12g Lesson Four - Tv Drama Representations (revised After Lesson)

TV Drama: Representations Miss O’Dell

Lesson Objectives •

To textually analyse a TV Drama for the representations of: – – – –

Gender Age Race Class

Representations of Gender • How is gender represented? • How is masculinity represented? • How are technical aspects used to create representations of gender?

Representations of Age • What age groups are represented? • How are different age groups represented? • How are technical aspects used create representations of age?

Representations of Race • What are the different races represented? • How are different races represented? • How are technical aspects used to create representations of race?

Representations of Class • What social classes are represented? • How are social classes represented? • How are technical aspects used to create representations of class?

Consider… • Who are the main characters? • How are technical aspects used to represent gender, age, race and class? • What stereotypes of gender, age, race and/or class did you notice? • How were those stereotypes represented? Positively? Negatively? • Who do you think the target audience is for this TV Drama? • How do you think the representations of gender, age, race and/or class impact the audience?

State of Play

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/stateofplay/