Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Introduction to TV Drama and Radio

Happy new year!


Between now and June we will be preparing for the summer exam. This is worth 50% of your AS grade and requires thorough preparation and independent research.

It is TWO hours long
There are TWO questions worth 50 marks EACH

SECTION A: TV Drama- 50 marks

You will be shown an extract from a contemporary British TV Drama and asked to analyse the representations of one of the following groups:
-Age
-Gender
-Sexuality
-Ethnicity
-Regional Identity
-Ability and Disability
-Class and Status


You will be shown the extract FOUR times and then you will have 45 minutes to write

SECTION B: Institutions and Audiences- 50 marks

For this section there is only ONE question to answer.


We will be looking at THE RADIO INDUSTRY, focusing on BBC Radio stations and Absolute's stations.

  • PLEASE START LISTENING TO ANY OF THE STATIONS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT TAKE YOUR FANCY.


  • DOWNLOAD ABSOLUTE'S APPS TO IPODS/SMARTPHONES


  • FOLLOW DJS AND STATIONS ON TWITTER


  • GO TO WEBSITES

Please especially listen to Radio 1 and Absolute's main station.

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