TV Drama

Why do we watch Television Drama? What pleasures do spectators experience through watching TV drama? Think about your own response to the drama you watch Cranford , BBC1 Dr Who , BBC1

What pleasures do spectators experience through watching TV drama?

Think about your own response to the drama you

watch

Cranford , BBC1

Dr Who , BBC1

A Definition: A story that is presented in a dramatic way and explores a range of genres, from soap opera to science-fiction to costume drama. A piece of film that engages with the issues of the day in an accessible fashion, i.e. through believable characters, through fantastic locations or plots.

A story that is presented in a dramatic way and explores a range of genres, from soap opera to science-fiction to costume drama.

A piece of film that engages with the issues of the day in an accessible fashion, i.e. through believable characters, through fantastic locations or plots.

Construction and Representation

Sexuality Skins , C4

Skins , C4

Gender The Bill , ITV1

The Bill , ITV1

Ethnicity The Bill, ITV1

The Bill, ITV1

Social Class Shameless C4

Shameless C4

A Reflection of Reality?

A Marketable Product

Influence on Society? Skins case study http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPYGJv553g0

Skins case study http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPYGJv553g0

Analysis Mise-en-scene Camerawork Editing Sound

Mise-en-scene

Camerawork

Editing

Sound

Key Skill Requirement Become an expert on how short drama sequences employ a variety of technical and symbolic elements at a micro level to create representations at the macro level Characters Narrative Genre

Become an expert on how short drama sequences employ a variety of technical and symbolic elements at a micro level to create representations at the macro level

Characters

Narrative

Genre

Consumption How do you access TV drama?

How do you access TV drama?