Wednesday, 15 September 2010

How does TV Drama use conventions to manipulate the audience?

Editing: Pace, nature of transitions:

List of scenes:
  • Graveyard scene (meeting the grass)
  • Scene in the bar
  • The morning scene
  • Dead Grass
  • Briefing
  • Confession to Jackie
  • Back at his apartment
  • Viewing the CCTV footage
  • Confessing to the boss

Transition of image and sound:

Throughout the extract there is music which accompanies the more dramatic aspects of the scene. This aids the audience's understanding as they recognise when there are problems and where Robbie is in trouble.

Continuity:

In the scene we see that the main character in this extract is Robbie. He is in virtually every key scene in the extract. The transition from him at work, to him at 'play' and back to work again shows the link between his work and his personal life. The scenes with the grass also show elements of continuity as we see that what he told Robbie and why he ended up dead are linked.

This is not finished...it is an example of the level of detail you need.

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Soap Operas or Continuing Dramas:Eastenders’, ‘Coronation Street’…

Crime and Police Dramas:The Bill’, ‘The Wire’, ‘CSI..

Medical/Emergency Dramas: ‘ER’, ‘Casualty’….

Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Dramas: ‘Dr Who’, ‘Heroes’…

Literary adaptations: Pride and Prejudice’, Oliver Twist

Contemporary melodramas: ‘Skins’, ‘Waterloo Road’

Comedy Dramas: ‘Shameless’, ‘Desperate Housewives’

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

A Gudie to what to include in your blog update: audiences

Who do you think your programmes are aimed at? (try to be specific)

What clues are there within the programme to suggest this? (think about the characters, plot/storyline, dialogue, setting, timing of the programme etc)

Do you think the programme-makers have been successful?

Monday, 6 September 2010

Notes on Dramas you watched

Hi All,

Some interesting reading with your first posts! I am a little disappointed that some of you have just cut and pasted a synopsis from the internet of the programme you watched, you do need to use your own reflections as much as possible. Chloe has the right sort of idea, as she has really looked at some of the media devices used in the shows she watched and she is really considering the audience. Have a look at what she wrote for some guidance.

Next lesson we will be looking at audience in more detail. Make sure you check this blog on a regular basis to see what needs to be done and for some help and advice.

W

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Welcome to the Year 12 Media Blog

We will use this blog to:

Share key information about the course
Keep up to date with what you have been learning and what you need to do next
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