threat/Abnormal
3. Sexualized/Promiscuous 

Ethnicity

1. Asian - Indian

1. Asian - South East - Thai etc
2. Middle Eastern
3. White
4. Black - African, Caribbean
5. Gypsy/Traveller
6. Eastern European

Stereotypes

1. Exotic
2. Dangerous
3. Pitied
4. Humorous
5. Sexual used

Age

Young

Adult

Elderly

1. Freedom
2. Unfit
3. En titled
4. Attractive
5. Lazy 
6. Obese
7. Gullible
8. Violent
9. Immature
10. Grumpy or greedy

Disability

Mental

Physical

Able Bodied

1. Villain - Freak/abnormal/scary
2. Hero/Brave - Overcoming adversity
3. Ugly, physically incapable and non sexual
4. Victim - Vulnerable

Technical Areas 

4 Technical areas that need to be covered:

- Camera shots, angle, movement and composition

- Editing

- Sound

• Mise en scene (Location, props, lighting and costume)

Gender

Male

Female

Ethnicity

1. Alpha male
2. Sexual object
3. Post masculine male
4. Traditional

Framework For analysis

Step 1. Characters, roles, significance

Step 2. Relationships of power

Step 3. Differences, how they are presented as opposites

Step 4. Reinforcing, challenging stereotypes

Step 5. Why? - A Grade

Regional Identity/social class

Upper - City

middle - Country

Working - Northern

Under Class - Southern

Tv Drama is created through Conflict

Most Powerful

male - alpha male

Able bodied

White UK

Adult

Middle class - City

Straight

Modern media on Youtube - Equal as anyone can make it

“Normal” is a Traditional Stereotype

Eg. A Family

“Normal”

Hotel Babylon - Representation of Ethnicity

Discuss the ways in which the exact constructs the representation of ethnicity using the following:

• Camera angles, movement, composition
• Editing
• Sound
• Mis en scene

Hotel Babylon

English woman at desk speaks very formally, close up camera shot of face representing power. She also comments “brain like a sieve” to an african worker.

Immigrant officer was central in the camera shot, this shows power and authority. Volume of music rises when the officers come in.

The ethnic workers are lower physically in comparison to the hotel, they work in the cellar of the hotel. They also have jobs like cleaners and cooks that are assumed as a lower class job. All the workers panic downstairs who are wearing a basic uniform. This takes away independence and is a representation of a hard working job.

African man who appears to be a general cleaner helps save the woman with diabetes, his use of language shows he has a knowledgable skills. “I wasn’t always a cleaner” gives an indication to a past career.

Camera Angles - Low camera angles of workers around woman with diabetes, shows panic and how scared they are. Camera pans when the immigrants hear a knock on the door, shows fear. camera isn’t still, moves with action.

When the locker was opened it was very empty, this shows the person didn't have much belongings and personal items.

Sound - A fast high rate sound track is played in the background, this represents a heart rate increasing, which shows fear. Slower music is played when the woman clear out the locker of the immigrant who got taken away. Various different types of languages, shows a difference and range of different ethnic backgrounds.

Workers sit in separate ethnic groups, the african workers sat together whereas the European group was on a different table laughing and talking.

Facial expressions of other workers are very sad and worried towards the end, they sit in silence when eating and do not engage in conversation or look at each other.

Doctor Who Pirate Scene

Doctor Who

Pirates - demanding, aggressive, surprised at Amy's post feminism

Doctor who - laid back at beginning, becomes more anxious and worried from Amy's actions. Dress sense, cares about appearance

Amy - post feminism, picks up sword, challenges men (saving David life)

Music - eerie, builds suspense

Rory - becomes very flirty towards Amy. 

Male gaze - demon figure that rises out of the sea. 

Revision Methods

Useful

Mind map

Copy out notes

Look at images

Flashcards

Recordings

Watch Videos - Research

Not Useful

Not knowing what your revising

Copying someone else's notes

not revising

Last minute revision

Cramming too much information in at the last minute/morning of the exam

Monarch Of The Glen - TV Drama

Monarch Of The Glen - TV Drama

Man is well dressed

Old fashioned expensive car

Big house - wealthy - castle - long drive

Male characters are excited - well spoken - laughing and joking around

Camera looking up towards character from boot - view point from a barbell of wiskey - very mature worth a lot

Cheerful music - comedy, enjoying themselves

Over the shoulder shot between two older men

Role reversal - younger man burst in onto the two older men, younger man has position of power. Older men look scared and guilty. Older men were talking about someone "just don't tell him", light is behind the younger man representing power, camera jump cuts to the younger man with the older men in the darker background. 

Young man (lord of the estate) is very questioning

Older men are protective over wiskey

Power passes down through men, not women and goes to mens children. 

Older men have close up shot - they are angry and wound up

Working class - basic dress, kilt. Man in kilt still thinks he has power that he no longer has. 

Social Class - Mad Men

Peggy Olson - women In The Workplace

Middle class - in suits

Lower class - basic dress

Middle class - need to have a good figure

Lower class - presented as bigger in size

Women are objects towards men

Women can't interact with men in an intellectual way 

Women need to be skinny and watch what they eat

Men are a group, women are independent

Male voice over - shows masculine power, non diegetic

Women have to go into the workplace to find a partner, the male role is the leader over the females

Woman being sarcastic "no help from Albert Einstein"

Wild animals, people go shooting and hunting to feed the people of the castle. 

Man in tartan shirt - very aggressive and dominant 

Teacher with class of young children, man who walks in draws her attention, she gillies and smiles. 

- teacher is working class

- The Lord is middle class 

180 degree shot

Man in mountains, relaxing calming music. Man screaming with happiness

Job vacancy in paper

The lords bedroom, very expensive wooden hand crafted furniture. Talks very calmly to man in tartan shirt, who wants to apply for head ranger. Lord calls for mother