C2 TV

 Tuesday 7th January 2025

DO NOW:

  1. how many Media exams are there? 2
  2. How long is each exam? 1 hour 30 mins
  3. What does Genre mean? a type, of a media form that involves a particular set of characteristics
  4. Who is the target audience for The Archers? stereotypically women over 40, famers, older, middle-class, white British women
  5. What's The BBC's remit? to inform, educate & entertain
TV Drama 
L/O: To explore the content and format of the unit.
Component 2: ' understanding Media Forms and products'
Written examination: 1 hour 30 mins
60 marks
Section A: TV Crime Drama- 'Luther' and 'The Sweeney'

(Section : Music Videos)
Section A: 
Question 1: Media Language OR Representations
Question 2: Media industries or audiences or media contexts

Crime Drama

genre: a type, of a media form that involves a particular set of characteristics
Sub genre:  a genre of literature, music, film etc
Hybrid genre: a literature or film genre that blends themes from two or more different genre

The genre we're studying is Crime Drama. within crime drama there are also...

RESPONDER:
narrative:

setting:
office, therapy, city
characters:
police officer with depression?( Martin Freeman)
mise-en-scene and iconography:
low key lighting

Happy Valley
narrative:
police officer Catherine helping someone at the park who wants to set himself on fire

setting: 
park

characters:
police officers

mise-en-scene and iconography:
low key lighting, natural lighting

Line of duty

narrative:
police looking for someone with a bomb,  end up killing a man holding his child

setting:
apartments
characters:

mise-en-scene and iconography:
low key lighting, natural lighting

The typical codes and conventions of tv crime drama are:
low key lighting
family 
use of weapons
exposure of the criminal 
police/ investigators
narrative: The story begins with a crime that has been committed, usually with a victim 
protagonist: The main character is intelligent and determined to solve the crime 
Antagonist: The antagonist is also intelligent and crafty, and seems to be one step ahead of the protagonist
suspects: there are handheld suspects with motives and a reasonable opportunity to have committed and crime 
clues: there are clues and red herrings that help or hinder the investigation 
narrative arc: the story has a continuing arc that unfolds over multiple episodes 
settings: the story is often set in a city/urban areas
characters types: there are typical character types, such as villains, a hero, a helper, and a dispatcher
Representation: the representation of characters and themes can challenge pre-conceived ideas 
Media language: low key lighting, gritty, realistic settings, handheld camerawork, face-paced editing; diegetic sound.

Explain the impact of these conventions and how they can engage audiences in the programme
one impact of these conventions and how they can engage audiences in the programme is by...

























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