G322: TV DRAMA

ON YOUR POST-IT NOTE

Write YOUR definition of representation (and your name) and go and
stick it on the whiteboard.

Watch the following video and be ready to discuss

Who is being
represented here?

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozfGxS
Oh4c&list=PLB8C53EBFE08DCDE0

GENDER
Key words:
masculine
feminine
power
relationships
dominant
submissive
oppression

You
should
use
these
key
words
in any
essay
respon

Look again at the clip:

How is gender represented?
Focus only on mise-en-scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
DozfGxSOh4c&list=PLB8C53EBFE08DC
DE0

Adam and Eve

Egyptian Queen

The Arnolfini Portrait

American Gothic

Advertising

Couple Arguing and Romantic

Couple

The Four Main Characters

How are men and

women represented in
this opening?
How do the contexts
help to depict this
representation?

Feature
Adam and Eve Eve holds an apple

show title inscribed on apple

Egyptian mummy in temple with
popping up child figures
Characters from a famous Dutch
painting the Arnolfini couple. He
eats a banana, she sweeps it away
and rubs her pregnant belly.
The couple from the American
Gothic painting by Grant Wood he
succumbs
to the temptation of a younger
woman
whilst she is compressed into a
sardine tin.
Advertising Iconography of 1950s
housewife burdened with groceries
Artist Lichtensteins image of a
tearful girlfriend confronting Brad
(a typical weak female in his
drawings) and punching him.
The apples from the beginning of

Message about
Women

Message about
Men

1 Practice Essay
st

How is gender represented in the

opening sequence of Desperate
Housewives?
750-1000 words
This time
discuss all four
technical areas:

Mise-en-scene
Sound
Editing
Cinematograph
y

PEE Paragraphs
Point- The director uses.... <technique>
<technique> is used to create tension
Evidence- This is particularly evident when...
<describe shot/ action>
Explore- This has the effect of...
This creates tension by...
This makes the audience feel...
This reminds the audience of....
This could be linked to another technique
used....

A Level Media Studies

Feedback
TV Drama/ Audiences and Institutions/ Key Concepts/ Media
Regulation

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Use of Examples:
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Terminology:

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Mark Scheme
Explanation/analysis/argument (16-20 marks)
Shows excellent understanding of the task
Excellent understanding of the way that technical aspects are used to
construct the extracts representations.
Clearly relevant to set question
Use of examples (16-20 marks)
Offers frequent textual analysis from the extract award marks to reflect the
range and appropriateness of examples
Offers a full range of examples from each technical area
Offers examples which are clearly relevant to the set question
Use of terminology (8-10 marks)
Use of terminology is relevant and accurate
Complex ideas have been expressed clearly and fluently.
Sentences and paragraphs, consistently relevant, have been well structured,
using appropriate technical terminology.
There may be few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.