RepresentationThe Seven Key areas

Must …Produce and be able deliver a presentation on a specific area of representation

Learning Objectives : What are we learning today?

The Big Picture – Television Drama Exam

Lesson Outcomes & tasks: By the end of the lesson you ……

All StudentsTo understand the seven areas of representation on which they might be assessed

Most Students•Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing stereotypes•To select examples from contemporary Drama texts which use a stereotype

Some Students•To select examples and asses their effectiveness.•To form and opinion and be able to support this belief with detailed analysis

Should ……. Asses the strengths and weaknesses in a stereotype

Could ……. Apply this knowledge to their own work and improve upon your representation homework

The seven areas

• The six categories which you could be assessed on are:

• Gender• Age• Ethnicity• Sexuality• Class and status• Physical ability/disability• Regional identity

Today’s lesson

Work in pairs on a specific area of representation. Write down all your beliefs and knowledge surrounding this stereotype on a piece of A3 paper.

What you must include

Stereotypes about your chosen group

Explanations of why these particular stereotypes are used and in which TV Genre they are most likely to be found.

Images focusing on the ‘mise-en-scene’ of a specific stereotype.

An opinion on whether the representation is fair and accurate.

Historical context on the representation. i.e. has the way a group is represented changed over time?

Key elements of mise en scene which help establish the representation

Any theory which you feel is relevant.

What ideology lies behind the text.

You have today’s lesson to complete this task. You will then be required to start subsequent lessons with your presentation.