term 1b week 1a thu 24 & fri 25 october 2019
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HOLIDAY WORK
HAND IN ON THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER Must do: Booklet Activities C, D, E and H Essay: How successfully does D83 target its audience? (30 marks ) . If you're stuck - use the writing frame on the right to help you ______________________ Optional: Work through p21- activity L questions on the articles DEUTSCHLAND 83 FINAL WORK Analysis of opening sequence Booklet Articles p15-20 and questions on p21 Homework for Wednesday 30th October - Essay D from blue box below: Discuss the extent to which your chosen long form television dramas successfully target their audiences. Your answer should make reference to both long form television dramas you have studied: one from List A and one from List B [30 marks] |
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week 1 28 october-1 november
Long Form TV Drama - Sample exam questions
A) Why do long form television dramas from different countries offer different representations? [20]
In your answer you must:
consider the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
explain how media contexts may have influenced representations in the set episodes of the two long form television dramas you have studied
make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for the differences in representation between the two episodes.
B) Evaluate the relevance of Todorov’s theory of narratology to long form television drama.
C) Discuss the extent to which the long form television dramas you have studied challenge the conventions of genre. Your answer should make reference to both long form television dramas you have studied: one from List A and one from List B. [20]
D) Discuss the extent to which your chosen long form television dramas successfully target their audiences. Your answer should make reference to both long form television dramas you have studied: one from List A and one from List B [20]
E) Evaluate the usefulness of academic ideas and arguments in helping your understanding of how media language is used in one of the long form television dramas that you have studied. [10]
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Extra questions and discussion points
A) Why do long form television dramas from different countries offer different representations? [20]
In your answer you must:
consider the contexts in which long form television dramas are produced and consumed
explain how media contexts may have influenced representations in the set episodes of the two long form television dramas you have studied
make judgements and reach conclusions about the reasons for the differences in representation between the two episodes.
B) Evaluate the relevance of Todorov’s theory of narratology to long form television drama.
C) Discuss the extent to which the long form television dramas you have studied challenge the conventions of genre. Your answer should make reference to both long form television dramas you have studied: one from List A and one from List B. [20]
D) Discuss the extent to which your chosen long form television dramas successfully target their audiences. Your answer should make reference to both long form television dramas you have studied: one from List A and one from List B [20]
E) Evaluate the usefulness of academic ideas and arguments in helping your understanding of how media language is used in one of the long form television dramas that you have studied. [10]
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Extra questions and discussion points
- How does the first episode draw the audience in?
- How do long form TV dramas successfully target different audiences?
- Discuss the representation of location in the dramas you have studied.
- Compare and contrast the representations of certain groups in the dramas you have studied e.g. authority figures, police, children, women, villains, parents.
- How does long form TV drama successfully cross national and cultural boundaries to gain foreign audiences?
- Discuss the differences in style between the English language and the non English language TV drama you have studied.
- Discuss the role of intertextuality and other postmodern conventions such as self-referencing, parody and pastiche in your chosen TV dramas.
- How does the format of a long-form drama influence the structure of the narrative?
- To what extent do the dramas you have studied reflect the cultural, social, economic and political context of the countries in which they were produced?
- Which academic ideas, if any, could be useful in adding to an appreciation of the dramas you have studied?
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LFTV DRAMA GENERAL EXAM PRACTICE Tidy up loose ends In class: 1) Discuss the representation of authority figures in the LFTV dramas you have studied: e.g. police, army, adults, politicians, government officials, scientists. /30 2) Examine the usefulness of one of the following in helping your understanding of how media language is used in one of the LFTV dramas you have studied. Todorov Levi-Strauss Barthes Neale FINISH AT HOME IF NECESSARY - HAND IN BY 6TH NOVEMBER 3) What do the LFTV dramas you have studied tell us about the social political and cultural contexts of the times in which they were produced? |
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week 2 4-8 november |
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NEWS IN DEPTH CASE STUDY (PRINT)
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centre-chosen front pages will be posted here
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week 3 11-15 november
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NEWS IN DEPTH STUDY . (online)
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week 4 18-22 november print newspapers - here are 4 suggested covers you can use
NEWS IN DEPTH STUDY (print)
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week 5 25-29 november
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NEWS & THEORY
To be handed in on Wednesday 4th December Exam Essay (30 marks) "The difference between the quality (broadsheet) press and popular tabloids is in terms of mode of address rather than content." How far do you think is this true? You should base your answer on the print editions of The Guardian and The Daily Mail you have studied. |
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news & theorists HANDOUT
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ONLINE ARTICLE ANALYSIS SAMPLESYOU WILL NOT NEED THIS FOR THE MOCK. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN THE NEW YEAR.
IN FEB/MARCH, YOU WILL NEED TO FIND TWO MORE ONLINE ARTICLES OF YOUR OWN: ONE FROM THE MAIL ONLINE AND ONE FROM THE GUARDIAN.COM
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week 6 2-6 december
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MUSIC VIDEO, ADVERTISING
CASE STUDY AND EXAM PRACTICE HOMEWORK POSTER ADVERT ANALYSIS PRACTICE - CHOOSE ONE OF THE IMAGES FROM THE SLIDE SHOW - DON'T FORGET TO PAUSE THE SLIDESHOW 1) SAY WHICH ONE YOU'VE CHOSEN 2) TALK ABOUT HOW THE PRODUCT CONVEYS ITS IDEAS, MESSAGE AND VIEWPOINTS 3) TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE AUDIENCE RESPONSES. |
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LATEST NEWS - THE MAIL GROUP BUYS ANOTHER NEWSPAPER - the 'i'The 'i' is a non-affiliated newspaper. The Mail of course is strongly pro Conservative.
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week 7 9-13 december
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PAPER 1 MOCK EXAM PRACTICE (MAGS ,ADS & MUSIC VIDS) YOU WILL NEED TO REVISE THE FOLLOWING PAPER 1 - the recent work we've done on news will be useful. See our recent Powerpoint on the right. Questions 1-4 :
Qu 5 Music videos Qu 6 Unseen Charity advert - audiences and ideologies PAPER 2 (we'll spend the first week back revising this paper) Qu 1 Jungle Book - 1967, 2016 production distribution, economic contexts Qu 2 Radio One - audiences Qu 3 LFTV drama - compare & contrast codes and ideologies + any relevant theorists especially Hesmondhalgh and Butler |
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