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TV Drama Revision

Section A

Micro	Techniques Used	Example	Meaning/Impact
Camera Angles	Close up	State example	Representation/Narrative/Genre
Mise-en –scene	Costume	State example	Representation/Narrative/Genre
Sound	Music/Foley sounds	State example	Representation/Narrative/Genre
Editing	Shots/computer editing	State example	Representation/Narrative/Genre

30 minutes to watch the clip 4 times and make notes.

1st view - no notes
2nd view make notes
3rd view make notes
4th view make notes

be able to show how the mise en scene, camera angles, sound and editing contribute to the macro.

Disequilibrium - the period of instability and insecurity in a  films narrative.

Equilibrium - a state of peace and calm, which often begins in the beginning of the films narrative.

Enigma - The question or mystery that is posed within a films narrative.

Iconography - The objects within a film that are used to evoke particular meanings.

Protagonist - is the main characterrs (the central or primary figure) and whom the events of the narratives plot revolve around and who the audience tend to identify with the most. sometimes known as the 'hero'

Antagonist - opponent, competitor of the character. this character could also be the enemy or villain in the plot.

Homework

revise terminology
add example/statistics for your future posts using the links from the pp.
highlight the markin criteria in the exemplar essay
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Magazine future link

https://learnzone.henleycol.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=23553

Representation of Ethnicity

Stereotypes

Asian people: Rich, business people, religious, have been portrayed as terrorists, good at making curry. Own cornershops. They have big families and the all live in one house with all relatives.

Travellers: AKA gypsies, are usually Irish/foreign (Bulgarian/Romanian). We associate them with fun fairs, live in caravans, they take over peoples land/destroy it. They make a mess and steal. Lacking in education. Wear vests and jeans and slobber everywhere sometimes long hair. Excess of lynx. Women wear big dresses and hooped gold earrings. British/Irish travellers prefer to be called ‘Travellers’

Polish people: cheap labour. Poor. Have young families. Own kebab, chicken, pizza shops. Take all of our jobs. e.g. builders 

žGypsies: in waterloo road they moved there caravans onto the school grounds, many people were unhappy and they confronted them with conflict. It caused many problems and the police got involved.

žAlso in the Simpsons homers house got taken over by gypsies and they had to fight there way back in and they drove them out.

žThese two examples only represent a small number of gypsies, but these stereotypes paint a negative picture when realistically we know they are not all bad.

žPolish people: in coronation street there were two polish girls who Carla employed. They were both illegal immigrants and one of them died so Carla had to cover it up by hiding her body. The other one, called Vicki carried on working and no one liked her. She was a good worker and she tried to make friends. People began to like her after a while and she was then treated like everyone else

žThis shows that stereotypical views can be changed.

žAsian people: the Masoods in Eastenders have there own business which is typical of a Muslim family. They own a curry place and are good at making it which is a typical representation of an Asian family. They speak in a typical Indian accent.

žIndeed the Masoods have recently been praised as one of the most realistic "ethnic" families to ever have inhabited soap land, and certainly one of the few not to be subjected to the usual stereotypical storylines such as owning a corner shop, being subjected to racially motivated attacks, etc.

žWe have also seen Syed realise he is gay, this bends the stereotypical view of Muslim’s as they believe that being homosexual is wrong and it is forbidden in Islam

ž"Brown” is often the general term used to describe the category of South Asian races

žAlthough there are several countries who make up part of this geographic area, most notably Indians are stereotyped

žIndians are the “comic relief” for dominant white culture, including ridiculing other countries such as Sri Lanka or Bangladesh

žThe following clips are examples of such stereotyping in Hollywood films, mainly produced by the dominant White society 

žhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmbObwStSQ

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žEmphasizes the overarching patriarchal structure of Indian people, stereotypes it, and imposes it on the characters

žAgain, Indian people are portrayed to be culturally backward, as compared to western sensibilities

žCannot escape the illusion of typical Indians – scene with commentator shows dominant culture dumbstruck if Browns do not fit into their stereotype

žShe said that all stereotypes have a bit of truth about them which makes them plausible. For example, she said that most terrorists are Muslim but, not all Muslims are terrorists.

¡http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivd0oXr5f-g&NR=1 

¡http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFhzFRoiM3Q&feature=related 

žA stereotype is normally viewed negatively

žPositive representations are called corrective stereotypes which is where new ideas are created about a previous group to change our view about them.  

žTypical stereotype of an Asian woman = doctors or accountantsﾉnot artists".

žstereotypes of black men being lazy, promiscuous, bad fathers and obsessed with rap".

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žBlack women were obsessed with how much money a man earned and were "strait-laced" compared to white women when it came to sex.

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žAsian people are perceived as invaders or karate experts.

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žHispanic people as comics, banditos or gang members.

žNative Americans as savages, victims, cowards or medicine men

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žPeople from Middle East are seen as terrorists or oil sheiks. In video games - 79 per cent of African-American males were shown as verbally and physically aggressive, compared to 57 per cent of white males.

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ž“On TV, black people are depicted as poor nearly twice as often as their true incidence.”

ž“Black people tend to be stereotyped as criminal”

ž“Black people are stereotyped as late arrivers.”

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ž“White people can’t dance.”

ž“ Asian people own corner shops in England.”

Black people

žUsually linked to black men

žCrime

žLiving in slums

žOn welfare

žNeed help from community

žLess intelligent 

žOver sexual

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White people

žDumb blondes

žGreedy

žMaterialistic

žBusinessmen

žMiddle/upper class

žPosh/ well spoken

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Asian people

žDoctors

žEngineers

žMathematicians

žNewsagents- small businesses – entrepreneur

žIgnorant

žExtremely smart people

žMen are threats to white women

žInsensitive

žDisrespectful towards women

Representation of Regional Identity

What is regional identity?

Regional identity is identifying a person's identity which is rooted not only in the setting of the film but also in speech, costumes etc and in the region they live in.

How can you identify regional identity?

–Setting

–Accents

–Dialogue

–Props

–Make up

–Class of characters

–Costumes

–Etc.

Sexuality in TV Dramas

Homosexual Male
Feminine, vibrant colours on their clothing, perfect hair.
fashion, make up artist, designers. feminine trait 'bitchy/gossipy'


Heterosexual Male

Manly, muscular, builder, sporty, solider.
suits. stubble to connote scruffiness.
associated with home life, pubs


Homosexual Female
Short hair, butch, baggy clothes. military, p.e teacher, policewomen


Heterosexual Female
Make up, skirts, teachers beauticians, office jobs. often positioned in the home with children