The document provides an outline for a blog post on TV drama representations. It includes notes from clips shown on regional stereotypes, conventions of Coronation Street, and work done for Mr. Bland on gender. It also gives guidance on analyzing a TV drama clip for representations of gender, age, sexuality, ethnicity, class/status, ability/disability, or regional identity by examining camerawork, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound. Finally, it defines regional identity as referring to the part of the UK someone is from, either generally (north, south), by country (English, Scottish) or specific towns.

1. Blog structure – work done so far….
1. Exam outline & content: slides 1-8
2. Research task. Include your findings on regional representations stereotypes. This
should include notes you added from the various clips I showed you: slides 9-10
3. Coronations Street. All CONVENTIONS (What happens in the soap) linked to TECHNICAL
(how it’s filmed)
4. All work for Mr Bland on GENDER

2. Section A
You will be analysing a 5 minute TV Drama extract:
• You will need to carry out a textual analysis of four
technical areas:
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camerawork
mise-en-scene
editing
sound.

3. • You will need to link this analysis to a discussion of
how the clip constructs a REPRESENTATION of one of
the following areas:
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Gender
Age
Sexuality
Ethnicity
Class and status
Physical ability/disability
Regional identity

4. TV Dramas are generally scripted to reflect the life of their intended audience, and
primarily being broadcasted in a series, the audience tends to grow with the characters
and feel like they can relate to the issues on screen. Content will generally always be
realistic and applicable to real life situations, and you as an audience are led to believe
that what you see on-screen can happen in real life.

5. 1. Period Drama: Emma, Downton Abbey, The Tudors, Mildred Pierce
2. Police / Crime Drama : The Wire, Luther, Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes, Inspector
George Gently, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Chase, CSI, NCIS, 24, New Tricks, Hustle, Bones,
Dexter, Cold Case…
3. Science Fiction: Torchwood, Doctor Who, Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes (arguably),
Primeval
4. Medical Drama : Holby City, Casualty, Scrubs, House, ER, Doc Martin
5. Teen Drama: Skins, OC, 90210, Waterloo Road
6. Melodrama / Soap Opera: Hollyoaks, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Footballer’s
Wives and Hotel Babylon borrow from the conventions of Melodrama
7. Political Drama: West Wing, Spooks (Spy Drama), The Kennedys
8. Comedy Drama: Shameless, Trollied (although arguably a SitCom)
9. Action/Adventure Drama: Lost, 24
10. Fantasy Drama: Merlin, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Highlander, Lost, True Blood

6. Regional Identity refers to the part of the United
Kingdom someone is from. It could refer to a
general area such a north or south.

7. Or country such as “English” or “Scottish” or specific
towns such as “London” or “Manchester.”

8. Regional identity is a sense of belonging similar to
that of national identity but on a smaller scale or
level.