WEEK 2 A SUMMREY

during the second week we watched Life on mars and casualty looking at characters, narrative, mise en scene sound(key dialogue, sound effects, music)and icons in these dramas where both at 9.00 which is past the water shed one of these dramas had things such as racism sexism and drinking and smoking in the work place and the other drama didn't have these. we had to write a essay on the subjects brought up this was called "TV dramas conventions, a deconstruction of life on mars and casualty. In this I got a grade D- (FAIL) but as this is my first one i can drastically improve my grade in time for the exam in january.  

Exam dates and definition of a TV drama

Exam date-13Th January 2010

Useful links 

BBC I-Player

ITV Player

4OD

Demand 5

A TV drama is usually fictional and will fall under many different genres for example a TV drama could be a crime drama, a sci-fi or many others a example of a crime drama would be "The mentalist"

In a TV drama there are several things that build it up these are; 

1) Signification

2) Connotation

3) Representation

Signification is if you looked at some thing you would know what it is eg. if you where in India and you seen the golden "M" you would know that there was a MC Donald's this is signification.

Connotation is what some one would make of a signification  for example some people might see the golden "M" and think yum food and some people would think eww greasy fat food. everyone has a connotation and it is different as it is opinion.

Representation is how dramas put across people most dramas usually are not stereotypical but in comedy's all characters are stereotypical eg a old woman being nosey and wearing long skirts and a blouse.