Homework TV Drama for Half Term

Before you attempt the mock please PREPARE


Revise the Technical Areas , below are the links to remind you of how to approach reading meaning into the 4 areas


January 2010 Ethnicity Hotel Bablylon 45 minutes timed essay


Screening 1: MENTAL NOTES:

• Which Key Characters/Units of Drama are important
• Why chosen this clip?
• STEREOTYPES (re-enforced, challenged, positive, negative)
• Status/Power
• Difference/Opposites

Screening 2: TAKE NOTES

CAM & EDITING - how do they work together, what is expected, what is important, what is unusual?

Screening 3: TAKE NOTES (eyes closed occasionally?)
SOUND - what is expected, what is important, what is unusual?


Screening 4: TAKE NOTES

MES  - what is expected, what is important, what is unusual?

Mark Scheme

Analysis/Argument//Explanation (stereotypes of Ethnicity, character comparisons) 20
Examples from the sequence (all 4 - CAM, SOUND, EDIT, MES - enhances, constructs meaning) 20
Terminology 10


Always Rule of 3:
Point - Ethnicity & Stereotype/Power/Difference
Example - MES/SOUND/CAM/EDIT - Terminology
Explanation - Analysis of Meaning/how it 'constructs' Ethnicity




Good Luck!
Mr.B