G322: TV DRAMA

ON YOUR POST-IT NOTE

Write YOUR definition of representation (and your name)
and go and stick it on the whiteboard.

What do you analyse in

Representation?
Gender
Age
Regional Identity
Sexuality
Ethnicity
Disability
Social Class

Gender Stereotypes
What are stereotypical male
characteristics?
What are stereotypical female
characteristics?

Male Stereotypes

Male
Stereotypes

Male Stereotypes

Female Stereotypes

Female
Stereotypes

Female Stereotypes

Adhere
(follow)
Subvert
(go
against)

Masculinity- Put these men in order of masculinity. Most

masculine to least masculine.
A

Femininity- Put these women in order of femininity. Most

feminine to least feminine

D
E

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING IN A

SENTENCE:

MASCULINE
FEMININE

COMPARE YOUR DEFINITIONS TO

THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION

Dictionary Definition of Masculine

Having qualities traditionally ascribed to men,
as strength and boldness.
Adhere (follow) masculine stereotypes.

Dictionary Definition of Feminine

Characterized by or possessing qualities
traditionally attributed to a woman.
Subvert (go against) masculine stereotypes.

Androgynous

What do
you think
this term
might
mean?

Effeminate

What do you think this

term might mean?

Patriarchal Society

What do you
think this term
might mean?

Test define these words

1. Patriarchal Society
2. Adhere
3. Stereotype
4. Archetype
5. Subvert
6. Connote
7. Denote
8. Effeminate
9. Androgynous
10.Masculine
11.Feminine

Laura Mulvey: The Male Gaze

A feminist theory that states that the media has
a masculine ideology
When men see a woman actor they look at her, and
when they see a male actor they look with him or put
themselves in his place.
When women see a woman actor they also look at
her, and hence see her through a male gaze.

Who is being
represented here?

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozfGxS
Oh4c&list=PLB8C53EBFE08DCDE0

GENDER
Key words:
masculine
feminine
power
relationships
dominant
submissive
oppression

You
should
use
these
key
words
in any
essay
respon

Look again at the clip:

How is gender represented?
Focus only on mise-en-scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
DozfGxSOh4c&list=PLB8C53EBFE08DC
DE0

Adam and Eve

Egyptian Queen

The Arnolfini Portrait

American Gothic

Advertising

Couple Arguing and Romantic

Couple

The Four Main Characters

How are men and

women represented in
this opening?
How do the contexts
help to depict this
representation?

Feature
Adam and Eve Eve holds an apple

show title inscribed on apple

Egyptian mummy in temple with
popping up child figures
Characters from a famous Dutch
painting the Arnolfini couple. He
eats a banana, she sweeps it away
and rubs her pregnant belly.
The couple from the American
Gothic painting by Grant Wood he
succumbs
to the temptation of a younger
woman
whilst she is compressed into a
sardine tin.
Advertising Iconography of 1950s
housewife burdened with groceries
Artist Lichtensteins image of a
tearful girlfriend confronting Brad
(a typical weak female in his
drawings) and punching him.
The apples from the beginning of

Message about
Women

Message about
Men

1 Practice Essay
st

How is gender represented in the

opening sequence of Desperate
Housewives?
750-1000 words
This time
discuss all four
technical areas:

Mise-en-scene
Sound
Editing
Cinematograph
y

PEE Paragraphs
Point- The director uses.... <technique>
<technique> is used to create tension
Evidence- This is particularly evident when...
<describe shot/ action>
Explore- This has the effect of...
This creates tension by...
This makes the audience feel...
This reminds the audience of....
This could be linked to another technique
used....

A Level Media Studies

Feedback
TV Drama/ Audiences and Institutions/ Key Concepts/ Media
Regulation

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Mark Scheme
Explanation/analysis/argument (16-20 marks)
Shows excellent understanding of the task
Excellent understanding of the way that technical aspects are used to
construct the extracts representations.
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
Complex ideas have been expressed clearly and fluently.
Sentences and paragraphs, consistently relevant, have been well structured,
using appropriate technical terminology.
There may be few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.