Theme Song
Different Genders
Female is best detective-Subverted
Dramatic storyline 1 - detective (ex drug user-female) suppressed evidence mans life on the line, other (male) detective saved her - plays off he didn't do it for her - high angles on male, low angles on female
60 mins
Everyday characters- one offs- at a super market - makes it more realistic and relatable
Dramatic music - intensifies situation
Everyday clothes and activities that real people do
6 mins 47

Intro to TV drama

TV Drama

• Thrilling/entertaining
• Escapism 
• Dramatisation of real life people and situations - teenagers, teachers, drug abuse, hospital life etc
• Eastenders- Teenagers
• Coronation Street- Older people - been around longer
• Relatable situations but exaggerated
• Distracts people from their own lives
• Reflects society
• Can sometimes make people become aware of other peoples situations
• All areas of society watch
• Represent the audience as themselves or something they want to be
• Enforces sense of identity 

Examples

• Soaps (eastenders)
• Sherlock
• Silent witness
• Walking Dead
• Greys anatomy
• Ripper Street
• Merlin
• Doctor Who

(any situation you can relate to)

Conventions of TV Drama's: 

• Storyline/Plot
• Antagonist 
• Protagonist 
• Variety of different genders/ages
• Different Ethnicities 
• Dramatic/climatic storyline
• Theme tune
• Exaggeration of society
• Resolution at the end
• Romance
• Range of characters - stereotypes
• Cliffhangers 
• between 30 to 60 mins
• Setting/location/region
• Themed
• Character Interaction 

Exam Structure

- 2hr Exam 
- Miss Newton- Section B
-100 marks - Section A: 50 Section B: 50
-Split time evenly
-Beginning you are shown an extract from a tv drama 4 times, first time no text is allowed to be  written. Time to watch the clip is within the time allocated (approx 45 mins to write) 
-Discuss camera angles, shot and movement and composition, Mise-enscene, Editing and Sound. 
-Question will ask about: Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Sexuality, Class and Status, Physical ability/Disability or Regional identity.

Example of Questions: Discuss the way the extract constructs the representation of *age using the following: camera shots, angles, movements and composition, editing, sound and Mise en scene. 
*Key word is the only thing that changes