Representation of Age in TV Drama
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Representation of Age in TV Drama
- 2. Lesson objective:To analyse the representation of age inTV Drama Gender Age Ethnicity Sexuality Class & Status Ability/Disability Regional Identity
- 3. List the stereotypical ways in which the following groups are depicted onTV Teenagers girls Women in their 30s Middle-aged men
- 4. Task In pairs produce two spider diagrams one about stereotypes of the young and one about stereotypes of the old.
- 5. Stereotypes about the young
- 6. Stereotypes about the Old
- 7. Examples Waterloo Road (school drama) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLmRxu2Qnc Scandal (political drama) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjkamnMhUWA Blackpool (musical comedy drama) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Jh1851CI4 DowntonAbbey (Costume Drama) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvDtszcZAV0&index=6&list=PL5 C0B3DE2F008E1E0
- 8. Task: 40 mins In pairs, to research representation of age in aTV Drama of your choice. Produce a presentation, including images/footage: saved to a USB stick. Make reference to semiotics (visual codes and audio codes if appropriate). You will present you work at the end of the lesson.
- 9. Things to think about… What is the media text? How has the representation been constructed (media language: visual and audio codes)? What reasons are there for the representation? How might the representation affect the audience? Who produced the representation?
- 11. Homework Produce a 400 word textual analysis of a British/ AmericanTV Drama focusing on age. Due: Next Wed