How many of the TV Dramas do you recognise?

TV Drama

• How many other TV Dramas are you familiar with ?

• Which TV Dramas have you watched / are you watching at the moment

• Why do you / did you watch them?

A TV Drama is…..?

• Time shown• Episode length• Storyline• Characters• Settings• Themes

Watch the trailer for The Peaky Blinders and discuss any other ways in which

we identify a TV Drama as a TV Drama?

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU2--Kl7JYQ

Why TV Drama?• 50% Of AS Media Studies = Coursework (Music

Magazine)• 50% = 2 Hour ExamThere are two sections to this paper: • Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation TV Drama Shown unseen extract of a TV Drama in the exam.Analyse how a particular social group has beenrepresented • Section B: Institutions and Audiences - The Film

Industry (Case study of US and UK Film Companies)

Why is TV Drama such a popular genre.

Audiences Institutions

Use the trailer from Homeland to help you develop your ideas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yBHxsTnIXg

TV Drama – Research Task

• Select a clip – trailers & opening sequences work really well

• How do we recognise it as a TV Drama? (generic conventions / sub genre conventions)

• What is the appeal of the TV Drama – think about this from the perspective of both the audience and institution.

Key Words• TV Drama• Generic Conventions• Sub Genre• Series • Serial• Hybrid• Audience• Institution• Realism• Representation • Messages and Values• Ideology (Dominant, Emergent, Residual)• Audience Pleasure