This document provides guidance on the TV Drama and Representation section of the G322 exam. It outlines the key areas students must discuss in their response, including camerawork, sound, mise-en-scene, editing, and representation. It emphasizes the importance of discussing all areas and linking analysis of technical elements to representations. Examples of shots, sounds, and other techniques are defined. The document also lists common TV drama genres and representation topics that may be assessed. Scoring criteria emphasize a full discussion linking extract examples to the question.

1. G322
TV Drama and Representation
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Audience and Institutions: UK Film
The Key Points

2. TV Drama and Representation
• Section A of the exam.
• 30 minutes to watch clip (4 times) and
make notes.
• 45 minutes to write your response.
• Don’t bother with introductions or
conclusions: these won’t gain you any
marks.
• Consider using note-making time to ‘plan’
your answer.

3. TV Drama and Representation
• You must comment on…
– Camera
– Sound
– Mise-en-scene
– Editing
– Representation
• Failure to discuss any of these areas will reduce
your mark!
And how they link to…

4. Camera – shots, angle, movement
and composition
• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up,
mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial
shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot,
and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane,
steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing.

5. Sound
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound;
synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound
effects; sound motif, sound bridge,
dialogue, voiceover, mode of
address/direct address, sound mixing.
• Soundtrack: score, incidental music,
themes and stings, ambient sound.

6. Mise-en-scene
• Production design: location, studio, set
design, costume and make-up, properties.
• Lighting; colour design.

7. Editing
• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match,
graphic match, action match, jump cut.
• Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-
out, wipe, superimposition, long take,
short take, slow motion, post-production,
visual effects.

8. Representation
“representations of individuals,
groups, events or places…”
• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and Status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity

9. Keywords…
• All the terminology mentioned on the
previous slides are keywords.
• Other you could mention include…
– Realism – do the different techniques used
work to make the piece realistic?
– Verisimilitude – the construction of a
believable world.
– Stereotypes – how we expect people and
places to be.

10. What could you be shown?
Type of drama
• Teen dramas
• Soap operas
• Period dramas
• Hospital dramas
• Crime dramas
Examples…
• Skins, Hollyoaks.
• Eastenders, Corrie,
Emmerdale.
• Rome, Bleak House, Life
on Mars.
• Casualty, Holby City.
• The Bill, Prime Suspect,
Life on Mars, Cracker,
Morse, Frost.
• Realism?
• What are they used to represent?

11. The Mark Scheme
Level 4
Explanation/analysis/argument (16-20 marks)
• Shows excellent understanding of the task
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the technical aspects used in the extract
• Excellent discussion of the extract’s representations, clearly linked to textual analysis
• Clearly relevant to set question
Use of examples (16-20 marks)
• Offers frequent textual analysis from the extract – award marks to reflect the range and
appropriateness of examples
• Offers a full range of examples from each technical area
• Offers examples which are clearly relevant to the set question
Use of terminology (8-10 marks)
• Use of terminology is relevant and accurate