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1. How many
of the TV
Dramas do
you
recognise?

2. 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?

3. 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

4. Why TV Drama?
• 50% Of AS Media Studies = Coursework (Music
Magazine)
• 50% = 2 Hour Exam
There 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 been
represented
• Section B: Institutions and Audiences - The Film
Industry (Case study of US and UK Film Companies)

5. 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

6. 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.

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