Regional Identity

Section A: TV Drama (50 Marks)Representation of Regional Identity

Wednesday 2nd April 2014

Unit G322: Key Concepts Exam50% of Your AS Level

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 – TODAY

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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:

Regional Identity

• 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 Comedy drama (Creeber – 2001) ‘Name of TV Drama HERE’ and how the technical features help construct the representation of…”

Comedy Drama (Hybird)

“…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!

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Regional IdentityDiscussion Task – 5 Minutes

In this sheet, YOU MUST “Annotate” what YOU think is the ‘preferred reading’ (Hall – 1986) of these representations of Regions in the UK.

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

Feedback

Visit for Further Information on the stereotypes surrounding Regional Identity:

http://www.slideshare.net/craigosborne560/media-representations-of-representation-of-regional-identity




‘Doc Martin’

Regional Identity

Textual Analysis Task – 20 minutes

Dividing your page into 4 sections, YOU MUST analyse ALL 4 technical areas to see how the representation of Regional Identity 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 Comedy 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 Regional Identity?

“Bodmin”

Connotations? How are the characters represented in this scene?


“Treat yourself to a noun”

How is Doc Martin represented in this scene compared to the “locals”?


How is the younger character anti-stereotypical in this scene?


How does Doc Martins appearance differ to the rest of the community?


Susan Brady – How does her accent/dialect differ to the rest of the community?

Does she come across as “Different” in any other ways?

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.

Regional Identity

‘Doc Martin’

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 a different Region from what we have analysed in the lesson today.

Homework

1) Complete the Revision Tasks recommended over Easter

2) Section A – Practice, know the Technical Features, understand the stereotypes/anti-stereotypes you may have to deal with for EACH of the y areas of representation.

Section B – Know your case studies, know your facts, be able to make comparisons!

DUE: Wednesday 22nd April – NEXT Section A Lesson after Easter

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Regional Identity