ethnicity

Section A: TV Drama (50 Marks)Representation of Ethnicity

Wednesday 26th March 2014

Unit G322: Key Concepts Exam50% of Your AS Level

Why?

Aims & Objectives

• Re-cap prior learning of Section A micro elements associated to the 4 Technical Features.

• YOU WILL also get the opportunity to learn about the 4 Technical areas in the exam and see how they apply in representing a particular group of people/individuals in relation to:

Ethnicity

• Review the learning.

So you are prepared and ready to demonstrate your “media textual analysis skills and your understanding of the concept of representation using a short unseen moving image extract (AO1, AO2)” (OCR)

YOU SHOULD visit the OCR website and download/read the Unit G322 sections of the specification!

STARTER – Re-cap prior learning of Section A

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KEY areas to consider:

There are 2 types of Sound – What are they?

What IS “Mise-en-scene”?

Examples?

Verbal code

Technical code

Non-verbal code

Camera Shot – 1 example – HOW does it represent a person/group of people?

These are the different types of TV Drama that you SHOULD make a brief reference to in your Introduction.

For example –

“The essay will focus on the police drama (Creeber – 2001) ‘Name of TV Drama HERE’ and how the technical features help construct the representation of…”

Police Drama

“…construct the representation of…”

YOU WILL be asked to analyse ONE of the SEVEN areas of Representation above.This changes EVERY year so YOU WILL need to be prepared to answer a question on ALL SEVEN areas.

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These are details about the TV Drama YOU WILL be analysing, however the only important thing worth referring to in the exam is the name of the text and identify what sub-genre it is according to Glen Creeber (2001)

This is where the exam changes every year – “the representation of…” – from this list.

The structure of the exam question stays the same with the areas in yellow the only alterations.

We will now go through these 4 Technical areas by going to:

http://ncrafts.wordpress.com

This page, along with many others under the

WILL help you to prepare for this Section of the exam, along with PRACTICE – PRACTICE – PRACTICE!

White Race

Everyone Else

Stereotypes – 4 minutes

Pairs - YOU MUST note down as many stereotypes that you can think would be associated to someone who is White and/ from another Ethnic background.

EthnicityTask – 4 Minutes

In your Exercise Books, YOU MUST “Mind Map” what YOU think is the ‘preferred reading’ (Hall – 1986) of these representations of Ethnicity.

Extension – YOU COULD consider what some of the anti-stereotypes COULD be in relation to these 2 representation

Ethnicity

DO YOU AGREE?

Poole (2000) argued that Islam has always been demonised and distorted by the media.

Key Terms:

Different?

Terrorist?

Dangerous?

Inhumane?

‘Spooks’

Ethnicity

Textual Analysis Task – 20 minutes

Dividing your page into 4 sections, YOU MUST analyse ALL 4 technical areas to see how the representation of Ethnicity is constructed.

YOU SHOULD write down examples from the text (at least 3 per. Technical area) to support the Points you make with Evidence. You will then need to Analyse what impact this intended representation is meant to have on the audience –Key terms: Stereotypes and Anti-stereotypes

Verbal code

Technical code

Non-verbal code

For example:

The technical code of the ___________ shot type connotes…..

The technical code of the ___________ camera angle looking at Character connotes…

The non-verbal code of Character facial expression can be denoted as….This connotes how disabled people are stereotyped as….

The non-verbal code of Character black attire connotes his ethnicity as being…

The diegetic verbal code of dialogue “EXAMPLE HERE” connotes how ethnicity in this Police drama is represented as…The use of non diegetic music constructs the representation of ethnicity to be….

The technical code of the Edit technique – e.g shot-reverse-shot connotes…..

Viewings

Viewing 1) = No Notes(2 minutes)Viewing 2) = Make Notes(2 minutes)Viewing 3) = Make Notes(2 minutes)Viewing 4) = Make Notes/Start Question

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

Technical code of the Establishing shot of dark, dystopian setting – Connotations?

Anchoring Diegetic ambient sound of sirens - Connotations?

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The verbal code Barracks connotes….

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The technical code of a 4-in shot from a lower angle of the men toasting the birth of a Girl is the most beautiful

on “Gods Green Earth” connotes…

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

What does this eye level camera angle ‘signify’ (De Saussure) about the white ethnic group?

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The non-diegetic verbal code of incidental music fading in and increasing in volume connotes the arrival of….

The emergence of the ‘villains’ (Propp) – Are they villains? - from the shadows –

What impact does this have on the audience?

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The denotation of the setting is…

This …. Setting connotes…..

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The low angle shot of the white male ‘Prince’ (Propp) defenseless on the floor connotes an anti-stereotype because….

The diegetic verbal code “Welcome to the Jihad soldier boy!” connotes….

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The high angle shot of the white male “victim” connotes….

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The low angle shot of the Arabic male “terrorist” connotes….The diegetic verbal code “were you thinking about them when YOU dropped YOUR filthy bombs” connotes…

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

Non-white race –

Barbaric? ‘Demonised” (Poole – 2000)?

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

The shot-reverse-shot between the white male “victim” and the non-white “Terrorist” connotes….

FEEDBACK – How do the technical areas construct the representation of Ethnicity?

FINAL MOMENTS

What impact does the white males final moments have on the audience?

You have 45 minutes to complete an answer to this Question.

Use the notes you have gathered and make sure you refer to ALL 4 Technical Features.

Ethnicity

‘Spooks’

40 – 50/50 =A

YOU MUST, using a different colour pen, self-assess the work you have completed.YOU SHOULD correct any errors whilst reading through your analysis.

What have we learnt in todays lesson?

YOU MUST write down 1 example of a stereotype for different Ethnic Groups from what we have analysed in the lesson today.

YOU COULD state what Poole (2000) said about Ethnicity.

Homework

1) Mind-Map/Provide an overview of the stereotypes and anti-stereotypes associated to EACH the areas of representation covered so far

2) Revise for the Exam and Learn the Technical Features!

DUE: Wednesday 2nd April – NEXT Section A Lesson

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